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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

XPO Logistics Records a Wider Loss Year over Year

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I continue to follow this company closely as should anyone in the brokerage and now final mile business (see acquisition of 3PD).  However, ...

What Supply Chain Needs is Long Term Thinking

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We all know there is a conflict - a push / pull relationship if you will - between delivering current results and looking out to the long te...
Monday, July 15, 2013

XPO Logistics and 3PD - An End Run Around Coyote Logistics?

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Back in November of 2012 I reported on XPO Logistics and their "insane" growth pattern .  The company, and its CEO Bradley Jacobs...

Read into The Earnings Statements - Freight is Soft - Beyond the Hype

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I found something very intriguing for shippers in the JB Hunt earnings release and it had to do with the ICS (Integrated Capacity Solution...
Monday, July 1, 2013

Carbon Offsets Should Be Part of a Sustainability Program

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When I talk sustainability, either individually or in groups, the same consistent theme comes from middle management:  We will do it if it a...
Sunday, June 30, 2013

Will Monday Morning, July 1, be Y2K All Over Again?

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The fear mongering that has gone on about the hours of service (HOS) changes taking effect on Monday remind me a lot of the Y2K fear.  Fo...
Saturday, June 29, 2013

What Can Logisticians Learn from Emergency Room Doctors - The idea of "Thin Slicing"

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I have read a lot about " control towers " and " big data " lately as I am sure many of you have.  This has led me to as...
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Monday, June 24, 2013

More on Crude By Rail

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As I said on my last post I would come back to this topic as it truly has become the most interesting transportation topic to come up in a w...
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Act Expo 2013

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I will be using twitter a lot more than the blogging site as I will be attending the ACT EXPO 2013 this week. Please follow me at: my logis...
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Awakening the Sleeping Giant - Crude by Rail

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I am short on time as I am heading to the Alternative Fuels Conference ( ACT 2013 ).  I wanted to give the light of day to this article on ...
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Thursday, June 13, 2013

Why Benchmarking In Its Current State for Transportation is Dangerous

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I hear a lot about benchmarking in my travels and it makes me think about this idea, why it is used and what it really is.  What also fascin...
Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Applying My One Big Thing in 3PL Management to The "Capacity Crisis"

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Yesterday I blogged about the " One Big thing " for managing your 3PLs.  This was essentially ensuring the incentives and goals of...
Tuesday, June 11, 2013

When Selecting a 3PL Ensure Your Goals and Incentives are Aligned

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As I travel and speak to industry leaders I am always asked about strategies for shippers to manage their 3PL relationships.  There are many...
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The Business of Supplying The Transportation Business - Tires and Trucks

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The Wall Street Journal reported on two major industry suppliers today - Navistar and Michelin .  For Navistar, the story continues to be b...
Monday, June 10, 2013

Macroeconomic Monday® - A tale of Two Economies

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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

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

CASS Freight Index for May - Volumes and Expenditures Roughly Steady

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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

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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

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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

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The anchoring continues by many transportation executives where they publish all sorts of comments that say "if" this happens and...