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The CPG Supply Chain with Mike Neme

The Logistics of Logistics

Mike started his career with Worldwide Express back in 2014 where from the beginning he realized providing solutions to increase an organization’s profitability and enhance efficiencies was more impactful than trying to win a few loads or be added to a rate list. About Hook Logistics. About Globaltranz. Top Freight Brokerage Firms of 2019.

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Michigans Role in the Growing Mobility Industry

3PL Insights

Even with its role in the global auto industry losing its luster in recent years, Michigan has rapidly transitioned to growth in the mobility sector. Through various programs and initiatives, Michigan is working to play a crucial role in the automation of driving, certain to rock every corner of the economy over the next few decades.

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Transportation Funding vs. Immigration Reform (60 Minutes vs. Saturday Night Live)

Talking Logistics

If it’s not one thing, it’s another…that keeps transportation infrastructure funding down the priority list for Congress. For related commentary, see my post from February 2014, Enough Talk: Time to Fix Transportation Infrastructure Funding ). A few years ago, it was the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech June 28 2022

Supply Chain Matters

Traverse City, Michigan based provider Starboard provides an innovative and interactive digital twin of a physical supply chain network leveraging gaming technology to allow users to explore what-if supply chain and business scenarios. Supply chain planning technology provider Logility, Inc., million daily shipments.

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31 Motivations for Reshoring Manufacturing & Updated Reshoring Stats

GlobalTranz

Those changes, along with high costs of transporting materials and finished goods to and from overseas locations, make the value of reshoring likely to become a compelling financial reality for many manufacturers. Transportation and freight costs are reduced. from abroad (mostly between 2010 and 2014, per Moser).

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Cash Flow Strategies for Freight Brokers

DAT Solutions

He is a fourth-generation trucker, has an MBA from the University of Michigan, and has more than 30 years experience in commercial finance. Transportation intermediaries appear to have it easier: matching accounts receivable to payables and operating expenses. But, maybe not.

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REPOST: Why Chattanooga is the Silicon Valley of Trucking with Craig Fuller

The Logistics of Logistics

SaaS product, SONAR, is the leading freight market analytics tool and dashboard, aggregating billions of data points from hundreds of sources to provide the fastest data in the transportation and logistics sector. They founded Access America, and it grew to about $600 million in revenue in 2014. There are very low real estate taxes.