Author Archives: Julian Blumenthal

About Julian Blumenthal

Retired Supply Chain professional

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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Sep 12

Going against conventional wisdom

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Julian Blumenthal

Today, I took a tour of the the Mi-Jack facilities in Homewood, IL where they make the gantry cranes which load and unload containers on to intermodal rail cars. To be competitive the company needs to make a gantry crane … Read More →

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Sep 04

Logistics of the Affordable Heath Care Act

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Julian Blumenthal

After listening to Daren Whisman, Director of Financial Operations of Memorial Hermann, a health care organization in Texas, being interviewed on Supply Chain Brain at http://bit.ly/15u3kDL, it caused me to think about the supply chain and logistics affects of the … Read More →

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Aug 27

Dealing with a major retailer

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Julian Blumenthal

Many smaller businesses have products they wish to sell to large retailers. There is a summary of Youtude video put out by Walmart in this article in Supply Chain Digest: http://www.scdigest.com/ontarget/13-08-21-3.php?cid=7335. (The Youtube reference: Walmart channel 8thandwalton: Walmart Senior Buyers … Read More →

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Aug 22

The importance of supporting training programs

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Julian Blumenthal

Yesterday I was privileged to visit the Greater West Town Training Program (GWTP). They are located at 500 North Sacramento in Chicago near the west end of the coach yards of the Union Pacific and Humbolt Park. It is modern … Read More →

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Aug 15

LTL pricing So what is a small shipper to do?

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Julian Blumenthal

If you wanted to create a pricing system that is confusing, Less Than Truckload ( LTL ) pricing probably would be it. So let’s decode the complexity, lets use a little history. After that, let’s discuss what is coming down … Read More →

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Jul 18

Freight Payment, the mere words create emotions of anguish, boredom and resignation

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Julian Blumenthal

Freight payment, the mere words create emotions of anguish, boredom and resignation. (Note the words “freight claims” has the same emotions, that is another post.) Yes, you know it needs to be done. You rather be spending your time solving … Read More →

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Jul 08

A-B-C applies to transportation spend as well as inventory

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Julian Blumenthal

Many of have heard about A-B-C inventory planning where your A inventory turns over rapidly and your C inventory turns over slowly while your B inventory is somewhere in between. It is advantageous to think of your transportation spend the … Read More →

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