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by Tom Moore on Aug 14, 2017 8:00:00 PM
The latest data I have shown containers from Asia to the US West Coast costing around $1,400 a year ago, in May, the same container cost about $750. Oil prices are expected to be somewhat flat, as shown by the futures market. The price for delivery ...
by Tom Moore on Aug 7, 2017 8:00:00 PM
Managing inbound transportation has often been a mark of a mature supply chain organization. By making inbound transportation a profit center, landed costs go down. But simply managing transportation is not enough. Expert supply chains are now ...
by Tom Moore on Jul 16, 2017 9:17:00 PM
Don’t believe everything you read! I read an article the other day claiming that the US Postal Service gave Amazon special rates to get their business – delivering Amazon parcels the critical last mile. What the article should have said is that the ...
by Tom Moore on Jul 10, 2017 8:00:00 PM
Recent events with Celadon, one of the largest US long-haul truckers, show… Recent events with Celadon, one of the largest US long-haul truckers, show that to make a small fortune…start with a large fortune. Celadon’s share price has dropped from ...
by Tom Moore on Jul 4, 2017 8:00:00 PM
To fix roads, costs at the pump are up… I often travel over the bridge in I71 that connects Ohio with Northern Kentucky. Generally, a backup on a 50+-year-old bridge carries twice its designed traffic level. The bad news is that they will close half ...
by Tom Moore on Jun 26, 2017 9:13:00 PM
In exchange for better insurance rates, trucking companies are adding cameras to truck cabs. Insurance rates for commercial vehicles are on the rise. Estes says they are up 20% in 2 years. Driven by “nuclear judgments” – penalties that sometimes run ...
by Tom Moore on Jun 19, 2017 8:00:00 PM
“Circle January 2020 on your calendar for what could be a major disruption to the energy market and a jolt to the global economy” was the lead sentence in the Wall Street Journal. “Circle January 2020 on your calendar for what could be a major ...
by Tom Moore on Jun 16, 2017 4:45:00 PM
New pipeline adds to rail and ocean tanker woes...Bulk transportation rates will go down. Energy Transfer Partners started moving oil through the much disputed but now completed Dakota Access Pipeline. Capable of moving 450,000 barrels a day, it ...
by Tom Moore on May 30, 2017 8:00:00 PM
Oh My! The Future Of Supply Chain That Is Just Around The Corner Unfortunately, just because everybody is talking about drones and self-driving trucks, it doesn’t mean they are going to happen soon. But big data is happening now! And every company ...
by Tom Moore on May 22, 2017 8:00:00 PM
Meet Carol. Carol, besides sending you this email each week, goes to the… Meet Carol. Besides sending you this email each week, Carol goes to the grocery store about 3 times a week. She is typical of shoppers who mostly start in produce, go to the ...
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.