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REPOST: Understanding the Rise and Fall of Truckload Rates with Chris Pickett

The Logistics of Logistics

From 2006 to 2020, Chris played key leadership roles (including Chief Strategy Officer from 2010-2020) at Coyote Logistics (a UPS Company), a leading provider of non-asset based 3PL solutions across North America and Europe. He earned a B.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech, an M.Eng. He earned a B.S.

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Understanding the Rise and Fall of Truckload Rates with Chris Pickett

The Logistics of Logistics

From 2006 to 2020, Chris played key leadership roles (including Chief Strategy Officer from 2010-2020) at Coyote Logistics (a UPS Company), a leading provider of non-asset based 3PL solutions across North America and Europe. He earned a B.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech, an M.Eng. He earned a B.S.

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What’s Next for The Freight Market with Chris Pickett

The Logistics of Logistics

Chris is the Chief Operating Officer at Flock Freight , a technology company that is on a mission to solve the US trucking industry’s wasted capacity problem. Tusk’s technology connects your parcel operation to a national network of vetted regional carriers, all with pre-negotiated rates and reliable, predictable service.

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Daily Management for Improvement

The Lean Thinker

I’m digging through old archives again, and came across this graphic I put together around 2006 or so. We get into semantic arguments about “problem solving” as somehow different from “root cause analysis” and how the Improvement Kata is somehow distinct, again, from those activities. You get a surprise.

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Fragility of Infrastructure Highlighted Again After Baltimore Bridge Collapse

MTS Logistics

According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the world’s largest shipping vessels grew 155% bigger between 2006 and 2020. The bridge collapse will take weeks if not months to investigate, clear and resolve to fully restore the Baltimore port to full operations.

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Taking a Big Picture View of Supply Chain Networks

Logistics Viewpoints

At its core, the control tower concept is about “stitching together complex and siloed supply chains” so organizations have greater visibility and better insights to help them run more efficient operations. Our strategy was to lead with shippers, then onboard their vast networks of carrier, broker and 3PL partners. Data integrity.

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Private Fleets or Outsourced Logistics? Which is Better?

Trinity Logistics

Fewer decisions are bigger than deciding whether to operate a private fleet or outsource. Some companies believe operating a private fleet gives them more control over the business and operating costs. According to FleetSeek.com , a database of trucking operations, 344,657 private fleets are operating in the U.S.