Still have a hard time understanding what social media is all about? Here is a picture (originally posted by Douglas Wray on Instagram) that explains social media in a simple and creative way.
Now consider this version of the picture that I drew up.
There are certain supply chain topics that are rarely discussed publicly. “Supply chain integrity” is one of them. Companies don’t want to admit that their products are being counterfeited, or that theft and grey market diversions are hurting profitability. They also don’t want thieves to know about the security measures they are taking to protect their products.
At the Supply Chain Integrity track at ARC’s forum earlier this month… Continue reading
There are three bedrooms upstairs, two decent-sized ones and the other the size of a mouse trap, dark and forgotten, its walls painted black, and off to the side an old Singer sewing machine resting on a small wooden desk. “This will be your room,” my parents said to me with a smile (I think it was a smile) and… Continue reading
There is a lot of talk these days about bringing off-shored manufacturing operations and jobs back to the United States. The narrative is “We have high unemployment in this country, the cost advantage of manufacturing in China and elsewhere is shrinking, and we can’t afford to become even more dependent on foreign countries for manufactured goods, so let’s bring these operations and jobs back home.”
It’s a good, simple-to-understand… Continue reading
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Guest Commentary: How to Get a Read on Truckload Prices
Everyone wants to know where truckload prices are headed in 2012. To get closer to an answer, there are several factors to consider that may—or may not—affect pricing this year.
For much of 2010 and 2011, the industry anticipated a “perfect storm” of regulation and legislation that would hit the market simultaneously, subsequently raising rates through the roof. But although rates have risen more than their historical average for… Continue reading
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