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The Perfect Partner for the Owner-Operator with Mandy Morrow

The Logistics of Logistics

Their distinctive white tractors and trailers bearing the bar and star logo is an ode to our nation’s military from one of our founders, a former military aviator. Under that banner, the company provides capacity solutions to a wide customer base throughout North America.

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Breakbulk Americas with Jeff Tucker

The Logistics of Logistics

Jeff Tucker and Joe Lynch discuss the Breakbulk Americas conference. Jeff is the CEO of Tucker Company Worldwide , the oldest privately-held freight brokerage in North America, specializing in notoriously complicated freight, like temperature-controlled, oversized, and high-value, high-security shipments. About Jeff Tucker.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 27 – February 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

Department of Transportation, which has selected 37 projects to be given funds made available by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s (BIL) Mega Program and the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) Grant Program. Multiple members of the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) were the recipients of the funds.

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Grocery Shopping and the Art of War

Enterra Insights

In military circles, there is a well-known phrase that states, “An army travels on its stomach.” In a tongue-in-cheek article, Sarah Sicard ( @smsicard ), a Senior Editor with Military Times, edited quotes from Carl von Clausewitz’s “On War” so they could be applied to grocery shopping.[2]

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Truckload Market Trends to Watch in 2022

GlobalTranz

Global challenges, including port congestion, fuel costs, governmental policies and the ongoing pandemic will be among the factors affecting over-the-road hauling across North America as we look forward through this year and beyond. Equipment shortages are another constant disruptive factor.

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Cinco de Mayo 2022

Enterra Insights

The editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica report, “Cinco de Mayo, also called Anniversary of the Battle of Puebla, holiday is celebrated in parts of Mexico and the United States in honor of a military victory in 1862 over the French forces of Napoleon III.”[4] power in North America.

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Procurement in the Age of Uncertainty: 4 Lessons from the New Forrester Study

ivalua

73% of the 470 respondents spanning 9 countries across North America, Europe and Asia felt they outperformed their competitors across the top priorities in the past year. Military Academy at West Point and an international M.B.A. The remaining 27% felt they performed in line. Not one felt they performed worse than competitors.