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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

Supply Chain Sustainability: A Byproduct of Efficiency

Adrian Gonzalez June 15, 2020

What is so special about October 23, 2005? That’s when Walmart’s CEO at the time, Lee Scott, gave a speech entitled Twenty First Century Leadership

Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (June 12, 2020)

Adrian Gonzalez June 12, 2020

What traditional supply chain practices or concepts (“the way we’ve always done things”) do you believe companies must unlearn to succeed moving forward? We asked