A Year Ago, Today
One year ago today, on January 16, 2024, I went to the ER. “How can I help you?” the hospital receptionist asked. “I think I need psychiatric help,” I said.…
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The Long, Bumpy Road to Deploying Driverless Trucks at Scale
Last week, Aurora, Continental, and NVIDIA announced “a long-term strategic partnership to deploy driverless trucks at scale, powered by the next-generation NVIDIA DRIVE Thor system-on-a-chip (SoC). NVIDIA’s DRIVE Thor and…
Lire la suite →Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (January 10, 2025)
As you read this, I’ll be making my way to my son’s graduation from Officer Candidate School (OCS) at Fort Moore, Georgia. After 10 weeks of basic training and 12…
Lire la suite →Trust More: A New Year’s Resolution for Supply Chain Executives
At the start of 2017, I wrote a post highlighting four things supply chain and logistics professionals should stop doing in the new year. Last January, I updated the list…
Lire la suite →The Transportation Management Agenda in 2025: Innovate or Execute Better?
Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt of a research report published recently, “Navigating Tomorrow 2025 – The Transportation Management Agenda: Innovate or Execute Better?” The research, conducted by Adelante…
Lire la suite →Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2025
Editor’s Note: This is one of the most popular posts we publish every year: our list of supply chain and logistics events to attend in the year ahead. This year’s…
Lire la suite →Top 10 Talking Logistics Posts in 2024 (Plus Indago & Other Highlights)
“That is so 2020.” A friend said that to me earlier this week when I told him I had come down with Covid. I laughed because I never got Covid…
Lire la suite →[Video] Reimagining Transportation Procurement: Leveraging Data and Technology for Smarter Freight Decisions
Waste and inefficiencies still exist in many areas of transportation management. One area that is getting a lot of attention, especially in the aftermath of the Covid pandemic, is transportation…
Lire la suite →[Video] Navigating the Big Trends in Logistics Technology: How to Position Yourself for Implementation Success
If you’ve seen the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, you know the following quote: “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you…
Lire la suite →In One Word: Expectations for Transportation Market in 2025
Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt of a research report published last week, “Transportation Pulse Report 2025 – The Year to Begin Doing.” The research, conducted by Adelante SCM…
Lire la suite →[Video] The Dangers of Doing Nothing in Transportation Management
2025 is just around the corner and many companies are developing their transportation budgets and strategies for the coming year. Are you going to be proactive in driving change and…
Lire la suite →Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (December 13, 2024)
I lied last Friday on Talking Logistics. I actually had one more outdoor bike ride to do. I flew down to Amelia Island, Florida to surprise my sister Janet Bucciero.…
Lire la suite →The Supply Chain Problem $100 Million and Smart Executives Can’t Solve
Can $100 million and a team of smart people be enough to realize “a future where global supply chains run as seamlessly as today’s most intuitive consumer technologies, optimizing real-time…
Lire la suite →Reimagining Transportation Procurement: Leveraging Data and Technology for Smarter Freight Decisions
In a survey we conducted in October 2020, 91% of our Indago supply chain research community members, who are all supply chain executives from manufacturing, retail, and distribution companies, either…
Lire la suite →Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (December 6, 2024)
We got our first snow of the season yesterday. Not much, but enough to turn the lawn white. I’m a fair-weathered cyclist, so that signals the end of riding outdoors…
Lire la suite →Operational Resilience in Action: A Practical Guide for Supply Chain Leaders
Many companies learned the hard way during the Covid pandemic that their supply chains were not nearly as resilient as they thought. These companies were not able to adapt and…
Lire la suite →I’ve Fought Freight Fraud for 30 Years: Here’s How to Protect Your Supply Chain in 2025
Cargo thieves love the holidays. That time of year when the industry ships a higher volume of desirable, in-demand goods. Appliances and furniture, food and beverages, and electronics are hot…
Lire la suite →[Video] Operational Resilience in Action: A Practical Guide for Supply Chain Leaders
So, how resilient is your supply chain? The honest answer for many companies, which they learned the hard way during the Covid pandemic, is that their supply chains are not…
Lire la suite →Letter from a Dead Man (Alive Again)
Have you had thoughts of hurting or killing yourself? I was asked that question several times this past year, whenever I visited my doctor or therapist. My answer was always…
Lire la suite →Blue Yonder Cyberattack: How Prepared Are You If Your TMS or WMS Goes Down?
When a cyberattack takes down your TMS, WMS, or other supply chain software (it’s a question of when, not if), will you be ready to respond as effectively as possible…
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