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by Tom Moore on Jun 14, 2023 7:00:00 PM
Getting more carrier capacity the expensive way: Buy trucks – the backlog at truck assembly lines in North America has grown to 205,000 orders – up sharply from 89,300. Getting more carrier capacity cheaply: Ryder, which rents trucks and trailers, ...
by Tom Moore on Sep 15, 2022 8:28:19 AM
While 2 unions are threatening a walkout this week, if there isn’t a stoppage, there will be more humping. Even if there is a stoppage, when they come back to work, there will be more humping. Before your mind goes in the wrong direction, humping is ...
by Tom Moore on Jan 4, 2021 7:00:00 PM
Happy 2021! 2021 will be the year for us to capitalize on the public’s recognition of the importance of the supply chain. When they ran out of toilet paper…they noticed – when vaccines needed to be shipped at ultra-low temperatures…they applauded. ...
by Tom Moore on Jun 15, 2020 8:00:00 PM
I don’t usually go into something that is not mainstream, but this is instructive. HCSB bank lost $200 Million dollars in one day because it couldn’t move gold from London to New York to address a disparity between the price of gold in London vs. ...
by Tom Moore on Mar 11, 2019 8:00:00 PM
“Modern wars are won by grinding, not by genius” – Cathal J Nolan. This may apply to the e-commerce war between Walmart and Amazon. News from the RILA Supply Conference and other sources show Walmart exceeded expectations with comparable e-commerce ...
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 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 Jul 23, 2018 8:00:00 PM
While conservation and alternate energy sources are impacting oil demand, the clear trend is that demand is up. In 2010, global oil demand was ~85 MM (million) barrels per day – in 2018, it is close to 100 MM. The oil price (Monday lunchtime) was ...
by Tom Moore on Apr 17, 2017 8:00:00 PM
Also, a new Port In Mexico And Judge Strikes Down Seattle Ordinance That Had Widespread Implications Judge Robert Lasnick accepted the argument that Uber drivers were contractors and that having contractors band together was contrary to antitrust ...
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.