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
I attended the Loyola Supply Chain Summit in Chicago on October 20, and in listening to the speakers at the event, it has inspired this and the next blog post. If there was over-riding theme to the conference, it was … Read More
Quite often a person is transferred into the Supply Chain department with no previous experience in the field. What is important in training somebody who comes into the cold. My answer would be the routine but also the holistic view. … 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
In the April 2015 edition of the supply chain magazine, DC Velocity, the lead story was entitled: “LEED or Follow” and can be found here: http://www.dcvelocity.com/articles/20150318-leed-or-follow/. The story is particularly good going over the various details needed to make a … Read More
I recently heard the President and CEO of the Illinois Road and Transportation Builders speak. As an organization promoting transportation infrastructure, it finds itself in interesting times. In the good old days, infrastructure fuel taxes could be sold to voters … Read More
What is the “Physical Internet”? And is it remotely practical from a logistics practitioner’s point of view? Lastly, should we not rename the “Physical Internet” the “Supply Chain of Things”? Every once in a while one is humbled when a … Read More
So after five months of decreasing through put, the West Coast Ports have an agreement and for the most part are going full bore to clean up the backup, which is expected to take several months. Finally! Assuming the union … Read More
In the 4th Quarter issue of Supply Chain Quarterly is an article entitled “Off Hours Delivery Project in the Big Apple” by Jose Holguin-Veras, Jeffery Wojtowicz and Stacey Hodges. It tells of the success of the evening and night delivery … Read More
Can the concept of sustainability also be applied to corporate lobbying? Let me explain the concept of sustainability and what it means. I will then answer the question. Spoiler alert, the answer is “yes”. What does the concept of sustainability … Read More