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This Week in Logistics News (July 7-11, 2014)
Lots of news to get to this week, so let’s dive right in. Accellos and HighJump Software Merge Legislators Move to Replenish Highway Trust Fund

Driver Shortage in Trucking: Time for Plan B
Last week, the U.S. Labor Department reported that employers added 288,000 jobs in June, which lowered the unemployment rate to 6.1 percent, the lowest since

This Week in Logistics News (June 30 – July 4, 2014)
Due to the July 4th holiday on Friday, we postponed publishing our weekly news roundup until today. Not surprising, it was a very quiet week for

Takeaways from Roadnet perform 2014 User Conference
I’ve been using the word convergence to describe many of the trends occurring in the supply chain and logistics field today, and convergence was certainly

Your 3PL as Supply Chain Risk Management Partner?
As I discussed last Friday, Accenture published a report recently on supply chain risk management. Seventy-six percent of the companies that participated in the study

This Week in Logistics News (June 23-27, 2014)
Although the World Cup is dominating the sports news these days, something else caught my attention this week. Last night was the NBA draft, and

Time to Transform Your Decision-Making Process?
A problem or other situation arises in your supply chain and a decision needs to be made quickly on what action to take. Since all

Are You Dumbsourcing?
One of the things I love about interviewing supply chain professionals on Talking Logistics is that they often raise interesting questions and ideas. Last year,
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