I am on borrowed time this morning because I am attending an executive breakfast seminar on social media in supply chain management, a topic I’ve written much about the past couple of years (for example, see “Supply Chain Executives Define Social Media Too Narrowly” and “Is Social Media in Supply Chain Management a Waste of Time?”). I’ll share my takeaways from this morning’s seminar in a future posting… Continue reading
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Categories : Logistics Service Providers, Mergers-Acquistions, Regulations, This Week in News, Transportation
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In the US we speak about “pallet pooling services,” while in the UK people speak of “pallet networks.” It turns out these are two very different things. The UK and the US — two nations divided by a common language.
“Pallet pooling services” involve shippers renting pallets from companies like CHEP. These service providers collect the empty pallets at the end of the supply chain, inspect them, and efficiently… Continue reading
As this picture clearly shows, I reached the pinnacle of fashion at a very young age, and it’s been all down hill ever since.
A big thanks to my sister for discovering this long-lost treasure in my mother’s garage last weekend, and then posting it on Facebook.
From the 70s to today…
Categories : Labor, Logistics Service Providers, Mobile Technologies, This Week in News, Transportation
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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.
Categories : China, Global Trade Management Solutions, Logistics Service Providers, This Week in News
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Viewpoints on the Air Podcast #5: The Importance of Flexibility in TMS
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the build vs. buy decision that many third party logistics providers (3PLs) face when it comes to IT solutions, particularly when off-the-shelf applications don’t meet all of their functional requirements (see “The IT Dilemma for 3PLs”). That posting generated a lot of comments, not only on Logistics Viewpoints but also on LinkedIn.
[caption id=”attachment_8409″ align=”alignleft” width=”119″ caption=”Kyle Krug, Director Client… Continue reading
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