Author Archives: Julian Blumenthal

About Julian Blumenthal

Retired Supply Chain professional

Jun 06

Freight in Global Cities

Posted on June 6, 2016 by Julian Blumenthal

Last Thursday, June 2, I attended the Global Transportation Hubs session of The Chicago Council on Global, part of their Global Cities program. The session was transit-focused and it was clear the thought leaders there had not given extensive amount … Read More →

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May 25

Lessons for the Supply Chain from TSA

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Julian Blumenthal

The long Transportation Security Administration (TSA) lines at airports is in many ways similar to supply chain/logistics issues. Many we will say that TSA is government therefore incompetent, as though the for-profit sector never had a major bankruptcy or a … Read More →

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May 10

Dealing with anger in the supply chain

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Julian Blumenthal

Watching and listening to the 2016 Presidential campaigns, you get the sense there are lots of angry voters out there. Since this is a supply chain/logistics blog, I wondered about anger in the supply chain. As any person in the … Read More →

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Apr 26

Imagine starting a supply chain from scratch

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Julian Blumenthal

Last week, the Chicago Roundtable of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) visited Magid Glove in Romeoville, IL. Magid had a number of stories to tell about moving from an old outdated facilities in Chicago, IL to a … Read More →

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Apr 20

Connecting the Supply Chain to Research

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Julian Blumenthal

Last Thursday, April 14,2016, the Chicago Roundtable of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) visited the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII). DMDII is a public-private research institute in Chicago which is provided digital manufacturing research for … Read More →

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Apr 13

Numbers holistically

Posted on April 13, 2016 by Julian Blumenthal

By thinking and viewing numbers holistically, I mean numbers need to looked at the context of their environment. I ran across a fun example of what I mean by this on Youtube in non-logistics, non-supply chain example, but I will … Read More →

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Apr 03

Logistics Infrastructure

Posted on April 3, 2016 by Julian Blumenthal

When the word infrastructure comes up many of us think of roads, ports, waterways, railroads and maybe electricity and sewers. These are the basics of infrastructure and have been under invested in now for many years. But infrastructure should also … Read More →

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Mar 14

Sometimes Zigzagging Works

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Julian Blumenthal

The inspiration of this article came from two different venues, the Bible and college basketball. In the telling of Exodus. God directs the Israelites out of Egypt on a zigzag course deliberately, so as avoiding an immediate battle with the … Read More →

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Mar 03

Not near my backyard

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Julian Blumenthal

I was at a networking meeting telling people I work in logistics, and stranger listening responded saying nobody wants trailers near them. I was curious what that meant. With a bit of conversation, it was learned that the firms he … Read More →

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Feb 17

Filling Supply Chain Jobs

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Julian Blumenthal

Community Colleges across the country are starting to fill a need for supply chain training. Last week I attended a Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) session at Harper College in Palatine, IL near Chicago where this was topic … Read More →

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