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Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Supply Chain Transformations Involve Many Elements - Thinking is The Most Important

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It appears every supply chain I know of is in the middle of a big transformation. In many cases people misread the COVID Pandemic surge as a...
Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Reality is Settling in for Supply Chain Companies

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One observation for supply chain companies is becoming very clear: The anomaly  in the business cycle is the period of 2020 through 2022 and...
Friday, March 24, 2023

Round up Of Today’s Logistics News

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Here is a roundup of some of the latest logistics news from around the world: FedEx to transfer LA airport maintenance to Indianapolis FedEx...
Saturday, January 28, 2023

What is all the Fuss About With chatGPT? My Conversation WITH it…

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Yes, I am saying my chat WITH it as I had a very interesting chat about the trucking business. I have a lot to think about relative to chatG...
Thursday, January 19, 2023

Scenario Planning - Face it You are WRONG!

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 I want to discuss some thoughts I have on scenario planning and why I think this skill is the future of supply chain management and plannin...
Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Go to Market Strategy before Supply Chain Strategy

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This article is directed mostly towards practitioners who operate supply chains within companies which market and sell products. I have done...
Sunday, August 28, 2022

Zero Dark Thiry, Precision, and Supply Chain

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 Last night I re-watched Zero Dark Thirty which is a great Hollywood rendition of the search for and ultimate killing of Osama Bin Laden.  ...
Sunday, August 21, 2022

My Thesis on FOMO for Logistics and Supply Chain Technology Has Stood The Test of Time

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Paraphrase:  "We reduce the logistics' cost as % of GDP which results in lower costs for goods and services, which lifts the standa...
Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Beware FOMO and New Supply Chain Technology

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 In November of 2019 I wrote an article entitled " What Do FOMO and LinkedIn Have To Do With Supply Chain ". FOMO is short for &qu...

Great Update from Craig Fuller on Supply Chain in 2022

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 I am sure many in this community follow Craig Fuller from Freightwaves.  I thought this was a very good interview on Bloomberg so I thought...
Sunday, January 16, 2022

What Separates "Vital Few Metrics" from "Nice to Know" Metrics - And What Can We Learn from Tom Brady...

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 I was reading an article about Tom Brady today in the Washington Post and it led me to think about metrics in supply chain.  How could tha...
Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Supply Chain Update - Hint: Disruption is Not Going Away and as The Who Warned Us: Don’t Get Fooled Again

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I am traveling for the last time this year and when I am on the road I get to reflect a lot on what is actually going on within supply chain...
Friday, October 22, 2021

Thursday Note on THE Supply Chain - Birth Rate in The United States

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 This is just a quick note on some learnings from the last few days.  While there are a lot of issues in supply chain which are well documen...
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Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Wednesday - Mid Week General Thoughts

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 Here is just a quick summary of some things I am looking at this week and also some things which just make you go ... hmmmmmm: California P...
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Sunday, October 10, 2021

This is Not Just COVID - Supply Chain Disruption Has Been Building for Years

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 I will not bore you with all the pictures and the discussion of how many ships are off the coast of LA waiting to get unloaded.  If you are...
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