Logistics Viewpoints: A Blog for Logistics, Supply Chain, and 3PL Executives

This Week in Logistics News (May 20-24, 2013)

Adrian Gonzalez — Fri, 24 May 2013 15:28:03 +0000

I’m still recovering from my red-eye flight back from Las Vegas earlier this week. Sleep deprivation was a small price to pay to get home in time for my son’s “moon-bounce-in-my-backyard” birthday party. Take a huge plastic structure, fill it with air, and toss a group of 8-year olds in it — a recipe for [...]

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Guest Commentary: Do You Have a Supply Chain Design Center of Excellence? Your Competitors Do.

Toby Brzoznowski — Thu, 23 May 2013 13:10:38 +0000

Not too long ago, companies considered supply chain design as a project to conduct once every three to five years—if at all. It was also uncommon for companies to do such analysis themselves, often hiring third-party firms to do one-off studies. Today, there is a strong and ever-increasing trend of companies making supply chain design [...]

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4 Questions Before Investing in a Transportation Management Solution

Adrian Gonzalez — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:35:04 +0000

Managing transportation — the ebb and flow of rates, capacity, fuel and regulations — is an ongoing challenge for many companies, especially those still using spreadsheets and fax machines to plan and execute shipments. At some point, usually when costs are out of control or service levels are heading south, companies finally make the decision [...]

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Dow Chemical’s Distribution and Transportation Risk Management Program

Steve Banker — Mon, 20 May 2013 09:00:02 +0000

Large chemical and oil and gas companies are, in general, far more advanced in their supply chain risk management practices than companies in other industries. But my coverage of this area convinces me that Dow Chemical, in particular, is one of the most advanced companies in the world in supply chain risk management. Dow Chemical [...]

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This Week in Logistics News (May 13-17, 2013)

Adrian Gonzalez — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:44:58 +0000

“We’re toast,” said one of my son’s baseball teammates from the bench last night, as their team quickly fell behind 8-0 against the best team in the league. From my beach chair on the sidelines, I thought the same thing. Then came the bottom of the fifth inning, when my son hit a 2-run home [...]

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