Pages

▼
Monday, June 10, 2013

Macroeconomic Monday® - A tale of Two Economies

›
There are two economies developing and it is very important you do not confuse the two.  The first economy is the financial  economy.  This ...
Friday, June 7, 2013

More Signs of a Financial Economy; Not a Production Economy

›
On June 3 the Institute for Supply Management issued their May ISM index and it came in at 49.  Unfortunately, this means the manufacturing...
1 comment:
Wednesday, June 5, 2013

CASS Freight Index for May - Volumes and Expenditures Roughly Steady

›
The May Cass Freight Index is out and it is clear that rates are staying flat and volumes are a bit behind where they were last year.  Despi...
Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Amazon Fresh - Amazon Groceries to a Door Near You

›
A fascinating discovery occurred the other day on my way to Chicago from Michigan.  As I was driving down I-94 I saw a delivery truck coming...
Monday, June 3, 2013

Crude By Rail is The New Hot Thing

›
Many have always said crude by rail was just a "stop gap" until new pipelines are built out to support the new finds of oil all ov...
Sunday, May 19, 2013

The Boom Box Replaced By The iPod

›
The anchoring continues by many transportation executives where they publish all sorts of comments that say "if" this happens and...
Friday, May 17, 2013

Vacation Got the Best of Me - Maersk Looks into A Dim Future for Containers

›
Ok, just for my regular readers, I am back.  Took a bit of a vacation and toured around Europe for a while.  Sorry for the lack of posts and...
1 comment:
Sunday, April 14, 2013

Reshoring - New Balance - Who Kept Significant MFG in US - Has Thoughts

›
I just listened to a fascinating Podcast from Bloomberg with President and CEO of New Balance Shoes, Robert DeMartini.   He maintains a sign...
2 comments:
Saturday, April 13, 2013

Sustainability is Good Business - Global Companies Sign on To A Climate Declaration

›
Be careful if you think demanding action for climate change is just the purview of the crazies; many Fortune 100 companies are taking this v...
Thursday, April 11, 2013

The Incredible Shrinking Freight

›
PCs replace mini and mainframes,  Laptops replace desktops, tablets replace laptops, smartphones replace tablets...  and so the saga goes.  ...
Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Is The Failure of Ron Johnson at J.C. Penny a Sign Anchoring Wins?

›
I posted an article about Anchoring a while ago .  For a refresher, anchoring is all about the seller trying to establish a starting price f...
Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Cass March Freight Index - Surge in Freight; Not So Much Rates

›
The March Cass Freight Index is out and while freight showed a marked increase in march ( 5.8% Feb to Mar and 4.2% YoY) the expenditure incr...
Sunday, April 7, 2013

Retailers Compete on Supply Chain - Part Deux

›
I have talked for years in speeches and in advising companies that the supply chain will become the competitive advantage for those trying t...
1 comment:
Saturday, April 6, 2013

The Jobs Report Relative to Logistics: Families Enjoy Life More With Less?

›
The major economic news yesterday which, for a short period of time shattered the markets, was the jobs report.  Some key statistics from th...
Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Is The "Final 3 Feet" The Most Important Logistics Leg?

›
I have talked a lot about " Final Mile " logistics especially since so many are trying to compete in this area.  From next day del...
Saturday, March 30, 2013

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

›
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

›
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?

›
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

›
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

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