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by Tom Moore on Feb 11, 2019 7:00:00 PM
How much time and effort is wasted in picking and loading because nobody takes the time to get the item master accurate? Here are examples: A supplier complains because their customers keep ordering 15 cases – when a layer is 14. It turns out the ...
by Tom Moore on Feb 4, 2019 7:00:00 PM
Uber Freight is doing to shippers (and we assume receivers) what UberX has done for passengers… Uber Freight is doing to shippers (and we assume receivers) what UberX has done for passengers… rating them. For too long, carriers have been rated by ...
by Tom Moore on Jan 22, 2019 7:00:00 PM
JB Hunt's Q4 operating revenue, excluding fuel surcharges, increased by 15% vs. the comparable quarter of 2017. JB Hunt's Q4 operating revenue, excluding fuel surcharges, increased by 15% vs. the comparable quarter of 2017. JB Hunt has multiple ...
by Tom Moore on Jan 16, 2019 9:46:00 PM
Often the number of trucks on a deployment (Stock Transfer or Intra Company) lane can fluctuate dramatically day-to-day, creating stress at the shipping and receiving sites. When the site receiving large numbers of loads on one day gets buried, ...
by Tom Moore on Jan 7, 2019 7:00:00 PM
Firstly, we wish you a very happy and prosperous 2019! Railroads impose fees when customers take too long to unload railcars, don’t have their facilities ready to pick up shipments, and take other actions that could cause slowdowns on the rail ...
by Tom Moore on Jan 1, 2019 7:00:00 PM
Truckers are paying through the nose for diesel…why was revealed by a Wall Street Journal analysis late last year. Because breaking a barrel of crude into its component parts yields ~44% gasoline and only 29% distillates (Diesel), refiners run a lot ...
by Tom Moore on Dec 26, 2018 7:00:00 PM
Here is another instance of infrastructure not keeping up with technology. The Port of Houston is joined to the ocean by the 50-mile-long Houston Ship Channel. This artery is not wide enough to allow two-way traffic when 1100 feet long large ...
by Tom Moore on Dec 17, 2018 7:00:00 PM
Month-to-month orders for new class 8 tractors fell 36% – a sign that trucking companies are not as excited as they once were. Considering that carriers have ordered 468,600 trucks in 11 months this year – up 81% from last year, the world is far ...
by Tom Moore on Dec 16, 2018 9:24:00 PM
Answering this question is harder now than ever: Forcing prices up: Saudi Arabia and Russia (the second and third largest producers in the world) are planning production cuts along with OPEC US embargo on Iran (which has more exceptions than ...
by Tom Moore on Dec 10, 2018 7:00:00 PM
Why is the price of diesel still falling when crude oil is actually going up? Here is my list of answers: When prices are declining, there is a long lag between crude costs falling and diesel matching. When prices are rising, there is no lag. (Up ...
Our founding team of supply chain veterans and ML experts has created one of the most sophisticated suites of optimization tools in the supply chain world. Let us show you.