Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2022

Supply chain cyberattacks jumped 51% in 2021. The Covid pandemic continues to slow down global economies and supply chains. The United States Postal Service will slow delivery times for a third of its first-class packages in an effort to cut costs and its dependency on air transportation amid financial struggles.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

I learned about biofabrication, a recently created word that means the convergence between technology and medicine, to print items to be used in the human body. Just as important as the prototype itself, is the thought and research behind the design. This puts a whole new stream of thought into the traditional supply chain.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 20, 2016

I’ve spent most of this week in Dorking, England (not far from London) meeting with executives from Paragon Software Systems and several of its customers (I’ll share my takeaways from the visit, including my video interviews with clients, in a future post). Amazon Looking to License or Acquire Freight-Management Technology (WSJ-sub.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 15, 2017

LTL gets even trickier according to a report by the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics. . However, while technology evolves to allow better tracking of carbon footprint, there’s a potential to substantially improve overall logistics sustainability by addressing a less often discussed but insidious problem. 1% of US GDP.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

It is also my go-to example when I try to explain supply chain and logistics to my kids. “Do Why doesn’t the ice cream melt when it gets transported from the factory? We need the ability to make smarter decisions faster,” is what supply chain executives tell me. How does the store know how much to order?

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

We’re so disconnected from our supply chain, I’m not sure if we’ll ever be able to fix it. Creating it as an education tool would’ve been more successful in my opinion. However, leading up to 2020 I will research and explore two positions granted I’m still living in West Virginia. It’s saddening.

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