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by Tom Moore on Nov 14, 2023 2:28:00 PM
Our recently published e-book shows a number of ways to reduce Scope 3 emissions. You can get it here. Some follow-ups from previous news: Cincinnati voters approved a $1.6 billion sale of the rail line it owned that runs from Cincinnati to ...
by Tom Moore on Nov 14, 2023 9:39:00 AM
JB Hunt has announced its Revenue yesterday for the third quarter. Intermodal which represents about half the business so year over year, excluding fuel, down 14% in terms of Revenue. Dedicated which is about 28% decline in Revenue, Brokerage really ...
by Tom Moore on Nov 9, 2023 2:38:00 PM
To quote the magazine talking about LevelLoad, “The optimized replenishment transportation scheduling solution bridges the gap between supply planning and execution. It augments TMS systems by breaking down the silos between transportation planning ...
by Tom Moore on Nov 7, 2023 2:40:00 PM
Scope 3 emissions are indirect greenhouse gas emissions — and the supply chain managers “own” the following: Category 4 upstream transportation and distribution—think freight on inbound materials Category 9 downstream transportation and distribution ...
by Tom Moore on Oct 31, 2023 9:07:00 AM
Convoy — out of business. JB Hunt brokerage is losing money. Loads posted to the U.S. truckload spot market are down 12.3% from August to September, leaving demand down 43.4% from September 2022, according to DAT Solutions. Are brokers doomed? My ...
by Tom Moore on Oct 24, 2023 2:31:40 PM
At the NEXTxGen conference, Maersk showed the shortest isn’t always the quickest. On trips from California to Memphis by truck, the Northern route is shorter, but the Southern route is, on average, quicker and with less variability: Northern: ...
by Tom Moore on Oct 23, 2023 11:30:00 AM
Congratulations to Ferrara Candy! They have succeeded where many others have failed, they have successfully reduced their SKU count by about a third. Josh Lipman and Keba Mbaye presented at the #NextXGen conference. This is how they did it... Some ...
by Tom Moore on Oct 17, 2023 10:05:00 AM
A panel session at CSCMP discussed how important it was for a Carrier / Shipper “relationship.” Carrier contracts are pretty loose*; the concept of “relationships” is even looser. For example: Does a carrier accept a load from a “relationship” ...
by Tom Moore on Oct 11, 2023 10:07:00 AM
US crude is lighter than, say, Nigerian oil, so it is hard to make diesel in quantity. Add to that the issues with crude oil itself, which has gone above $90 only to fall into the $70 range, but recent events have sent it to $85. These events ...
by Tom Moore on Oct 4, 2023 10:08:00 AM
I'm Tom Moore people talk about the California bridge laws the bridge law is for California are the same as all the other states in the country the goal is to spread the weight out over a bridge so you don't Crush the bridge my by concentrating 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.