10xLogistics
MARCH 6, 2013
I have been talking a lot at various events recently on the value of Sales and Operations Planning to the logistician and specifically to those managing transportation. I have found many so called "great" S&OP processes stop at the end of the factory and just assume unlimited capacity and capability from the distribution arm of the supply chain.
Infosys Supply Chain Management
MARCH 8, 2013
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10xLogistics
MARCH 8, 2013
The February Cass Freight Index has been released and it continues to support and is right in line with what we have been predicting here at 10x Logistics Experts. The market is soft and continues to bounce around the bottom which is holding rates flat for the data bases procurement experts. The market continues to predict a 2% price increase at recent investor conferences this is what the transportation companies are planning for.
10xLogistics
MARCH 7, 2013
One of my favorite measurements of business activity which actually relates to transportation volume is the Inventory to Sales Ratio. As I get ready for January's numbers to be released I remembered I did not comment on December's numbers. And, they tended to move as I would expect: What we saw in December was that there was barely a move down which indicated the sales season for Christmas was not very good - which I had predicted since around September.
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10xLogistics
MARCH 5, 2013
Just received a number of alerts about the BNSF testing natural gas. Seems they believe this will be a large opportunity to switch which I fully support. However, if fuel costs are not adjusted to the shipper then the economics of selecting intermodal over truck will not change. There has to be transparency to this decision and the current dominant fuel cost adjustment mechanism does not do the task well.
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10xLogistics
MARCH 5, 2013
I am starting to do a lot of work and study on the impact of the complete value chain on the environment. I think the argument over whether there is climate change occurring is absolutely over. It is clear our environment is changing and changing rapidly. The only question left is how much of this change is due to human interaction and how much is just natural cycles.
Infosys Supply Chain Management
MARCH 4, 2013
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