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This Week in Logistics News (March 20-24, 2017)
Our hearts and prayers go out to the people of London following this week’s terrorist attack. So sad, so senseless. May the days ahead be

Playing a Stradivarius Without Lessons: Thoughts on MercuryGate’s Logistics Integrator Program
One of my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017 was that software vendors and third-party logistics providers (3PLs) would embrace Simplicity-as-a-Service as a new

If You Spend a Week with Your Carrier’s Driver
But before you come to any conclusions Try walking in my shoes Try walking in my shoes You’ll stumble in my footsteps Keep the same

This Week in Logistics News (March 13-17, 2017)
Who will wear the jersey this year? Last year I organized our first Logistics Leaders for Type 1 Diabetes Cure cycling team (LL4T1DCure) to raise

Uber: The Newest Entry on Your Carrier Scorecard
A few weeks ago on Talking Logistics, I spoke with Frank McGuigan, President and Chief Operating Officer at Transplace, about a variety of transportation trends,

IT in the Age of Supply Chain Complexity
“There is a certain limit to what you can optimize just within the four walls of your company,” said Artur Zgoda, Director of Supply Chain

This Week in Logistics News (March 6-10, 2017)
It’s snowing outside. My boys have their first baseball games in two weeks. What’s wrong with this picture? Anyway, I’m on borrowed time again this

The Whole is Greater Than Sum of Its Parts: Kewill and LeanLogistics Rebranded as BluJay Solutions
How should we (re)organize ourselves to best harvest the value of ‘network effects’ to measurably boost the quality, opportunity, and ‘user experiences’ of our offerings?
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