Update on the Shipping Industry
December 8, 2011
As we look forward to 2012, a glut of shipping capacity may be good news for customers and bad news for carriers. The editorial staff at Supply Chain Digest reports, “The large
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Update on Somali Piracy
October 7, 2011
At the moment, Somalia is known for three things: dysfunction, starvation, and piracy. The world has basically ignored Somalia’s internal dysfunction, struggled to deal with its famine, and has only taken half-measures
Update: Reducing the Operating Costs of Truck Transportation
September 15, 2011
After posting a blog entitled Reducing the Operating Costs of Truck Transportation, I was contacted by Tom Stitt from Staxxon, a development stage start-up based in Montclair, NJ, that has developed an
Looking Ahead in Supply Chain Transportation
September 1, 2011
A year ago the folks at Supply Chain Digest reported the findings of “the State of the Freight Report from the newly renamed Wolfe, Trahan & Co. (formerly Wolfe Research)” in which
Surmounting the Last Mile Challenge in Urban Areas, Part 2: Small and Clean Vehicles
August 25, 2011
Yesterday, I discussed a couple of pipe systems whose creators envision using to move freight underground to help relieve street congestion. Today, I want to move above ground. I want to discuss
Reducing the Operating Costs of Truck Transportation
August 17, 2011
The cost of a gallon of diesel fuel remains high and it doesn’t look like prices will be reduced dramatically any time soon (if ever). That fact has started a lot of
Trucking Safety and the Bottom Line
July 29, 2011
Like all commercial enterprises, trucking firms are in business to make a profit. Without trucking firms, the U.S. economy would collapse. Rising costs, however, concern both trucking firms and companies that rely
Logistics and Distribution Models
July 25, 2011
With gasoline and diesel prices hovering between $3 and $4 per gallon, some trucking firms have reduced capacity to ensure that more loads are filled. With capacity at a premium and rates
Analysts Raise Warnings about the Fragility of Logistics
July 15, 2011
If earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, floods, fires, strikes and the like were not enough for supply chain professionals to worry about, supply chain analysts are now warning about systemic fragilities they see
The Supersized Supply Chain
July 11, 2011
In a world that appears to believe “bigger is better,” we have seen super-sized meals, super-sized stores, super-sized flat screen televisions, and super-sized churches. The logistics sector is apparently not immune to
