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Friday, September 28, 2012

Getting Natural Gas Right from The EDF

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The Environmental Defense Fund really puts out good science.  They are truly non partisan and report the facts as they are known.  I just r...

Elena Craft Will Be Speaking At Track 6 - CSCMP 2012

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As my readers know I am hosting Track 6 (Click on Track 6 here and see the tracks objectives)  at the Council of Supply Chain Management ...

Walter Zimmermann

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Turning points: United Icap's Walter Zimmermann - Risk.net An interesting biography of our first speaker at CSCMP Track 6 - Energy and...

Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals Annual Conference

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I really am looking forward to CSCMP 2012 in Atlanta this year.  I am hosting Track 6 - Energy and Infrastructure where we will have a very ...
Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Bid More Frequently, Not Less

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I am not sure how I totally missed this great article in DC Velocity entitled " Go Short " however I am glad I ran into it now.  I...
Monday, September 10, 2012

Get Ready - CSCMP 2012 in Atlanta

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Those who have been in the industry a while know the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) is the premier professional or...
Friday, September 7, 2012

More Data on Slowing ..

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As reported at the Transplace blog, Stifel Nicolaus data supports the idea of a slowing environment.
Thursday, September 6, 2012

Cass August Index is Out - What Shall We Learn?

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The Cass Freight Index is out for August and the results are not surprising for those of us who stay close to this market every day.  Both ...
Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Continuing on Cube Utilization - Secondary Cube

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What if Watermelons were Square? Ask yourself - What if Watermelons Were Square? I find just about everyone gets the idea that putting...

Packaging and Merchandising Vs. Logistics Efficiency?

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Conducting what I call a "walk around" (my wife calls it shopping) in the grocery store this weekend started my mind wandering to ...
Monday, September 3, 2012

Reflections on Labor Day

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Our industry, the logistics and supply chain industry, should reflect more on this great day than just about any other industry.  We are bui...
Sunday, August 12, 2012

Operating Cash Flow (OCF) - Should it Be The "King" Metric?

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In deference to the great writing at Supply Chain Digest by David Schneider ( David K. Schneider and Company ) I will not rewrite the premis...
Friday, August 10, 2012

The Divergence of the Dow Transports and the Dow

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As if on queue from my posting yesterday, Mark Hulbert  (read all his stories here ) writes on marketwatch.com about the divergence between...
Thursday, August 9, 2012

Where is The Freight? - Cass Reports a Slowdown

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The Cass Freight Index report for July 2012 was somewhat anti-climatic for those of us who follow freight and knew we were in the depth of t...
Friday, August 3, 2012

Looking at Transportation The Way We Look at China's Economy

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I have read a lot recently about how you get the real GDP numbers out of China.  Don't bother with the government statistics rather just...
Monday, July 30, 2012

Natural Gas - A Different View

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One of my colleagues sent me a very interesting post which was the opening statement of David L. Greene , Oak Ridge National Laboratory to ...
Wednesday, July 4, 2012

The Food Supply Chain - "Not in Season" Goes The Way of The Busy Signal

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An area in supply chain where I have never worked yet have always been wildly impressed with is the food supply chain / cold supply chain....
Friday, June 29, 2012

The Highway Bill - Is it Re-regulation in Disguise?

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For many who have read my postings you know I personally believe there is a quiet re-regulation of the transportation (mostly full truckload...
Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Impact of Mega Trends - Design for Logistics

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As transportation rates and capacity go through a major change one trend which is clearly developing is what I have called "Design for ...

The EPA May Have Got it Right

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For the last 4 - 6 years we have heard many people grumbling about the need to clean up diesel trucks from an environmental  perspective.  A...