10xLogistics

MARCH 20, 2013

I do not spend a lot of time on ocean freight and I probably should spend more. Suffice it to say I know it is in a dramatic over capacity situation and has been for a few years. Recently, I read an article over at Supply Chain Brain titled: Economics 101: Did Ocean Carriers Miss The Lesson and it really brought home just how "sick" this industry is right now.

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Apparel Logistics

MARCH 21, 2013

These days, we've become used to commerce happening at lightening speed over the Internet. To take an obvious example, look at buying music: To listen to a new album, the album would have to be physically shipped to a store, and you'd have to drive to and from the store. Now, you can listen with three clicks.

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10xLogistics

MARCH 18, 2013

Greenbiz and Supply Chain Insights conduct a survey on the different thoughts of supply chain organizations and sustainability organizations in a company. This is very telling since I truly believe sustainability should be embedded in the operations of Supply Chain. One certain way for sustainability to fail is for a company to believe it is the job of some "office" in corporate headquarters.

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10xLogistics

MARCH 18, 2013

Somehow last week got away from me, perhaps too much sun in Florida the week prior, so I did not post this on Thursday as I would have liked. On March 13, 2013 the census bureau released the numbers showing the total business inventories to sales ratio for January. If you remember, I posted the wholesale numbers a few days back at this post and said I was getting concerned about the inventory levels backing up in the supply chain.

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10xLogistics

MARCH 16, 2013

Much like the early '80s there appears to be a rush to brokerage going on in the transportation industry. While I still feel eventually the asset players will rule (eventually someone has to provide a truck or container) I do think this new breed of brokers is something to watch. In reality, as I have written before, they are not really brokers in the old sense of the word.

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