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 Magid had a number of stories to tell about moving from an old outdated facilities in Chicago, IL to a … Read More
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
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
Ted Kopel, formerly of Nightline, recently released book entitled: Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath describes enemies of the country taking out the US electric power system by hacking their computers. He envisions months of no … Read More
Small and medium businesses try to exist in world where many of their customers and suppliers are big time buyers and suppliers with their sophisticated requirements. The supply chain / logistics managers in these firms can best benefit their firm … Read More
Perhaps it may be time to write some positive words about your personal ego in the supply chain. I have watched Donald Trump attract a lot of media attention by being flamboyant and telling off everyone who is not agreement … Read More
Much of the literature of the supply chain is on the exciting stuff of grand overviews and the latest amazing software tools. There is a place for that. Little is written in most of these book, articles and web blogs … Read More
Recently before the Grant Park Concert in Chicago which features works by Stephen Sondheim, I heard a presentation before the concert. The conductor of the program, Paul Gemignani said that Sondheim was the most collaborative composer, he knew. He was … Read More
Emails come, the phone rings, instant messages pop up and you have deadlines. You wonder how am I ever going to get anything done. You think to yourself, I will close off the world except maybe if my boss contacts … Read More
Think about transportation contracts between a carrier and a shipper. They are in three parts, two of which receive a lot of scrutiny, and the last part not so much. These three parts are liability considerations, rates, and the last … Read More