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Goodbye NAFTA, Hello USMCA

Adrian Gonzalez June 29, 2020

Remember when global trade topics like China tariffs, Brexit, and NAFTA/USMCA dominated the news? Although the world’s attention has been focused on the COVID-19 pandemic

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Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (June 26, 2020)

Adrian Gonzalez June 26, 2020

Earlier this week, I wrote about my broken air conditioning system and how I was held hostage by a minimum order quantity policy. Not an

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Supply Chain in High School

Adrian Gonzalez June 24, 2020

In March 2011, I wrote a post making the case that, like in baseball, the supply chain and logistics industry needed a farm system to

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Held Hostage by Minimum Order Quantity

Adrian Gonzalez June 22, 2020

“It’s hot in here, isn’t it?” I asked my wife. I walked over to the thermostat and although the air conditioning was running, the house

Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (June 19, 2020)

Adrian Gonzalez June 19, 2020

My wife’s bike got a flat tire yesterday. I removed the wheel from the bike, pulled the tube from the tire, put a patch on it,

Quantifying the Waste in Transportation

Adrian Gonzalez June 17, 2020

Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from “Network-based TMS: How Connected Platforms Will Transform Transportation Management in 2020 and Beyond,” a research e-book produced