This Week in Logistics News (November 12-16, 2018)
Adrian Gonzalez
November 16, 2018
We received the first snow of the season last night, followed by heavy rains. It’s a slushy mess out there. On the bright side, my
Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016
Adrian Gonzalez
December 16, 2015
Well, my big audacious prediction for 2015 did not come true. Google did not acquire a third-party logistics (3PL) company or a logistics software vendor.
Bubble Wrap Loses Its Pop for Logistics Cost Savings
Adrian Gonzalez
July 6, 2015
In case you missed it, the Wall Street Journal and others reported last week that Sealed Air Corp., the makers of Bubble Wrap, have developed
The Better Goal: More Fuel Efficient Trucks or Using Fewer Trucks?
Adrian Gonzalez
June 22, 2015
Last Friday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) jointly proposed standards for medium- and
The Missing Supply Chain Perspective in Packaging Decisions
Adrian Gonzalez
September 11, 2013
About a decade ago, I visited a packaging facility operated by a contract packaging provider. The facility would receive bulk quantities of goods from a
The Important Role of Packaging in Supply Chain Network Design and Optimization
Talking Logistics
August 9, 2013
A lot of consumer packaged goods (CPG) and food companies are under-leveraging their packaging operations – in other words, they haven’t really analyzed where they
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