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Turn Off the Fog Machine: Move Past Groupthink to Drive A Positive, Data-Driven Narrative

Supply Chain Shaman

The organization remains heavily focused on logistics, driven by the influence of consultants and technologists in the transportation sector. But the 2002 report is silent on how we recognize logistics as a constraint. In either case, why aren’t we using transportation data to change and define processes from the outside in?

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How Bloodhound is Transforming Cargo Security and Tracking with Dan Hendrix

The Logistics of Logistics

He joined at 19 and completed basic training in 2002 before being stationed in Kodiak, Alaska, and later assigned to the Vessel Boarding Team in San Diego. He also moonlights as the Vice President of Business Development for Findafitt.com, a platform dedicated to helping military veterans transition into meaningful civilian careers.

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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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The Saga of Supply Chain Innovation

Supply Chain Shaman

The news takes me back to the 2002 market downturn and the market correction with the failure of B2B players and the impact on the supply chain. When I was at Gartner Group in 2002, I followed 212 B2B exchanges. For example, Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP) has nothing in common with Transportation Management (TMS).

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Omni-Channel’s Ripple Effect on Transportation

Logistics Viewpoints

When Transportation Optimization and New Shopping Behaviors Collide One needs to go back to the early 2000s to see green shoots of modern omni-channel retail. Indeed, by 2002, Best Buy was saying more than half of its customers were checking its website before coming to the store.

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LTL Industry Trends and Tips for 2022

GlobalTranz

It covers macro trends in the LTL, Truckload and Managed Transportation Service sectors and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cloud-based transportation management platforms help digitize operations to rate, book, track and manage LTL in one solution. Managed Transportation Services (MTS) interest remains strong.

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Logility Reports Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Results

Logility

million for the same period last year, as anticipated, partially due to the divestiture of the Transportation group in November, 2023 and client conversions to the cloud. million for the same period last year partially due to the divestiture of the Transportation group in November, 2023 and client conversions to the cloud.

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