91 Strong Midwest harvests offset woes in Texas
DAT Solutions
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Flooding in the Houston area disrupted the supply chain in Texas and beyond, while strong harvests led to rate increases in several Midwest markets.
Texas Related Topics 
The Texas Triangle
The Logistics of Logistics
FEBRUARY 20, 2018
The other day I was talking with my friends, Kevin and Wayne at Loadtex and they kept referring to the “Texas Triangle.” Being a Yankee from the great state of Michigan, I had never heard of the Texas Triangle, so I asked what it was. 5 Reasons You Should Care About the Texas Triangle.
Toyota Consolidating Operations in Texas
Operations and Supply Chain Management
APRIL 30, 2014
What Toyota positions are being moved to Texas? What are the incentives that Texas is offering Toyota? Texas to Pay $10,000 for Each Toyota Job. Toyota will move California staff to Texas. “We weren’t pursued by Texas,” Mr. Lentz said.
Malouf acquires 1 million sq ft distribution centre in Texas
EFT
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
Malouf warehouses total 3 million square feet and are located in Utah, Ohio, North Carolina and Texas. “We The building sits on 94 acres and features 54-foot ceilings and 160 dock doors.
Doubling Down on the Supply Chain: How Some West Texas Producers are Facing Headwinds from Increased Complexity, Resulting in Decreased Cash Operating Costs/Barrel
Maine Pointe
MAY 15, 2019
Tony Planos, VP Oil & Gas , outlines some of the key challenges currently faced by West Texas operators and discusses why he believes a holistic, end-to-end supply chain approach may be the way to overcome them.
Reefer freight sizzles in South Texas
DAT Solutions
DECEMBER 17, 2018
As we get closer to Christmas, a larger proportion of fresh fruit and vegetables are imported from Mexico through a handful of border crossings in California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.
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Home Depot plans multi-million-square-foot distribution centre in Grand Prairie Texas
EFT
JANUARY 14, 2019
The center, a build-to-suit project, will be located at 9314 West Jefferson Blvd. The Dallas City Council voted Wednesday in favour of giving more than $6 million in incentives for The Home Depot (NYSE: HD), which plans to open a multimillion-square-foot center in southern Dallas that will bring about 800 jobs to the area. The proposal passed with an 11-3 vote.
Guest Post: Texas Now the Number 1 State for Refrigerated Freight Volume
CH Robinson Transportfolio
JULY 7, 2015
Texas is now the number one state for refrigerated freight volume on DAT Load Boards, surpassing California by a wide margin. More refrigerated truckloads are available in Texas than in California. the imported produce must be inspected, usually in a refrigerated warehouse in Texas.
Apple’s New Mac Pro to Be Assembled in Texas After Tariff Waiver
Material Handling & Logistics
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
Key components of the desktop computer will be manufactured in China and assembled in the United States
My Worst Load Ever: Hauling Oregon Potato Chips to Texas
DAT Solutions
AUGUST 17, 2017
The worst load of my career started off as just another day in early October, 2013. October 1, searching for a load in Prineville, Oregon - I off-loaded in the afternoon. I was unable to find a reload that day.
All My Exits are to Texas
Tailwind
NOVEMBER 24, 2015
All My Exits are to Texas All my exits say it’s Texas And Texas is the place I’d dearly love –to- be And all my exits say it’s Texas But why does my BOL say Tennessee?
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Help Us Build a Global Classroom for Supply Chain Talent
Supply Chain @ MIT
SEPTEMBER 26, 2013
MIT along with Harvard University, Berkeley University of California, and The University of Texas System (and many others) have created an online educational service known as edX that provides “the best courses, from the best professors, and the best schools, spanning dozens of subjects.”
Texas Refiners Work on Harvey Recovery as More Storms Loom
Material Handling & Logistics
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
returned two Texas refineries to pre-storm fuel-making rates while three other plants were in various stages of resuming operations, said Lillian Riojas, a spokeswoman for the San Antonio-based company.
When Being Smart Isn’t Good Enough: Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy and Seeing Patterns in Data
APICS
DECEMBER 5, 2016
As I’ve shown in previous blog postings, cognitive biases are like built-in software. You don’t have to purchase them or download them. They come pre-loaded in your subconscious
Globe Express Services opens news office in Texas
Logistics Middle East
AUGUST 3, 2015
The Houston office, in the US, will draw on its expertise in the oil and gas sector in particular ind delivering logistics services
Kurdish tanker carrying $100m cargo reappears in Texas
Logistics Middle East
SEPTEMBER 1, 2014
Vessel still carrying 95% of cargo
Gas Trucks U-turn as Shortage Shifts From Texas to Florida
Material Handling & Logistics
SEPTEMBER 7, 2017
Truckers who hauled gasoline to Texas last week from Florida may run the same route in reverse next week as Hurricane Irma bears down on the Sunshine State. The rush for fuel in Florida may require supplies from as far away as Texas, which is still reeling from Hurricane Harvey.
Supply Chain by the Numbers for Sept. 26, 2019
Supply Chain Digest
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
After Tariff Exemptions, Apple to Keep Production in TexasFreight Numbers Sending Mixed Signals. Prediction for Strong Holiday Sales. Rates are Falling, but Container Ships Keep Coming.
Beware of Real-time Transportation Visibility “Big Hat, No Carrier”
Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
If you haven’t heard the term before, it’s an old Texas saying about making […]. Real-time transportation visibility has become a powerful tool for shippers and logistics services providers (LSPs). Because the market is so hot, a number of transportation visibility vendors have entered the space and, to get attention, have made big claims about their tracking capabilities, which are misleading potential users. What we are seeing is a bad case of “Big Hat, No Cattle”.
What if the United States broke in half? Is Your Company Ready in the Event of a Catastrophe?
The Network Effect
JULY 23, 2018
The New Madrid Fault Zone stretches across Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, and Tennessee. The post What if the United States broke in half? Is Your Company Ready in the Event of a Catastrophe? appeared first on The Network Effect. Logistics Multiparty Network Risk Supply Chain Management The Network Effect disaster logistics networks resilience risk supply chain
Don't miss out on the healthcare supply chain event of the year
Loftware
FEBRUARY 22, 2016
We’re excited to be first-time exhibitors at the annual HDMA Distribution Management Conference (DMC) , March 6 – 9, in San Antonio, Texas.
[PROFILE] Alanna McCarthy '14 - Parker CMC Networking
The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog
FEBRUARY 3, 2014
College: University of Texas at Austin; Psychology. Parker CMC Networking. About UCLA Parker CMC.
All Roads Lead to Dallas
Supply Chain Link
MAY 16, 2017
Famously known for the barbecue, the Cowboys, and the State Fair of Texas, Dallas ranks as the ninth largest city in the United States with the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metropolitan area ranking fourth.
Iraq takes Kurdish govt & Greek shipping firm to court
Logistics Middle East
SEPTEMBER 7, 2014
Tanker carrying crude is stationed near Texas
Disadvantages of Bundling Logistics Services
Zipline Logistics
MARCH 6, 2019
As they approached a higher level of demand for their offerings, an importer of food products from Mexico signed up with a one-stop logistics provider in Laredo, Texas. […].
Diversity Matters
JDA software
JANUARY 30, 2019
Back in the spring of 2017, my daughters (18-year-old twins) were juniors at Coppell High School in Dallas Texas, mostly focused on grades and preparing for the SAT. Both wanted to be engineers (they were not sure which engineering program), and they wanted to study at the University of Texas, University of Southern California (USC), Boston University, Texas A&M and others.
Beyond Bottlenecks: Theory of Constraints & Enterprise Optimization
River Logic
SEPTEMBER 30, 2018
One of my least favorite classes while working toward my MBA at the University of Texas was Operations Management. Sure, it was better than financial accounting, but whenever I looked at the material, I thought, “I’ll never run a manufacturing plant. Why should I care?”.
Hurricane Harvey: Transportation Impacts
PLS Logistics
AUGUST 29, 2017
Hurricane Harvey has made landfall in Texas as of Friday 8/25/17. This is the largest storm to hit the United States in over a decade. Some forecasts are calling for as much as 60 inches of rain from Harvey. What does this mean for the transportation industry?
Reefer rates remain in flux
DAT Solutions
AUGUST 6, 2019
California and Texas remain in flux with overall volumes roughly the same the last several weeks. Reefer produce failed to climb at the end of July, due in part to a sharp decline in volumes from Fresno
Reefer activity shifts northward
DAT Solutions
AUGUST 12, 2019
Reefer demand trailed off in California and Texas last week, and the majority of high-traffic reefer lanes paid lower rates last week. But there were early signs of activity shifting northward. Rate Trend of the Week
Supply Chain Ask an Expert – Part 3 with Dr. Erick Jones
All Things Supply Chain
AUGUST 1, 2016
Jones of the University of Texas, Arlington. As part of the Supply Chain Tech Show in Chicago I had the opportunity to sit down for a brief interview with Professor Erick C.
Hurricane Harvey Updates
Elementum
SEPTEMBER 1, 2017
The rain has stopped in Houston, Texas, but the traumatic conditions left by Tropical Storm Harvey have not yet cleared. Tropical Storm Harvey lashed Houston, Texas — America's fourth largest city — and has proven to be extremely traumatic to tens of thousands of people and businesses.
21st Annual Logistics CIO Forum: North America
EFT
JUNE 13, 2019
Tags: #CIOUS19 Channels: Technology Supply Chain Logistics CEO Focus Hi-Tech Logistics 3PL Event Date: Thu, 2019-11-07 to Fri, 2019-11-08 Event URL: [link] Event Location: Austin, Texas Number of attendees: 250 Programme URL: Brochure URL: [link] Speakers URL: [link] Purchase Recording URL: Event Organiser: Nicholas Stylianou Event Organiser E-mail: nstylianou@eft.com Précis: Where I.T.
Planning for a Gas-Fueled Nation
Supply Chain @ MIT
FEBRUARY 21, 2019
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio have become prominent exporters of natural gas, alongside historically productive states such as Texas, Wyoming, and Oklahoma. America’s energy portfolio has undergone drastic changes since the early 2000s.
Boosting Supply Chain Productivity (What CEOs should be striving for)
The Network Effect
SEPTEMBER 25, 2015
If you want to find out more, I suggest you read my longer post over Texas CEO Magazine. Nguyen Hung Vu/Flickr. Traditionally, when a CEO paid attention to their supply chain, it meant something had gone wrong.
Self-driving truck company TuSimple wins USPS contract
EFT
JULY 30, 2019
TuSimple has won a contract with the United States Postal Service (USPS) to perform five round trips, for a two-week pilot, hauling USPS trailers more than 1,000 miles between the Postal Service's Phoenix, Arizona and Dallas, Texas distribution centres. TuSimple will run a series of its self-driving trucks for 22 hours each, which includes overnight driving, along the I-10, I-20 and I-30 corridors to make the trip through Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.
Halloween Candy – A Scary Supply Chain Planning Problem
Logility
OCTOBER 25, 2018
Running out of Reese’s Cups in Texas where 245,135 pounds are projected to be consumed would lead to some mighty unhappy Texan’s (Don’t Mess with Texas!). I admit, I love to eat Halloween candy as much as most grade school children (maybe more). My favorite: candy corn of course!
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