Talking Logistics

MARCH 13, 2015

Here’s the news that caught my attention this week: January 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Truckload Freight and Rates Dip Seasonally in February: DAT Freight Index. Cass Freight Index – February 2015. business inventories flat, inventory-to-sales ratio highest since 2009 (Reuters).

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

There was a deceleration in freight volumes during the second half of 2015 which continued into the first month of 2016. So, that tells me that the inventory situation continues to weigh on truck freight volumes. percent in December from November , with December 2015 freight shipments down 2.0

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Another Friday where I have limited time, so let’s go straight to this week’s supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention: Uber to move freight, target trucking for the long haul (Reuters). Elementum Expands Supply Chain Management Suite with New Inventory App Powered by World’s Product Graph™.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 8, 2016

It was a relatively quiet week for supply chain and logistics news, with robots and weak freight demand dominating the headlines. Air cargo firms feel the pressure from plunge in freight prices (Reuters). Global trade volumes fell for the first time since 2009 by 1.7 Global trade volumes fell for the first time since 2009 by 1.7

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 28, 2015

In our work on the Supply Chains to Admire report , we tracked the progress of manufacturing, retailing and distribution companies for the period of 2006 to 2013 and 2009-2013. We then rated companies on their ability to manage and improve a portfolio of metrics: operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC).

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

December 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Cass Freight Index Report January 2016. Back in June 2009, I wrote the following in a post titled Amazon.com: A Customer-Centric 3PL : “You won’t find Amazon.com on any ‘Top 25 3PLs’ list, but the company is a leading 3PL in my book.” Will it succeed?

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TMC

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

As I explain in my book, The Power of Resilience: How the Best Companies Manage the Unexpected (MIT Press, October 2015), companies can improve their disruption detection capabilities in a number of ways. Companies can then prioritize their mitigation efforts based on parameters such as value-at-risk, customer importance, and field inventory.

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