Category Archives: Logistics

May 12

US-Mexico Trade on the Rise

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Julian Blumenthal

Last Thursday, I attended a morning session on the NAFTA trade with Mexico put on by several organizations including the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP). Here some of the things I learned at that event. US-Mexico trade has … Read More →

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Apr 29

Truckload Capacity

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Julian Blumenthal

An article in this week’s Journal of Commerce at: http://bit.ly/1kiFjYo, sites the raw statistics on truckload shortages. It quotes US Xpress Enterprises as saying it turned down 1,200 loads a day during the winter month and 600 loads a day … Read More →

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Apr 13

Changes shipping to or from Mexico.

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Julian Blumenthal

There are big changes in the transportation and custom regulations going into and out of Mexico from the US. They are described in an article by Jim and Chris Giermanski Supply and Demand Chain Executive March 2014 magazine at:http://bit.ly/1jCM88f. For … Read More →

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Jan 24

Planning for New Products

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Julian Blumenthal

Recently there was an interview with Allyson Hatfield with the Supply Chain Brain, which can be found here: http://bit.ly/1eY7UQ0 Allyson Hatfield is responsible for the demand planning for new products at Campbell Soup. Almost all the old line food companies … Read More →

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Jan 15

Transportation as a commodity

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Julian Blumenthal

Here is an interesting video on supply chain brain about trends in transportation in a study by the University of Tennessee and Georgia Southern: http://bit.ly/1aoFnAv. It is interview of Mary Holcomb of the University of Tennessee by the magazine Supply … Read More →

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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 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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