Category Archives: Supply Chain

Jul 13

Helping your organization South Loop Logistics

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Julian Blumenthal

In 2013, I started a consulting practice entitled South Loop Logistics. Supply Chain, Logistics and Transportation is my life’s work and something I really enjoy doing. You can reach me at ju****@so****************.com or 312-408-0663. How can South Loop Logistics help … Read More →

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Jul 06

Changes for Truck Brokers

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Julian Blumenthal

DC Velocity in their current issue has an article about the challenges traditional truck brokers have in the current market, found here: http://bit.ly/1ocNZjC. For the shipper these challenges means market changes and additional risks. For decades, a person could start … Read More →

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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 31

What Atlanta can teach the Supply Chain

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Julian Blumenthal

Early this week Atlanta came to a complete halt. What can this event teach a person in supply chain and logistics? In truth, most supply chain / logistics people must be secretly smiling themselves because they have experienced minor versions … 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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Jan 03

No demand information

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Julian Blumenthal

I watched a video of Jarrod Goenzel, Director MIT Humanitarian Response Lab. The link is here: http://bit.ly/1bDLro0. Early on in the video, Jarrod Goenzel talks about one of the major supply chain / logistics problems in humanitarian logistics being that … 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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