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This Week in Logistics News (January 1-5, 2018)

Talking Logistics

That is the most unbalanced market since October 2005, after Hurricane Katrina, and is up from a roughly 4-to-1 ratio at the end of 2016…The cost to hire the most common type of big rig shot to $2.11 The post This Week in Logistics News (January 1-5, 2018) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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“1+1=3? Opportunities in Logistics (Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2015 Conference)

Talking Logistics

It was an appropriate theme for Descartes, a company that has grown and evolved its solution footprint significantly over the past decade, with 28 acquisitions since 2005, including 7 acquisitions since the last user conference in 2013. What are some “1+1=3” opportunities in your supply chain? If not now, when?

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The Top 100 Logistics Companies with Seth Clevenger

The Logistics of Logistics

He is a 2005 graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. 1 ranking by a significant margin. Clevenger, currently based in Alexandria, Va., is a native of northwest Ohio. About Transport Topics Since 1935, Transport Topics has been the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Freight brokerage giant C.H. billion last year.

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Embracing the Supply Chain as A Complex Non-linear System

Supply Chain Shaman

You presume you can understand its behavior by looking at it, and there’s simply nobody who can do that” (Fisher, 2005). Data latency increases with outsourcing by 1-2 days. You have this high-order, nonlinear, dynamic system in front of you as a diagram on the page. Most companies do not actively design flows.)

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How We Stubbed Our Toe in The Evolution of S&OP

Supply Chain Shaman

I wrote my first report on Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) while sitting on the floor in the Atlanta airport in 2005 when I was an AMR Research analyst. The model in Figure 1 became the foundational model for the Gartner S&OP model. Sales and Operations Maturity Model from 2005-2008. Don’t believe me?

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How Supply Chain Lost Its Mojo

Supply Chain Shaman

Then as a software executive (1991-2001 and then 2003-2005) and finally as an analyst (2001-2003 and 2005-present). I show this in Figure 1. The processes and technology needed to adapt, but the software market cycle in Figure 1, was a barrier to change. First as a practitioner (1979-1991). Yes, I am an old gal.).

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National Logistics Day 2023

Enterra Insights

”[1] The TIA staff observes that from the very beginning of trade between villages, people have needed their goods to be moved, stored, and delivered. It has been around since 2005 and is celebrated every year as a way to thank those who work hard behind the scenes, ensuring that goods are delivered quickly, efficiently and safely.”[3]