Category Archives: Supply Chain

Apr 02

Standardized Packaging Going Against the Grain

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Julian Blumenthal

Last week I attended the ProMat convention, a material handling convention featuring vendors of sort of products from machines to software related to material handling. Among the educational seminars I attended was an educational session where the Physical Internet and … Read More →

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Mar 27

Physical Internet

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Julian Blumenthal

What is the “Physical Internet”? And is it remotely practical from a logistics practitioner’s point of view? Lastly, should we not rename the “Physical Internet” the “Supply Chain of Things”? Every once in a while one is humbled when a … Read More →

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Mar 11

Keeping an old warehouse humming

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Julian Blumenthal

Last week I had the opportunity to visit the Ulta Warehouse in Romeoville, IL. Ulta having been found in the Chicago area, this warehouse was at one time the only company warehouse. Now there is southeast and southwest warehouse, with … Read More →

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Mar 03

Fighting the Last War

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Julian Blumenthal

So after five months of decreasing through put, the West Coast Ports have an agreement and for the most part are going full bore to clean up the backup, which is expected to take several months. Finally! Assuming the union … Read More →

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Feb 02

Truck Drivers Pay

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Julian Blumenthal

In January 2015, Forbes magazine had an article about Zappo using a Uber-like software to schedule their customer service reps. Like Uber, which changes a premium for peak ride periods, Zappo will pay its customer service reps higher wages in … Read More →

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Jan 27

In Failure Avoid Six Letter Words

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Julian Blumenthal

The business social media world is much abuzz about the failure of Target Canada. Without any actual data, it is hard to get a handle on the cause of the failure, though empty shelves as a supply chain is often … Read More →

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Jan 15

The Economic Value of Trust in the Supply Chain

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Julian Blumenthal

In the 4th Quarter issue of Supply Chain Quarterly is an article entitled “Off Hours Delivery Project in the Big Apple” by Jose Holguin-Veras, Jeffery Wojtowicz and Stacey Hodges. It tells of the success of the evening and night delivery … Read More →

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Dec 29

Supply Chain Issues for 2015

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Julian Blumenthal

2014, My Predictions and How They turned out, 2015 to follow this section Before I attempt to look ahead, let’s see how cloudy my crystal ball was back in December 2013. Here is what I predicted and what I missed. … Read More →

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Oct 22

Truckload Bids

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Julian Blumenthal

In a Supply Chain Digest video conference, MIT’s Chris Caplice, Executive Director for the Center of Transportation and Logistics at MIT, said something that was surprising. Studies show he noted that over a third of the time the winning bidder … Read More →

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Oct 02

Predicting the future

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Julian Blumenthal

For many years, I worked in the salt industry. A significant part of the business was selling salt for the purpose of deicing winter streets and sidewalks. Every year about this (September or October), people would say in my presence … Read More →

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