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Sunday, May 27, 2018

Macroeconomics are Supporting The Tight Freight Market (Macroeconomic Monday)

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I wanted to write a quick note about the tight freight market.  We all know it is tight and certainly there are no lack of free webinars ...

Will Disruption in The Inefficient Transportation Market Come From Within

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Many of you who have read my blog over the last many years know I am a bit critical of our industry.  Innovation has been very slow in comin...
Saturday, April 28, 2018

Why Are People Using The Driver "Crunch" as An Excuse for Poor Service?

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Ok, no more webinars or explanations of how to be a "shipper of choice... please.  I think we all get it that there is a driver problem...
Sunday, January 7, 2018

When Does a Comment to Investors Become an Illegal "Signal" to Competitors?

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On July 18, 2015 I wrote a blog post entitled:   DOJ Investigates Airlines - Are the Trucking Companies Next?   At that time I had just read...
Sunday, December 24, 2017

Thoughts on Retailers Buying XPO Logistics and What The Right Strategy Should Be

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I generally do not like to comment on something so speculative however Friday ended with a huge bang in the supply chain industry with Amazo...
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Saturday, October 7, 2017

Amazon Final Mile - It is All About The Brand

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I keep being asked why in the world would Amazon start their own home delivery / final mile service (See Amazon Logistics )?  Everyone quest...
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Friday, October 6, 2017

Why Do Supply Chain Transformations Fail - The Case for Change Management

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I have been thinking and reading a lot lately about supply chain transformations.  I have also been involved in many of them throughout my c...
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Saturday, August 26, 2017

Interesting Supply Chain Events from Week of August 21, 2017

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The week is over and some very interesting reads and developments.  Let me get right to them: The war between Amazon and Walmart heats...
Friday, August 25, 2017

Leadership Still Counts in Supply Chain

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There is a lot of talk (even on this blog) about the cool and "sexy" technology being deployed in Supply Chain today. Things like...
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Thursday, August 10, 2017

Cyber Attacks: How We Have Moved From Corporate Espionage to Corporate Warfare

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A great posting over at Supply Chain Matters relative to the impact of cyber attacks on Just in Time (JIT) businesses.  A simple cyber atta...
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If Your Supply Chain is Not Customer Centric - You Are Dead

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My previous post discussed why Amazon is killing the retail market.  My thesis is simple and it has nothing to do with Amazon being a finan...
Monday, July 31, 2017

Amazon Doesn't Kill Businesses - Ignoring Customer Needs Does

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I am going to formulate a more detailed post on this tonight and I think this is a topic needing coverage. It is all about how Amazon got wh...
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Saturday, July 29, 2017

The Week in Review - ELDs, Amazon (again), Foxconn, Border Adjustment Tax - Dead, and Drivers

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Another week down in 2017 and amazingly just a few more weeks before those in the retail supply chain will be going crazy getting ready for ...
Thursday, July 20, 2017

Amazon and Kenmore - A Match Made in Heaven

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It is incredible it took this long for the marriage made in heaven to happen. Kenmore is the crown jewel of Sears and Amazon has always wan...
Sunday, July 9, 2017

Inventories Are Heading in The Right Direction

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Anyone who follows me knows I feel very strongly about the Total Inventory to Sales Ratio  and how it forecasts the future for transportatio...
Friday, June 30, 2017

What A Month May Was For Transportation

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CASS Freight Systems is out with their monthly Freight Index Report and it shows some very good news for transportation providers (not so go...
Monday, June 26, 2017

Welcome Back Wal-Mart - We Missed You Over the Last 5 Years.

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I hesitated writing about the Amazon purchase of Whole Foods as many have written about it already and much is not yet known about how Jeff...
Monday, June 5, 2017

Definitions of Terms Must be as Your Customer Sees It

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I am sitting on a plane right now, on the Tarmac, moving nowhere.  This reminds me of another aspect of a truly custome r centric supply cha...
Friday, June 2, 2017

Start with The Customer - Ensure Profitability

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Supply chain design is all about two things:  Provide extraordinary customer service through fast and full fulfillment AND do this profitab...
Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Jacksonville Florida is a True Logistics Hub

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This is a bit of a plug for my hometown but I felt it necessary.  This article titled Work Wanted: Good Jobs in Logistics are Abundant in Ja...
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