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Tuesday, May 31, 2016

How Lack of Same Day Delivery Saved Me

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This is a logistics story in reverse.  Rather than discuss the benefits of same day delivery I am going to review with you how lack of same ...
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Saturday, April 30, 2016

Inventories Continue to Grow

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For those who read this blog regularly, you know a key metric I track regularly is the Inventory to Sales ratio.  The reasons I do this are ...
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Pricing Declines in Both Truckload and Intermodal

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The promise of "pay me now so you don't have to pay me later" continues to be a mirage.  With the release of the March CASS...
Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Another Year of Dashed Hopes for Trucking

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Well, another year starts off with the "this is the year for trucking" story and it is starting to look like it is another year wh...
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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Supply Chain Talent As Competitive Advantage - Traction

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I recently published a posting about the Ascendency of Supply Chain and the proof point I used was Amazon suing Target over "poaching&...
Sunday, April 10, 2016

Leadership in Distribution Centers - Employer of Choice

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It is a fierce battle out there for great talent in warehousing.  I mean for all talent - hourly and salary. This segment has really become ...
Tuesday, March 29, 2016

The Ascendency of Supply Chain

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I found the articles recently about Amazon suing a supply chain executive fascinating.  To recap, a top executive (although not the very top...
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...