Above The Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (January 23, 2026)
The most important supply chain & logistics news, including logistics management, transportation management, third-party logistics, supply chain software.
Greenland.
It hasn’t been on my bucket list of places to go on vacation, but now that I’ve heard so much about it, I still have no interest in going.
I’m sure it’s a beautiful place, with wonderful people, but I’ve got other places to go, other people to see before I leave this world.
We’re supposedly getting a taste of Greenland — where snow and ice cover 80% of the island — here in Boston this weekend. A big storm is heading our way, with more than 20 inches of snow predicted to fall. If it actually happens (you can never be sure because these forecasters are often wrong), it would be the largest snowfall in years. And since I’m still recovering from a broken ankle, this could be the first time in many years my wife goes out to shovel — or, more likely, the first time we hire someone to plow us out.
Yeah, Greenland can wait — and after this snowy and arctic cold weekend, it will be further down my list of places to visit.
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How Big is the “Zombie Inventory” Problem?
For years, companies shifted from Just-in-Time to Just-in-Case, stocking up to survive disruption. Now demand has leveled off, but many warehouses are still packed with slow-moving, no-longer-needed items. This “Zombie Inventory” ties up space, working capital, and attention. This survey sought to understand how big this problem is across the industry.
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Perfect timing on this given the zombie inventory analysis right below. That shift from JIT to JIC created logistics capacity issues that mirror the snow removal problem - sometimes the infrastructure gaps only become visible when demand actualy spikes. The broken ankle recovery plus 20+ inches creates an interesting constraint optimization challenge where outsourcing the plowing becomes optimal.Hopeyou recover quickly!