article thumbnail

How to Create a Truckload Strategy That Works in Any Market

Talking Logistics

We have been studying truck freight attributes and strategies since 2006. In the case of brokerage, it is important to minimize the presentation of your freight to the market. In this post, I will outline how to select reliable core carriers and find the right third party logistics provider (3PL) for your business.

article thumbnail

[INFOGRAPHIC] The Evolution and History of Supply Chain Management

GlobalTranz

Over the last 100 plus years of the history of supply chain management has evolved from an initial focus on improving relatively simple, but very labor-intensive processes to the present day engineering and managing of extraordinarily complex global networks. Infographic: The Evolution and History of Supply Chain Management.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Two Million Vacant Manufacturing Jobs by 2025…How Can We Tackle the Skills Gap?

GlobalTranz

This estimate is according to responses provided by 83 percent of the manufacturing executives who participated in a survey conducted as part of an industry study by the Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte Consulting LLP. Skills Shortages. skilled production workers. researchers. machinists. scientists. appear to include the following.

article thumbnail

Exel Earns Award of Excellence from the GIL!

Blog on Log

The ‘Award of Excellence’ was presented by Kieran Ring, Chief Executive of the Institute at the North American Industry Dinner held to honor the memory of founding Chairman Robert V. Delaney, during the US 3PL Summits at the Buckhead Intercontinental, Atlanta on 27 June 2006.

article thumbnail

Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2019

Talking Logistics

Descartes Systems Group Revenue 2006-2018 (Source: macrotrends). How can I summarize the many sessions and customer case studies I attended in a short blog post? presented a great case study on the company’s journey and success with real-time freight visibility. Where is Descartes today? Keegan McCready, Sr.

article thumbnail

Some reading suggestions, while you wait in the airport!

Blog on Log

Excerpt: “The Stickiness Factor says that there are specific ways of making a contagious message memorable; there are relatively simple changes in the presentation and structuring of information that can make a big difference in how much of an impact it makes.” Levitt and Stephen J. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion” by Robert B.

article thumbnail

Peacing together new logistics

Automotive Logistics

In spite of the high economic growth rate, there is the ever-present risk that a single disruption, such as drought, could destroy growth, particularly in its all-important farming sector, which counts for up to 45% of GDP, according to the World Bank. . Expanding logistics options.