Archive for Sustainability
This Week in Logistics News (Feb 22-26 2010)
· CommentsI spent a few days this week at the SAP Insider Logistics and Supply Chain Management 2010 conference. I’ll share my takeaways from this event next week. In the meantime, here’s some of the news that caught our attention this week:
- RedPrairie to be acquired by New Mountain Capital
- Walmart Announces Goal to Eliminate 20 Million Metric Tons of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Global Supply Chain
This Week in Logistics News (Feb 15-19)
· CommentsI’ve been on the road these past two weeks, so it’s been a bit difficult keeping up with everything that’s been going on. But here are a few items, from this week and last, that escaped my delete button:
- Transplace Provides Retailers Efficient Supply Chain Operations for Fixtures and Displays
- Retail Container Traffic to be Up 25 Percent First Half of 2010
Every once in a while it is interesting to conduct an internet search on the phrase “supply chain profits.” Here are two interesting stories from the fourth quarter of 2009 that I uncovered.
In a Wall Street Journal article by Ilan Brat and Anjali Cordiero published in September, supply chain initiatives were credited with helping General Mills raise its earnings forecast for its fiscal year and the… Continue reading
Based on the popularity of last week’s version, we’ve decided to make this “news roundup” the focus of our Friday postings. Here is some of the news that crossed our desks (actually, our computer screens, email inboxes, iPhone, etc.) and caught our attention this week:
The Detroit Lions had better odds of winning the Super Bowl this year than a Republican winning the Senate seat from Massachusetts, held for almost 50 years by the late Ted Kennedy. But the Republican Scott Brown defeated the Democrat Martha Coakley yesterday by a five-point margin (52 percent vs. 47 percent). This morning, pundits on both sides of the political spectrum are spinning the results. Was this vote… Continue reading
The Plug-in Hybrid Electric Private Fleet
· CommentsThe focus for Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) has been passenger cars, specifically cars used for commuting. General Motors, for example, plans to come out with the Chevy Volt in 2011. The idea is that you plug in the car overnight and then you can drive it for up to 40 miles. After that, the Volt kicks over to a gasoline-powered generator that can extend the range for hundreds… Continue reading
Has the recession tossed a wet towel on the green movement? Recent developments suggest this is the case. Last month, for example, the Pew Research Center published the results of its latest survey on this topic (see “Fewer Americans See Solid Evidence of Global Warming”). Here are some excerpts:
The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted Sept. 30-Oct… Continue reading
‘Green’ Factors in Transportation: Empty Miles and Unused Trailer Capacity
Posted on Jan 07 2010 | By Christopher Timmer · Comments (2)‘Green’ is all the rage. I see Green stickers on cars and homes, and eco-friendly logos on t-shirts and clothing. You can’t walk into a store these days without getting bombarded by Green messaging.
Fundamentally, the concept of Green has significant merit. We, as stewards of this planet, have an obligation to the generations to come to leave this planet the way we found it. When I was a… Continue reading