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Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Jacksonville Florida is a True Logistics Hub

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This is a bit of a plug for my hometown but I felt it necessary.  This article titled Work Wanted: Good Jobs in Logistics are Abundant in Ja...
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Sunday, April 30, 2017

If You Expect Your 3PL to Invest, You Have to Commit

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I have been doing a lot of thinking lately on the state of the 3PL industry.  I have not worked in the industry for a number of years but I ...
Sunday, March 26, 2017

Schneider IPO Price Set Between $18 and $20. Big Pay Day for Family

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Three things to know about the Schneider ( SNDR ) IPO ( JSonline ): The family remains firmly in control - in fact the company will stil...

Macroeconomic Monday® - Inventory to Sales Ratio

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Goes to show, I should never take a break from blogging.  "While I was out", the inventory to sales ratio in the economy has made ...

The Stay at Home Economy and Its Supply Chain Impacts - Part 1: Definition

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I have noticed a bit about my own behavior and started looking to see if it was just me or was it a "trend" (I am not usually &quo...
Sunday, January 15, 2017

What is a Supply Chain To Do In Age of Global Disruption?

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I have been following the election and subsequent transition for a long time now and of course have opinions on a lot of items.  However, as...
Sunday, December 11, 2016

What is The True State of The Supply Chain Industry?

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As we look at the profession of managing supply chains we tend to spend a lot of time working on specific areas such as S&OP, Six Sigma,...
Sunday, November 27, 2016

The Schools of Experience - Developing Yourself and Selecting Talent

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During holidays I really like to spend time with a good book and this Thanksgiving was no different.  I am reading (and re-reading) Clayton ...
Friday, November 25, 2016

The Amazon Effect

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For anyone who runs a warehouse and has Amazon "come to town" you know, at a very micro level, about the "Amazon Effect"...

October Results are Not encouraging for Transportation Providers

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It may not be a complete "Happy Thanksgiving" for people who manage 3d party transportation.  After some very large decreases in t...
Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Marc Althen at Penske Logistics - Leading by Example and Empowerment

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A great article about a great leader titled " Leading by Example and Empowerment ".  Congratulations to Marc Althen.. .well deserv...
Monday, October 24, 2016

CASS Report from September is Somewhat Grim - Macroeconomic Monday

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OK, I am late to the party on this one, sorry but when I read it I thought I had to write, albeit, late.  The Cass Freight Index Report from...
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Sunday, October 2, 2016

An Update on Drones and Drone Delivery

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I wrote about Drones first in February of 2013 after watching a Nova episode called " Rise of the drones ".  This was almost a fu...
Sunday, September 18, 2016

A Balanced Summary of Where The Trucking Industry Stands

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Fleet Owner summarized the FTR Transportation conference with an article about the headwinds facing the transportation industry.  They are ...
Saturday, September 17, 2016

Schneider Seeking IPO

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A fascinating development from the Frozen Tundra.  I just read they are seeking to do an IPO for part of the company.  I was there when they...
Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Fundamental Supply Chain Shifts Kill The Idea of a "Surge"

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I have talked a lot about the inventory to sales ratio and how it is such a great predictor of what will happen in the transportation indust...
Wednesday, August 24, 2016

The New Transportation Technology Ecosystem is Shaping

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Developing the future is messy.  It always appears it cannot be done and individual technologies, when looked at in isolation, look like the...
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Will The On Demand Economy Work in For Hire Freight?

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I recently read a very well written article in Trucks.com titled:   Will The Sharing Economy Disrupt Trucking, Transportation and logistics ...
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Monday, August 22, 2016

1.4 Million Supply Chain Workers needed - Strategy: Keep the Ones You Have

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Get ready!  The "War on Talent" is here and it is here to stay.  Fortune published an article titled " Wanted: 1.4 million ne...
Sunday, August 21, 2016

What Have We Done to The World?

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Recently I posted about socially conscious and responsible sourcing.  Michael Jackson says it much better than I: