Free Trade Agreements: Like Planning a Wedding Reception
Adrian Gonzalez
March 31, 2014
“[Negotiating a free trade agreement] is like doing a reception for a wedding, and the bride and groom have very particular tastes themselves, but all
This Week in Logistics News (March 24-28, 2014)
Adrian Gonzalez
March 28, 2014
I remember going to my first computer lab as a young teenager in high school. We sat in front of TRS-80 computers (“Trash 80s” as
Flexibility: What Logistics Executives Need to Manage Rapid Change
Adrian Gonzalez
March 26, 2014
Flexibility. It’s a word I’m hearing a lot these days, especially from supply chain and logistics executives. The dictionary defines flexibility as “susceptible of modification
This Week in Logistics News (March 17-21, 2014)
Adrian Gonzalez
March 21, 2014
Lots of news to discuss this week, so let’s go straight to it. FedEx Takes Sloppy E-Tailers to Task (WSJ – subscription req’d) Coyote Logistics
Keeping Control: What 3PLs Must Convince Their Customers
Adrian Gonzalez
March 17, 2014
At a conference earlier this month, I was speaking with a supply chain executive at a large retailer who mentioned his company was bringing part
This Week in Logistics News (March 10-14, 2014)
Adrian Gonzalez
March 14, 2014
The iPad is replacing paper in many areas of life, except one, as this funny video points out. Now, on to this week’s news… IBS
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