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Last week, I came across an article in the Wall Street Journal that highlights an ongoing issue I’ve written about the past few years: suppliers getting bullied by large customers. Would you put up with
“We don’t see many patients like you,” the dentist told me after poking around my teeth and gums. It’s a good thing too, because if all patients were like me, he wouldn’t be in business
We all know that the transportation market is cyclical, with various factors impacting rates, capacity, and service levels across different modes. The market in 2019 was certainly different than in 2018, and the market will
I don’t remember many of my dreams, but this one I remember because I was dead. Per my instructions, a boom box (circa 1986) was placed in my casket with fresh D batteries and a
In a recent Wall Street Journal article (“The High Cost of Impeding Automation“), Dr. Carl Benedikt Frey from Oxford University writes that “history tells us that policies aimed at restricting or slowing automation come with
Quality is one of the pillars of supply chain management, along with cost, service, and risk. Managing quality across the supply chain is critically important for all industries, but especially in Aerospace and Defense. What
The verdict is in: I will spend this year behind bars. 2019 was a record-setting year for our Logistics Leaders for T1D Cure Team, in terms of dollars raised for JDRF International and number of
Likely the only good outcome of the tariff wars and other developments in the global trade arena is that more companies are starting to recognize the importance of trade compliance professionals and technology. The old
Is your supply chain at a crossroads? Customers want next-day or same-day shipments, IT departments are overextended, and your transportation management system (TMS) has become
A recent review of two companies with different transportation management strategies reinforced my belief that centralization of transportation management operations will produce better operating results
Truckload rates and capacity should not create concerns for shippers managing a proper procurement strategy during the first half of 2020. However, pending legislation and
This past weekend I was trying to get into the holiday spirit and caught the original animated 1966 version of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”
The truckload market cycle The market historically sees periods of undersupplied capacity, a transition to oversupplied capacity, and a transition back to undersupplied capacity (see
