Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrainMore from Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrainAir CargoThe U.S. Merchant Marine Is Foundering. Should We Care?More than 30 years ago, when I began writing about transportation and logistics, one of the first pieces that I did was about the imminent demise of the U.S. merchant marine. Today, I find myself addressing the same issue. As industries go, this has got to be one of the slowest deaths on record.August 19, 2013All LogisticsMaking the Case for a National Infrastructure BankThe nation's transportation infrastructure is in dire shape.August 12, 2013All TechnologyAre Cloud Applications a Cybersecurity Threat?To be a corporate I.T. professional today, you have to be obsessed with cybersecurity. A line on your resume should read "paranoid tendencies." Because somebody really is out to get you - or, at least, your company's proprietary information.August 5, 2013All LogisticsFor Truckers, It's a Long and Winding RoadA couple of posts ago, I wrote about the continuing efforts of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters to reduce, if not eliminate, the use of independent owner-operators in port drayage operations. But that's just one of several major issues affecting truckers today. Here are some more:July 29, 2013All LogisticsHow Delphi Automotive Got Real With Its Suppliers"New business reality." That's an apt way to describe the position of any company that has just emerged from four years of reorganization under Chapter 11 of U.S. bankruptcy law. And it's precisely the challenge that Delphi Automotive faced back in 2009, when it sought to reinvent itself and shore up relations with an army of suppliers.July 22, 2013All LogisticsThe Teamsters Are Still Targeting Independent TruckersThe U.S. Supreme Court last month drove two more nails into the coffin of port efforts to impose local rules on drayage operators, in violation of interstate commerce law. The court ruled unanimously that the Port of Los Angeles could not require drayage companies to display placards on their trucks that included a phone number for reporting concerns about their operations. It also could not mandate the development of off-street parking plans for harbor vehicles.July 15, 2013All LogisticsJust How Much Inventory Is Out There, Anyway?Hamish Brewer, chief executive officer of JDA Software, was giving a speech at the Economic Club of Phoenix last year, when the topic of global inventory levels came up. The question he posed: How much stuff is currently in transit or socked away in warehouses the world over? The answer: Nobody really knows.July 8, 2013Global LogisticsIs the President's National Export Initiative a Dud?It's been more than three years since the Obama Administration launched its National Export Initiative (NEI), with much ballyhoo. The stated goal of the massive effort was to double U.S. exports within five years - from $1.57tr in 2009 to a projected $3.14tn in 2015.July 1, 2013All LogisticsHow a Paper Products Manufacturer Got Its Transportation Costs Under ControlThe Newark Group, a producer of recycled paperboard products, operates on extremely thin margins. It needed a transportation-management system that could automatically seek out the lowest-cost carriers, and search out opportunities for further savings through the booking of continuous moves.June 26, 2013Transportation & DistributionHow to Make Your Forecast a Little Less WrongA conversation with Rick Davis, vice president of business planning with Kellogg USA.June 24, 2013Previous PagePage 217 of 265Next Page
