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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Ben Cubitt From Transplace Interviewed - What Do Carriers Look For in A Shipper

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Ben is a very smart person and has been doing this a long time.  However, this is another, yet again, "shipper of choice" intervie...
Sunday, July 26, 2015

FTR Responds to 10xLogisticsExpert - Are We Driven by Fear

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You may have read my blog posting Another Summer and More Fear from FTR.  I am happy to link back to the thoughtful and well written respon...
Saturday, July 18, 2015

DOJ Investigates Airlines - Are the Trucking Companies Next?

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A while back I wrote about how I thought executives in the trucking industry were getting dangerously close to collusion as they discussed c...
Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Upcoming Conferences - Opportunity to Connect

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I will be attending the following up coming conferences and look forward to connecting! CSCMP Annual Global Conference - Sept 27 - 30, 20...
Monday, July 13, 2015

The Hoax of the Gartner 25

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First, full disclosure:  I am a big fan of Lora Cecere so understand I almost always think what she says is big news - I have been following...
Sunday, July 12, 2015

A More Thoughtful Article on Capacity

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This, from BCG, is a much more thoughtful article on the true capacity issues in transportation.  The issue is NOT trucking capacity as tha...

Don't Be Fooled Again..

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For those who read my last post and are not sure it is true, I refer you back to the post from November 7th, 2013 titled:  " The Fear T...
Saturday, July 11, 2015

Another Summer and More Fear from FTR

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It is like clockwork.  I can set my watch by the articles that will be printed by the logistics' press such as FTR.  Here is the story o...
Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Is Being The Shipper of Choice a Rational Buying Behavior?

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I once again had to sit through a "shipper of choice" meeting with a carrier and I was as disappointed as I am with every one of t...
Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Independent Truckers Pick Up on Mobile Apps

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Re-reading a great article from the Wall Street Journal called " Mobile Apps Get Picked Up By Independent Truckers for Better Routes &q...

Where is The Elon Musk of the Logistics World?

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I am currently reading the book   Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future I highly encourage everyone to read it.  H...
Monday, May 25, 2015

Inventory to Sales Ratio is Not Showing a Pretty Picture - Macroeconomic Monday is Back!

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All the data I am seeing is indicating some real softness in the economy. At first, people thought it was the weather and then we went to th...
Thursday, April 30, 2015

XPO Logistics Buys Dentressangle - Logistics Companies: Yes, Be Afraid

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I have been covering XPO logistics for a  very long time on this blog.  In that coverage I have evolved my thought from thinking it was just...
Sunday, March 29, 2015

Seeking First to Understand in Supply Chain Design

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Well, it has been a long time and thank you for all the readers who stayed close to this.  I have so many thoughts to write about and I real...
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Monday, December 2, 2013

A Drone Delivers Your Package - Part Deux

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Today the logistics world is a buzz with the idea that Jeff Bezos rolled out on 60 minutes last night that a drone could deliver your packag...
Tuesday, November 19, 2013

XPO Finds "The Missing Link" in Big Box Home Delivery - Game Over?

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Last week XPO Logistics  (See other entries about XPO here) made what I consider a ground breaking announcement and acquisition: They acqui...
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Rethinking The Core Carrier Strategy - Too Many Eggs in One Basket?

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There are two sides of a continuum in procurement strategies for transportation.  On one end is full " auction " type purchasing w...
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Behind The 2.5% GDP Number.. Not So Fast

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The initial read on Q3 GDP seemed pretty impressive at 2.5% .  That would indicate things are moving along and creeping up to the 3% "b...
Monday, November 11, 2013

United States Post Office and Amazon - Sunday Delivery in NYC

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Sunday delivery was inevitable ( USPS and Amazon team up ) and I have talked about this a few times.  In an article titled " Home Deliv...
Sunday, November 10, 2013

State of Transportation - XPO Logistics

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I have reported on XPO logistics   ( Follow this link on XPO to see all my thoughts) a lot as it fascinates me how a company comes out of n...