A recent Supreme Court ruling in Montgomery vs Caribe Transport the court ruled unanimously that truck,freight brokers could be sued in state courts if a negligent driver or carrier were used. The court ruling implied that brokers who did due … Read More
On Wednesday, February 11, 2026, I attended a presentation by McDonald’s USA on their supply chain at Loyola University’s downtown Chicago campus. Because of its enormous scale, McDonald’s can do far more with its supply chain than most businesses can … Read More
This past two weeks I attended two different events which dealt with supply chain change. The Chicago Roundtable CSCMP (Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals) had a one-day conference “Strategy Meets Execution”. I attended meet the presenters in an event … Read More
There is a change of presidential administrations coming when President Trump takes office. Here are my thoughts on how the supply chain may be affected. Let’s discuss sustainability, supply and demand of transportation capacity, and federal regulation. Let’s avoid name … Read More
Those of us who read supply chain magazines and books have read a lot about the wonder of “A” customers who supply the bulk of the companies’ profits and how to focus your supply chain to serve them efficiently. A … Read More
Convoy Logistics, based in Seattle, business failure a few weeks ago, can be used as an historic marker in the supply chain/logistics field. It means, to be successful, just having a super software model no longer guarantees success. It is … Read More
I am sure leaders of organizational supply chains just let out a sigh as yet a new wave of Logistics/Supply Chain software is coming down the pike. The main brand is known as ChatGPT, and will have other names as … Read More
By Julian Blumenthal To help digest my nearly 50-year career in Transportation/Logistics/Supply Chain, it will be easier if I break it down into topics: 30,000 Feet View, Basic Job Details, Education, Technology, and I will end about the most important … Read More
Supply chain professionals have had their hands full of issues since March 2020 when Covid hit full force. Supply chain has dealt with among other things: market and transportation variability, shortage of capacity in both transportation and warehousing, unexpectedly high-rate … Read More
Coming to a national state near you is likely to be a mass vaccination program for Covid 19. DC Velocity had an interesting interview in their August 2020 with Dr. Clive Hohberger. The article focused on the supply chain vaccination … Read More