California Declares State of Emergency After Floods Wash Out Part of Interstate 10
Flood damage on Interstate 10 in California, leading to a state of emergency and significant disruptions to traffic and supply chains.
Transportation Trends: Avoid Weak Links in Your Supply Chain
Stay on top of the latest transportation trends to avoid weak links in your supply chain. Five Transportation Trends I’ve recently spoken at and participated in a few transportation industry events, and was reminded of the importance of transportation trends to the supply chain, so I thought a recap [...]
Transportation Trends
I've recently spoken and participated with a few transportation industry events and was reminded of its importance to the supply chain, and so I thought a recap of trends was in order: The importance of systems - As supply chains become more complex, leveraging systems becomes more important to [...]
Ideas to minimize freight costs in today’s economy
Partner with customers: Treat your customers as partners and brainstorm freight savings opportunities that would yield a win-win. There are a myriad of possibilities once you have a common goal. Partner with suppliers: Fierce negotiation isn't going to "win the race". Instead, treat your freight carriers as partners. Share [...]
Emerging Hot Topic – Transportation
With the price of fuel rising 30% from January to early June, transportation costs are rising in importance again. According to 80% of the finance chiefs interviewed by the Duke University/ CFO Magazine Global Business Outlook survey, high oil prices are hurting their business. I quickly learned that my [...]