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Saturday, February 13, 2016

Amazon as a 3PL

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Back in October I asked the question:   What is Amazon? A 3PL, Retailer, IT Company, Delivery Company?  And, I answered the question by say...
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Saturday, February 6, 2016

More Tough News for the Rail Roads - Carloads Dropped 16.6%

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The January AAR report has come out and it is not pretty for the railroads.  Of course coal has been a big driver but it looks like all com...
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Courier and Delivery Driver Employment Fall; Warehouse Employment Up

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Post the holiday e-commerce surge, the inevitable arrived.   According to the Wall Street Journal, courier and delivery jobs were shed quick...

Is Your 3PL Working for You The Shipper or For The Carrier

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Anyone who reads my blog regularly knows I am not a fan of this carrier creation called "be a shipper of choice".  To simplify my ...
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Sunday, October 11, 2015

Estes is Fined by EPA for Air Violations - Another Volkswagen?

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I just saw an interesting news article stating the EPA has fined Estes $100K (Plus Estes has to pay another $285K in projects) because they ...

Omni Channel and The Ever Persistent Discussion of Final Mile

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Over at Logistics Viewpoints (A blog you should be reading) Chris Cunnane gave us a sneak peek into a survey he conducted with DC Velocity...
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Friday, October 9, 2015

Fuel Prices Go Down... UPS and FEDEX Raise Fuel Surcharges

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If there ever was proof that the entire industry's structure of fuel surcharges is just a bunch of smoke and mirrors, this event proves ...

Where Will The September Index Land?

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Just posting the August numbers as a reminder since we should have September shortly.  However all indications are freight was soft as well ...
Sunday, October 4, 2015

Total Quality Logistics Opening in Daytona Florida

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This is good news for Florida. TQL to open an office in Daytona and bringing over 100 jobs.  If you look at the map, the area from Jacksonv...
Friday, October 2, 2015

Heading to the USS Midway...

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I am heading over to the USS Midway and just in awe at the sheer volume of logistics support needed to support such a huge floating city.  S...

What Exactly is Amazon... 3PL? Retailer? IT Company? Delivery Company? - Answer: All of the Above

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I have written about the growth of Amazon as a 3PL / Logistics company for a long time and yet even I, after following them very closely, di...
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Sunday, September 27, 2015

CSCMP Annual Conference... Where you Need to Be

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I have been in this industry coming on 30 years now and being part of it has been core to my enjoyment of the work.  I cannot think of anyth...
Sunday, August 9, 2015

Twitter Feed

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I realized some may not know of my twitter feed which is now up to close to 8K VERIFIED followers (have to go through a verification process...
Sunday, August 2, 2015

UPS Buys Coyote Logistics - No Surprise to Readers of 10x Logistics

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This week, after a few weeks of rumors, we learned that UPS Paid $1.8bl for Coyote Logistics.  This was no surprise to any reader of this b...
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...