The death of Steve Jobs was the big news this week. Many of the articles written the past two days have focused on how Jobs, through his vision, creativity, and persistence, transformed so many industries, including movies (Pixar), music (iPod and Tunes), telecommunications (iPhone), computers (iMac, MacBook, and iPad), and software (Mac OS and App Store). My favorite commentary, however, came from Steve Jobs himself during a commencement speech he… Continue reading
Have you ever spoken those words or expressed a similar sentiment? If so, you’re not alone. In fact, in a web survey I conducted a couple of years ago, along with a series of think tank sessions, “Not being proactive enough” was the number one compliant shippers had about their 3PLs.
“Proactiveness”… Continue reading
My colleague Clint Reiser and I recently interviewed twelve logisticians at manufacturing, retail, and distribution companies ranging in size from very large to very small. Our focus was on four key dimensions that should logically correlate with how well a Third Party Logistics (3PL) provider is able to perform. Those dimensions include a 3PL’s IT capabilities, their ability to execute, their ability to drive continuous improvement, and their ability to… Continue reading
Kids in middle school have transportation on the brain, at least according to my daughter’s principal. The school held a “Welcome Back” open house for parents this week and the principal, in his opening remarks, said he was surprised by the number of inventions proposed by students that were transportation-related: flying carpets, flying shoes, flying cars, and my personal favorite, teleportation.
Sorry trucking, sorry rail, sorry ocean. It… Continue reading
I visited my first Control Tower a few weeks ago–TMC’s North American facility in Chicago. TMC is the transportation managed services division of C.H. Robinson Worldwide, an ARC client.
A Control Tower is a location where a transportation managed services provider uses its transportation management system (TMS) to do regional planning and execution of transportation loads for its shipper clients. TMC performs transportation planning and execution for… Continue reading
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