Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (April 25, 2025)
It’s Spring Break for my youngest daughter, who is a junior in high school. We have spent the week on the road, visiting a few colleges, going on tours, while…
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“I Forget What That Feels Like”: Why I Ride for a T1D Cure
This October 4th will mark 14 years since my daughter Hannah was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D) at age 11. I interviewed her several weeks ago for a podcast…
Lire la suite →Was I Wrong About Sidewalk Delivery Robots?
Today is the 129th Boston Marathon. I don’t think there are any humanoid robots entered in the race, but based on how humanoid robots performed a few days ago at…
Lire la suite →Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (April 18, 2025)
Considering it’s Good Friday and many people are off from work today, I’ll be brief and go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this…
Lire la suite →Top Talking Logistics Posts & Episodes – Plus Indago Highlights (Q1 2025)
Two things can be true at the same time: The first three months of 2025 have flown by, and they have felt like an eternity, especially for global trade management…
Lire la suite →Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (April 11, 2025)
After months of working with a supplier in China, and numerous prototypes and design changes, the action figure depicting me as a logistics analyst and cyclist finally shipped! Here is…
Lire la suite →How Building Materials Distributors Can Reduce Freight Claims and Disputes
Freight claims and disputes are a costly headache for shippers, carriers, and third-party logistics (3PL) providers, regardless of the industry. Whether companies are dealing with claims due to damage or…
Lire la suite →How Shippers Can Build a Winning Playbook (Lessons from Peyton Manning)
If you’ve spent more than five minutes in a supply chain meeting lately, you’ve probably played an unintentional game of buzzword bingo. Over the past decade, we’ve cycled through circular…
Lire la suite →On Tariffs and Supplier Relationships
In light of the cost increases due to the tariffs implemented by the Trump administration on imports, is this a time to get tough with your suppliers and demand they…
Lire la suite →Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (April 4, 2025)
If “Tariffs” were a song, it would certainly break the record for most weeks at the top of the Billboard charts this year. It’s the gift that keeps on giving…
Lire la suite →Will “Liberation Day” Also Mean Liberation from Excel Spreadsheets for GTM?
Yesterday was April 2, or “Liberation Day” as President Trump called it. Liberation from what? Unfair trade practices, according to Trump. So, yesterday he announced “10% tariffs on all imports…
Lire la suite →FAA Approves Nationwide Drone Delivery, But There’s a Catch
It’s been almost 12 years since Amazon launched (via a segment on 60 Minutes) the race to develop a new transportation mode: drone delivery. It’s been a long and relatively…
Lire la suite →Editor’s Pick: Understanding Road Transportation in the United Kingdom
Note: Today’s post is part of our “Editor’s Pick” series where we highlight posts published by our sponsors that provide practical knowledge and advice on timely and important supply chain…
Lire la suite →Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (March 28, 2025)
My Garmin watch stopped recording my heart rate and steps. I asked ChatGPT for possible causes and fixes to this problem. Within seconds, it came back with this very useful…
Lire la suite →The Logistics of the De Minimis EntryÂ
We’re still in the early portion of 2025, but we already have a strong contender for Word of the Year: Tariffs. Since inauguration day, tariffs have dominated the headlines with…
Lire la suite →Editor’s Pick: Fundamentals of a Successful Transportation Management System
Note: Today’s post is part of our “Editor’s Pick” series where we highlight posts published by our sponsors that provide practical knowledge and advice on timely and important supply chain…
Lire la suite →Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (March 21, 2025)
I’m getting to that age where some friends and people I have worked with are starting to retire. With six more years of college tuitions to pay, I still have…
Lire la suite →Some Supply Chain Lessons Are Never Learned
Way back in June 2007, the Wall Street Journal published an article titled “Boeing’s Nuts-and-Bolts Problem” that highlighted how Boeing was facing a shortage of fasteners at the time to…
Lire la suite →[Video] Crisis, Chaos, And The Road Ahead: The New Era Of Supply Chains
Here we are at the beginning of 2025. What developments and trends will shape the year ahead? Well, if we learned anything from 2020 is that predicting in January what…
Lire la suite →Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (March 14, 2025)
When my father (“Papi”) retired, my wife and I bought him a journal and a pen. On the inside front cover I wrote, “In the days that follow, write your…
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