Author Archives: Julian Blumenthal

Dec 27

Holiday shipping

Posted on December 27, 2013 by Julian Blumenthal

The volume of shipments on the days before Christmas was so high Fed Ex and UPS could not make a significant percentage of the deliveries promised before the holiday deadline. Sellers in e-commerce you certainly want every sale they can … Read More →

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Dec 27

Limitations of Software

Posted on December 27, 2013 by Julian Blumenthal

Morgan Stanley puts out an index of truckload volume. In early December 2013, for the shipping index was higher than it was ever been in that period of December. This occurred during a period of apparent lackluster retail growth. Morgan … Read More →

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Dec 10

2014 Supply Chain Issues

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Julian Blumenthal

In 2014, I do not expect Supply Chain and Logistics managers will spend lots of time worrying about shipping by drones, but here are some of the concerns they might have. The 2013 changes in hours of services have minimal … Read More →

Posted in Infrastructure, Logistics, Management, Public Policy, Rail, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Transport Energy, Transportation, Trucking | Tagged Supply Chain forecasts 2014 | Leave a comment

Nov 15

Importance of people in warehousing

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Julian Blumenthal

Earlier this week, I did a tour of the Mary Kay warehouse serving the Chicago and Midwest region. The warehouse uses a pick to light process. There are lots of boxes with orders in them going down the line. Lackadaisical … Read More →

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Nov 12

50 years of supply chain history

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Julian Blumenthal

Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) is 50 years old this year. The Supply Chain Digest put out a short 5 minute video to list the changes in the field as well as the organization. It was shown last … Read More →

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Oct 31

US-China Transportation Infrasturture

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Julian Blumenthal

10/31/2013 Yesterday I attended a luncheon sponsored by The Chicago Council of Global Affairs on US-China Transportation Infrastructure. There are annual meetings between China and US on transportation infrastructure and this year’s was held in Chicago during a global trade … Read More →

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Oct 23

Importance of learning culture

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Julian Blumenthal

Yesterday I met a representative of a tool and engineering company. In talking to her, I was interested to learn that the company’s policy was that it would support all outside education of there regular employees regardless of a direct … Read More →

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Oct 11

Omnichannel and Dominick’s

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Julian Blumenthal

Two events yesterday drew my attention. I attended a program by the CSCMP Roundtable in Chicago at the Motorola Solutions Innovation Center where the topic was omnichannel order fulfillment. If you get a chance to visit the Innovation Center, take … Read More →

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Sep 29

Changes in truck brokerage laws

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Julian Blumenthal

Come October 1, 2013, there will be important changes when a shipper uses a broker. For reference see this DC Velocity article: http://www.dcvelocity.com/articles/20130805-take-this-load-and-follow-the-rules/ Come October 1, carriers can not broker a load out a shipper has given to them. This … Read More →

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Sep 25

The uselessness of small data

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Julian Blumenthal

For the last couple years, “big data” has been one of those next best thing buzz words of business. Its basic premise is now that we have oodles of data, lets figure out how to use to make the organization … Read More →

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