Author Archive for Adrian Gonzalez

Since many of us will be losing an hour this Sunday when Daylight Savings Time begins, let’s go straight to this week’s news so that we can get an early start to the weekend:

Well, last week I complained that we hadn’t received any snow yet this winter, and this morning I woke up to about an inch of snow on the ground, with more snow forecast for tomorrow. Today, I am lamenting the fact that in all of my adult years, I have yet to win the lottery. Just saying.

As expected, this week’s news was dominated by retail-related items.

    Two weeks ago, I shared my key takeaways from a workshop I conducted on the role of social media in supply chain management (see “Supply Chain Executives Define Social Media Too Narrowly”). I made the case that supply chain executives need to think beyond Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, and that they need to “focus on the work, not the words”–i.e., think through the work they need to get done… Continue reading

    Categories : Logistics Technologies, Social Media
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    I spent part of this week in Arizona, where I managed to spend some time hiking through the desert. Then I came home to find a mountain of leaves in my yard. And so the raking season begins. But first, this week’s news.

    Jordan Kass, Executive Director for TMC, CH Robinson Worldwide

    In this latest episode of Viewpoints on the Air, I talk to Jordan Kass, Executive Director for TMC at CH Robinson Worldwide, about the factors that are driving companies to expand their global presence and operations, as well as the implications of going global… Continue reading

    Categories : Global Trade, Guest Commentary, Podcasts
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