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Questions From High School Student Interested in Supply Chain Management

Adrian Gonzalez March 16, 2022

I recently received an email from a high school student looking for advice. Here’s what he wrote: I am a student who wants to get

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Across the Pond: The European Transportation Market (March 2022)

Adrian Gonzalez March 14, 2022

Author’s Note: I was asked by Transporeon (a Talking Logistics sponsor) to look at what is happening in the European transportation market and they provided

Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (March 11, 2022)

Adrian Gonzalez March 11, 2022

This week marks the 3-year anniversary since we launched Indago, our supply chain research community. I had been on a journey to find a better

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Is Taking More Direct Control of Your Supply Chain Becoming More Important?

Adrian Gonzalez March 9, 2022

As I highlighted in a November 2021 post titled “Taking More Direct Control Of Your Supply Chain,” over the past few years, there have been

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Diving In: What Shippers Need to Know About 2022 Transportation Strategies

Adrian Gonzalez March 7, 2022

Benjamin Franklin famously said that “If you fail to plan, you’re planning to fail.” While this is certainly true, it doesn’t mean that coming up

Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (March 4, 2022)

Adrian Gonzalez March 4, 2022

1 million refugees have fled Ukraine in one week. A million people, packing what little they can, leaving their home behind,through gunfire and debris, their

Last-Mile Delivery: The Link Between Driver Satisfaction and Customer Satisfaction

Adrian Gonzalez March 2, 2022

Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt of a research report published recently, “In the Driver’s Seat: Driver Satisfaction Survey Report.” The research, conducted by

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The Business Case for Digital Freight Apps

Adrian Gonzalez February 28, 2022

As we’ve learned over the past two years especially, the business strategies of logistics service providers (LSPs) must be tightly linked with their technology strategies.