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The Freight Broker’s Secret Weapon with Nick Schrock

The Logistics of Logistics

About Valoroo Based in San Diego, CA, Valoroo is an outsourcing provider that focuses specifically on the logistics industry. Valoroo is a San Diego based company that provides outsourcing solutions for the logistics industry. Nick has a bachelor’s in business from McKendree University in Illinois.

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Körber Elevate 2024: Chart Your Course

Logistics Viewpoints

I am coming to you from the sunny confines of San Diego, CA where I am attending the 2024 Körber Elevate conference. The most obvious intersection point is transportation. Transportation is a huge contributor to greenhouse gas emissions.

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Making More Possible for Your Cold Chain With Complete, Tailored Solutions

Americold

Americold’s cold chain experts will be onsite at the 2024 AFFI CON event in San Diego, CA., from February 24-27. Meet with us about your temperature-controlled supply chain challenges and learn how we streamline activities to reduce transit time and cost while maintaining an unbroken cold chain.

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The Year Ahead with Doug Waggoner

The Logistics of Logistics

Doug is the CEO of Echo Global Logistics , a leading provider of technology-enabled transportation and supply chain management services. From 1986 to 1998, Waggoner held a variety of positions in sales, operations, marketing, and engineering at Yellow Transportation before becoming Vice President of Customer Service.

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Does Geography Matter in the Digital Age?

Enterra Insights

Academics from the San Diego State University note, “With the rise of the Internet and the new era of globalization, some have argued that the world is flat — geography is dead.”[2] Transportation costs became lower in two ways. ”[2] However, SDSU professor Ming-Hsiang Tsou states, “We disagree with that.”

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This Week in Logistics News (October 29 – November 4)

Logistics Viewpoints

The shortage projection, released on the final day of the ATA Management Conference & Exhibition at the San Diego Convention Center, is expected to grow over the next decade, Costello said. The change continues to be driven by a slowdown in transportation markets and a glut of inventory that is driving up costs.

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Kinaxis Kinexions ’22: Ready. Together.

Logistics Viewpoints

Last week I attended Kinaxis Kinexions ’22 in San Diego, CA. can create an agile plan for business and minimize costs (transportation, manufacturing, holding), while maximizing value (revenue and margins). This was my first in-person event in over two years, and it did not disappoint.