There is a change of presidential administrations coming when President Trump takes office. Here are my thoughts on how the supply chain may be affected. Let’s discuss sustainability, supply and demand of transportation capacity, and federal regulation. Let’s avoid name … Read More
Ask any person on the street about the supply chain and they are likely to say it is messed up. Was that hard in middle 2020 to see the strain the supply chain would have when Covid pandemic let up … Read More
Coming to a national state near you is likely to be a mass vaccination program for Covid 19. DC Velocity had an interesting interview in their August 2020 with Dr. Clive Hohberger. The article focused on the supply chain vaccination … Read More
Maybe you heard in your career a company leader bragging, how he designed the new or rebuilt to have no room for inventory, to keep down inventory costs and yes, force a manufacturing discipline. Certainly I heard some of these … Read More
Spirit Airlines is well known for all sort of fees added to their base fare. The lure of low base fares dose drive business to the airline. But a sizable number of airline customers are not happy with these type … Read More
In January 2015, Forbes magazine had an article about Zappo using a Uber-like software to schedule their customer service reps. Like Uber, which changes a premium for peak ride periods, Zappo will pay its customer service reps higher wages in … 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
When I was a kid back in the 1960’s, I use to eagerly await the latest edition on television of the “Jetsons”, an animated cartoon of what it would be like in the future. With the flying cars, building mostly … Read More
In a Supply Chain Digest video conference, MIT’s Chris Caplice, Executive Director for the Center of Transportation and Logistics at MIT, said something that was surprising. Studies show he noted that over a third of the time the winning bidder … Read More
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