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by Tom Moore on Mar 11, 2024 5:04:42 PM
Tom Moore here with interesting news about the #modex show! Had to tell you all about the jaw-dropping number of Chinese automation solutions on display. 🤖 You don't want to miss this chance to witness cutting-edge technology in action. Stay tuned ...
by Tom Moore on Feb 21, 2024 7:01:07 AM
Delivery to small shops (of which there are plenty) can be motorbike: Or semi: But mostly by small trucks: While longer-distance deliveries may handled by twin-steer straight trucks: However, longer distances are handled by more conventional ...
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 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 Aug 28, 2023 10:24:00 AM
Infrastructure does need to be fixed. Unfortunately, a lot of things stand in the way. Take this example: BNSF wants to spend its own money to replace a 140-year-old Bismarck Rail Bridge over the Missouri River. A special interest group has tied ...
by Tom Moore on Aug 14, 2023 10:31:00 AM
Harold J. Daggett incentivizes economic failure by supporting anti-optimization endorsements while Yellow Corp. Files Bankruptcy Post Government Bailout Did you know that US Taxpayers own 30% of the stocks for this company? You own stock due to the ...
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 Sep 7, 2022 10:07:50 AM
Railroads are limiting container loads to locations like Chicago. Here is why: Inland container yards are full Warehouses are full. Prologis Inc. said the vacancy rate in the firm’s top 30 U.S. markets is 3%—good for them but historically, vacancy ...
by Tom Moore on Aug 30, 2022 2:24:42 PM
I advocate weighing the trucks to see where payload targets should be set. Here is a sample of refrigerated trucks from major carriers in 2021. What does this tell you? In this sample, which was large enough to be valid, 69% of all trucks could ...
by Tom Moore on Aug 28, 2022 10:10:23 AM
Good News (Price will go down): Today: Crude oil prices are way down + refiners’ margins are down by ~50% Future: High prices ~$100/barrel for oil and $9+ for gas mean that economically recoverable reserves rise. e.g. Eagle Ford sees a fifteen-fold ...
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.