Earlier this year, I suggested that an economist should negotiate your next 3PL contract. I referenced a report by The International Association for Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM) that contrasted key differences between the way lawyers and economists approach negations. Here is an excerpt:
Economists have moved beyond this point [assuming selfishness and that economic interest is ‘best served by looking after yourself, at the expense of… Continue reading
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That is the question I addressed last week at the CSCMP Annual Global Conference during the “Expert’s View of the 3PL Industry” panel session. I began by showing a chart that appears every year in The State of Logistics Outsourcing report (now in its 15th year) produced by Dr. John Langley at Georgia Tech. The chart I used was from the 2009 report, but the just-published 2010 report (co-sponsored… Continue reading
Why?
A simple one-word question is all it takes sometimes to bring about change. Earlier this year, at the CSCMP Europe 2010 Conference, Deborah Lentz, Vice President Customer Service and Logistics, Kraft Foods Europe included the following graphic in her presentation (sourced from “2016 Future Supply Chain,” Capgemini & GCI Global Commerce Initiative):
[caption id=”attachment_4329″ align=”aligncenter” width=”300″ caption=”Source: “2016 Future Supply Chain,” Capgemini and GCI Global Commerce Initiative (click to… Continue reading
Back in February, I wrote a piece on courage, trust, and patience in logistics where I relayed the following story:
I recently came across a Fortune 500 company that could have saved millions of dollars in transportation costs by putting its freight out to bid. But after much internal debate, the company decided to honor its current rates with carriers. Why?
As you might recall, this past February we held a seminar on performance-based outsourcing (aka vested outsourcing). We had a great lineup of speakers, including folks from Whirlpool, Del Monte Foods, Penske Logistics, Transplace, Unipart Logistics, and a former executive from Thermadyne Holdings. Kate Vitasek, author of Vested Outsourcing: Five Rules that Will Transform Outsourcing was the keynote speaker.
Well, thanks to the folks at SupplyChainBrain, we… Continue reading
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