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Saturday, March 30, 2013

The Battle for Retail Sales is Really The Battle of Supply Chains

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I continue to believe the battle for retail sales is really all about the underlying supply chains rather than the actual store.  The "...
Friday, March 29, 2013

Crowd Sourcing Logistics Comes to Wal-Mart

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We have heard of crowd sourcing when it comes to many areas and specifically, mostly, in IT work.  Essentially you allow the "crowd&quo...
Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Does Re-Shoring Mean a Return to Industrialized America?

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I really like the article Kevin O'Marah wrote over at SCM World entitled: Re-shoring is a Red Herring .  He rightfully points out that w...

"Home Delivery" Lockers at Wal-Mart

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In another twist to the race to home delivery and the attempt to de-throne Amazon , Wal-Mart is now testing lockers in their stores.  Alon...
Sunday, March 24, 2013

Guest on Talking Logistics - Fun and Interesting Conversation

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I was thrilled to be a guest on Talking Logistics last week with Adrian Gonzalez.  My commentary is below and hope you enjoy!

Execution IS A Strategy

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At Logistics Viewpoints Adrian Gonzalez writes a post titled: " Forget Innovation, Just Execute Better " and I found this to be ex...
Wednesday, March 20, 2013

The Sick State of Ocean Freight

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I do not spend a lot of time on ocean freight and I probably should spend more.  Suffice it to say I know it is in a dramatic over capacity ...
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Monday, March 18, 2013

Total Business Inventory to Sales Ratios

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Somehow last week got away from me, perhaps too much sun in Florida the week prior, so I did not post this on Thursday as I would have liked...
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Supply Chain and Sustainability

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Greenbiz and Supply Chain Insights conduct a survey on the different thoughts of supply chain organizations and sustainability organization...
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Saturday, March 16, 2013

The Rush to Brokerage

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Much like the early '80s there appears to be a rush to brokerage going on in the transportation industry. While I still feel eventually ...
Sunday, March 10, 2013

Shiny Happy People...

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Well, after last week we should all be entering this week very shiny and happy and ready for another great week of commerce.  To celebrate, ...
Saturday, March 9, 2013

The Week That Was - Wow!!.. But Will It Translate into Physical Goods?

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Well, this was the week we have all been waiting for if you are one of those who did not abandon the market after the last downturn, stayed ...
Friday, March 8, 2013

February Cass Freight Index Supports 10xLE® Predictions

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The February Cass Freight Index has been released and it continues to support and is right in line with what we have been predicting here at...
Thursday, March 7, 2013

Inventory to Sales Ratio - Will March Change the Curve?

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One of my favorite measurements of business activity which actually relates to transportation volume is the Inventory to Sales Ratio.  As I ...
Wednesday, March 6, 2013

The Value of S&OP in Logistics

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I have been talking a lot at various events recently on the value of Sales and Operations Planning to the logistician and specifically to th...
Tuesday, March 5, 2013

BNSF to Test Natural Gas

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Just received a number of alerts about the BNSF testing natural gas. Seems they believe this will be a large opportunity to switch which I f...

Mapping The Carbon Use Chain to The Value Chain

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I am starting to do a lot of work and study on the impact of the complete value chain on the environment.  I think the argument over whether...

Why I am Not Concerned About The "Driver Shortage"

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The myth that has existed in trucking for over 15 years is some year we will get into such an acute driver shortage that freight will be at ...
Saturday, February 23, 2013

The Logistics of Defending Against Asteroids

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A respite from working on how to get a package from point A to point B is to think about the meteor which hit Russia a few weeks ago.  Then ...
Friday, February 22, 2013

Should Cost Modeling Comes to Logistics

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I wrote back in January, embedded in another article about why people should do "should cost" modeling prior to negotiating rates ...