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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

2012 Was A Good Year for Shippers Who Used Analysis Over Emotion

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Despite all the noise about how CSA, regulations and a surging economy would create a massive deficit in capacity, what we saw in 2012 was a...
Monday, January 28, 2013

Why I Thought FEDEX Was Best For My 3D Printing Model

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I received a lot of comments about my post yesterday concerning 3D printing and how I think FEDEX is really set up to exploit this opportun...

Big Economic Week Ahead

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Macroeconomics drives everything.  I am reading Warren Buffett's new book "Tap Dancing to Work" and he is fond of saying a fan...
Sunday, January 27, 2013

More Impact of 3D Printing - Nokia Gets in The Game

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I have written about 3D printing many times and its impact on the transportation industry (read:  Soon a lot less will need to be transport...
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Cost Control Gone Bad..Subway Agrees to Make all "Footlongs" well.. A Foot Long

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We have all seen it in just about everything you buy; packaging is thinner (resulting in more damaged product), metal is replaced with plast...
Saturday, January 26, 2013

The Data Behind The Data on The Housing Market

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A lot has been mentioned recently about the housing market and how quickly it appears to be rebounding.  It feels as if the entire country w...
Wednesday, January 16, 2013

A Fascinating Discussion of "Vehicle Miles Traveled" (VMT), Implications for the Auto Industry and Implications for Automotive Logistics

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It is so interesting that the human mind almost always takes previous history and subconsciously projects it out into the future.  It is a r...
Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Clay Christensen: How Will You Measure Your Life

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I am going to use today's posting to refer you to one of the most brilliant people I have ever met and had the pleasure to listen to: Cl...
Sunday, January 13, 2013

Blue and Brown Make Green... Sustainability for The Final Mile

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I have written before about the complexity of the final mile in the logistics network.  This includes both the final mile of the delivery an...
Thursday, January 10, 2013

Wholesale Inventories Climb More Than Expected

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I will have more on this later tonight however my fear about inventories seems to be coming true.  Inventory appears to be building in the ...
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...