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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Buyer Beware... of Anchoring!

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Sitting tonight watching the news and the topic was the "after Christmas sales".  The story, of course, made me think of transport...

Holiday Sales Disappoint - Leading to Inventory Issues?

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First, Merry Christmas and my wishes for a very happy holiday season.  Regardless of what you celebrate at this time of the year the message...
Wednesday, December 19, 2012

And A Third Set of Predictions....

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I bring you yet another set of predictions concerning supply chain for 2013.  Adrian has a fantastic track record for seeing into the future...

Yet, Even More Supply Chain Predictions

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It is that time of year again when the supply chain (and other) predictions come out.  The really smart people keep them broad enough so, li...
Tuesday, December 18, 2012

The Math Behind Tracking Packages - Marketplace, NPR

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NPR does a very good podcast on the "math behind the packages".  A very fascinating quick story on how the "quants" are ...

Lessons From Kozmo.com for Same Day Delivery

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Yes, it is true if you live long enough what is old will be new again.  This, of course, is the situation as it relates to the so called sam...
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Monday, December 17, 2012

IDC 2013 Supply Chain Predictions

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Last night I sat through the archived broadcast of the 2013 supply chain predictions for manufacturers from IDC.  While it is a little bit o...
Sunday, December 16, 2012

Do You Have a Supply Chain or a Spiderweb?

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This question was recently asked by Zurich's "Risk Engineers" and I think it is a fascinating question.   The metaphor we are ...
Saturday, December 15, 2012

CNN Story on Natural Gas

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An interesting story on the heavy duty trucking industry and natural gas:
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Inventory to Sales Ratio Tells a Grim Story

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As my readers know I follow this very closely as this ratio tells us whether product is "backing up" in the supply chain or flowin...
Friday, December 7, 2012

Where Reverse Logistics and Sustainability Meet

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We all know the technical reasons for reverse logistics and at this point in the season many retailers loathe it.  Product is returned, pack...

Exporting Natural Gas - No Cheap gas Part deux

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I wrote back in the beginning of November that we can expect an abundance of domestic oil and gas but not low price oil and gas.  I said thi...
Monday, November 19, 2012

McDonalds - No Product Out of Stock - Ever!

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I like it when a company knows and understands its core principles relative to the supply chain.  I see so many companies make the mistake o...
Sunday, November 18, 2012

Discussion at Michigan State

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I had the pleasure of speaking to the Broad China Business Society this past Friday concerning my thoughts on where global logistics is hea...

Is The Apple Supply Chain in Trouble?

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Forbes is questioning the efficiency of the Apple supply chain now that Tim Cook is running the company and not just the supply chain and o...
Thursday, November 15, 2012

Cap and Trade Has Come To Be in California

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Consider it a birthday of sorts.  Yesterday, California launched their first "Cap and Trade" market by auctioning off allowances i...
Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Speaking at Michigan State

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If any readers are near Michigan State this Friday, I am keynoting at the Broad China Supply Chain Forum .  My topic will be on The Current ...
Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Oil Independence? Yes - "Cheap" Oil? - No

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I have written about this before because I feel the headlines are misleading for those in energy intensive industries such as transportation...
Monday, November 12, 2012

An Interesting Post On Value of Supply Chain MBA

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20 years ago "plus" when I started in this industry I would not have even been able to tell you where to get a "supply chain ...

EU Freezes Carbon Charge on Airlines

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Many know the EU was going to charge a carbon emissions charge on any airline flying in the EU airspace - this included foreign airlines.  O...