Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 1, 2022

Quarters reflect the fiscal year ending May 31) According to UPS’ Newman, “average daily volume in the US was down 4% or 823,000 packages per day versus the second quarter of last year. This past week, they announced a transcontinental service delivering packages between their respective West Coast and East Coast coverage areas.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 4, 2023

After years of financial struggles, reports of Yellow preparing for bankruptcy emerged last week as the Nashville, Tennessee-based trucker saw customers leave in large numbers. The center, known as YXU1, will see employees work alongside robotics technology to pick, pack and ship up to 750,000 items a day.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 29, 2016

Free’ Shipping Crowds Out Small Retailers (WSJ – sub. Simply put, Descartes is starting to focus on helping companies (especially small and mid-sized businesses) better integrate and automate their e-commerce, warehouse management and shipping processes. Google, Ford, Uber launch coalition to further self-driving cars (Reuters).

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Next year’s conference will be on September 8th-11th in Franklin, TN, south of Nashville, TN. Special programs—new product launch, promotional packaging, and samples—are often managed as marketing programs using offline processes (usually spreadsheets). This blog post formed in my head as I worked with clients this month.

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Proxima

MARCH 20, 2020

As I sit at my home in Nashville, TN, observing the aftermath of the recent tornados while playing witness to daily changes in the world, I had a thought. Before more bottles of hand sanitizer can be made, the plastic bottles, packaging, labels, and raw materials will need to be transported. Your carriers and brokers are your ships.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Facing Lower-than-Expected Package Volumes, FedEx Raises Rates. Facing a falling net income after lower-than-expected package volumes, FedEx has announced plans to raise rates by 6.9%. Postal Service announced intentions to consolidate roughly 21% of delivery units into large-scale shipping centers.

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 13, 2016

by Melissa Clow How do you start a supply chain revolution in Nashville? O’Marah used BMW here, sharing that the auto company’s big data analytics package allows them to identify strikes and capacity issues, sensing the demand before anyone has to tell them.

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