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by Tom Moore on May 11, 2020 8:00:00 PM
The Postal Service, which is, for the most part, a government-mandated disaster, wants… The Postal Service, which is, for the most part, a government-mandated disaster, wants $75 billion for coronavirus relief. The reality is that USPS was pretty ...
by Tom Moore on May 4, 2020 8:00:00 PM
Most warehouses use the time the trailer leaves to sequence picking, etc. It all makes sense in a perfect world….but we know that we all try to pick and load ahead. And we know that this creates problems as inbound inventory may not have arrived ...
by Tom Moore on Apr 27, 2020 8:00:00 PM
Bigger ships. While over 400 sailings have been canceled since February on key lanes, a new… Bigger ships. While over 400 sailings have been canceled on key lanes since February, a new container ship is being launched: the Megamax. This giant ship ...
by Tom Moore on Apr 20, 2020 8:00:00 PM
Not many people woul\d call it a warehousing problem, but simply put, there is almost no place to put oil production…storage facilities (tank farms = warehouses) are full. When I asked one oil executive last week when they would use pipelines to ...
by Tom Moore on Apr 13, 2020 8:00:00 PM
JIT (just-in-time) inventory policies are being blamed for shortages of medical equipment and toilet paper. My comment is… JIT (just-in-time) inventory policies are being blamed for shortages of medical equipment and toilet paper. My comment is: ...
by Tom Moore on Apr 6, 2020 8:00:00 PM
The good news for carriers is… The good news for carriers is: Traffic is not a concern – average speed in cities like LA and Atlanta has more than doubled Fuel costs are down – BUT, with fewer miles being driven by gasoline vehicles, the refineries ...
by Tom Moore on Mar 23, 2020 8:00:00 PM
Things are happening quickly – how do you react to things like… Things are happening quickly – how do you react to things like Ohio raising its load weight limit to 90,000 lbs? How do you keep pickers picking and loaders loading? How do you keep the ...
by Tom Moore on Mar 16, 2020 8:00:00 PM
Extreme (panic) demand meets with the US grocery supply chain…. and the supply chain is… Extreme (panic) demand meets with the US grocery supply chain…. and the supply chain is keeping up. Store shelves may have been bare yesterday – but through ...
by Tom Moore on Mar 9, 2020 8:00:00 PM
After being rebuffed by Russia, the Saudi’s made it clear that if Mr. Putin didn’t want to cut oil supplies along with OPEC, they would ruin the Russian economy. With oil down nearly 50% over the past weeks, Russia’s principal source of currency has ...
by Tom Moore on Mar 2, 2020 7:00:00 PM
In the US, trucks emit about 7% of greenhouse gases – compared with 17% coming from cars and light trucks. But, just as the government is pushing to reduce the carbon emissions of cars by moving them into electric, higher mileage, etc., there is ...
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