Sat.Jun 08, 2013 - Fri.Jun 14, 2013

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Why Benchmarking In Its Current State for Transportation is Dangerous

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I hear a lot about benchmarking in my travels and it makes me think about this idea, why it is used and what it really is. What also fascinates me about the subject is the real forward looking business leaders never really care what their competition is doing. The reason is they are so far ahead of the competition it just does not matter. Could you imagine Steve Jobs worrying, wondering or working on what Sony was doing?

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How an Unopened Museum in Abu Dhabi is Influencing Fashion This Year

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As we discussed a few weeks ago, the reporters at the fantastic Planet Money podcast have been walking their listeners through the myriad ins and outs of the fashion and apparel logistics industries in an innovative way — by designing and manufacturing their own t-shirt from scratch. The process quickly proved to be vastly more complicated and full of valuable insights than they had expected.

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Applying My One Big Thing in 3PL Management to The "Capacity Crisis"

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Yesterday I blogged about the " One Big thing " for managing your 3PLs. This was essentially ensuring the incentives and goals of the 3PL perfectly align with you as the shipper. I talked about how no one can really serve two masters and each will always act in their own best interest. It is for this reason those interests have to be perfectly aligned.

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The Business of Supplying The Transportation Business - Tires and Trucks

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The Wall Street Journal reported on two major industry suppliers today - Navistar and Michelin. For Navistar, the story continues to be bleak. Due a major, almost existential mistake with how they dealt with emissions control. (went against DEF initially) they have been struggling since 2010. In fact, they essentially pay fines for the trucks they sell because until recently, when they teamed up with Cummins, their trucks violated EPA standards.

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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When Selecting a 3PL Ensure Your Goals and Incentives are Aligned

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As I travel and speak to industry leaders I am always asked about strategies for shippers to manage their 3PL relationships. There are many theories from transactional "beat them down" relationships (which I do not advocate) to the " Vested Outsourcing " espoused by Kate Vitasek (Which I believe is a great framework for how to manage any third party relationship).

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