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Sunday, August 14, 2016

Why Logistics' Leaders Need to Recast "Cost Control"

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The best presentation I have seen in a long time was given last year at the CSCMP Annual Conference and it was given by Amazon.  The topic w...
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Monday, August 1, 2016

Cass Indices for June Report Real Issues with Trucking and Intermodal

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The Cass Indices for June r eported what observers knew was to be the case:  Once again the trucking "recovery" has stalled and ca...
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Sunday, July 31, 2016

Supplier Compliance and Social Responsibility - Look Deep Into Your Supply Chain

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The Guardian has run a great piece in their paper titled " Vauxhall and BMW among Car Firms Linked to Child Labour Over Glittery Mica P...

Help Adrian Gonzalez Raise $10K to Fight Type 1 Diabetes!

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Anyone who has been in this industry for more than a day probably knows Adrian, has heard of Adrian or has watched his great videos on Talki...
Monday, June 27, 2016

Macroeconomic Monday® Special Edition - Watch the Debt

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I have read two major books recently on the economy - one old and one new. Both appear to be seminal books on what drives economic booms, bu...
Sunday, June 26, 2016

Revisit "Favored Shipper" During Downturn in Rates

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I have advocated over and over that the idea of getting better rates because you are a "favored" or "preferred" shipper ...
Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Predictions Coming True - Inventory Adjustment Under Way and Rates are Down

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A special edition of Marcoeconomic Monday today!  The results are in and they are really showing a slowing economy (GDP adjustments have bee...

Schneider Enters The Final Mile Battle - A Very Late Arrival

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An interesting development over the last few weeks which I needed to digest was the entrance of Schneider National into the Final Mile foray...
Tuesday, May 31, 2016

How Lack of Same Day Delivery Saved Me

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This is a logistics story in reverse.  Rather than discuss the benefits of same day delivery I am going to review with you how lack of same ...
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Saturday, April 30, 2016

Inventories Continue to Grow

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For those who read this blog regularly, you know a key metric I track regularly is the Inventory to Sales ratio.  The reasons I do this are ...
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Pricing Declines in Both Truckload and Intermodal

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The promise of "pay me now so you don't have to pay me later" continues to be a mirage.  With the release of the March CASS...
Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Another Year of Dashed Hopes for Trucking

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Well, another year starts off with the "this is the year for trucking" story and it is starting to look like it is another year wh...
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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Supply Chain Talent As Competitive Advantage - Traction

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I recently published a posting about the Ascendency of Supply Chain and the proof point I used was Amazon suing Target over "poaching&...
Sunday, April 10, 2016

Leadership in Distribution Centers - Employer of Choice

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It is a fierce battle out there for great talent in warehousing.  I mean for all talent - hourly and salary. This segment has really become ...
Tuesday, March 29, 2016

The Ascendency of Supply Chain

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I found the articles recently about Amazon suing a supply chain executive fascinating.  To recap, a top executive (although not the very top...
Saturday, February 13, 2016

Amazon as a 3PL

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Back in October I asked the question:   What is Amazon? A 3PL, Retailer, IT Company, Delivery Company?  And, I answered the question by say...
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Saturday, February 6, 2016

More Tough News for the Rail Roads - Carloads Dropped 16.6%

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The January AAR report has come out and it is not pretty for the railroads.  Of course coal has been a big driver but it looks like all com...
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Courier and Delivery Driver Employment Fall; Warehouse Employment Up

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Post the holiday e-commerce surge, the inevitable arrived.   According to the Wall Street Journal, courier and delivery jobs were shed quick...

Is Your 3PL Working for You The Shipper or For The Carrier

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Anyone who reads my blog regularly knows I am not a fan of this carrier creation called "be a shipper of choice".  To simplify my ...
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Sunday, October 11, 2015

Estes is Fined by EPA for Air Violations - Another Volkswagen?

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I just saw an interesting news article stating the EPA has fined Estes $100K (Plus Estes has to pay another $285K in projects) because they ...