Rail strike could bring immediate impacts to some industries, supply chain consultant says
Inflation, Supply Chain Disruption, Fertilizer + Rail
NPR.org: A Deal to Avert A Rail Strike Is On Track But It Won’t Fix U.S. Supply Chain Issues
Tellmebest: Why Supply Chain Issues Are Still A Problem
ASCM: Emerging with Supply Chain Strength – The Ports & the State of Logistics with Jon DeCesare
The Sheer Relevance & Impact of Transportation (A Billion Here, a Billion There)
October 29, 2018 Recently, I attended Mobility 21, the Southern California transportation coalition, and it reminded me of the sheer relevance of transportation. No manufacturer can operate without transportation; distributors are out of business without trucks dropping off and picking up, healthcare would stop functioning and our frequent Amazon [...]
There is More to Chicago than Good Pizza. Logistics Anyone?
June 12, 2018 My aunt worked at CSX rail outside Chicago for her entire career. Growing up, it sounded like odd, middle of the night shifts was what rail was all about. Now, rail - and specifically Chicago - have become strategic. As people moved west in the good [...]
Why Care About Rail?
May 8, 2017 This past weekend, my APICS (premier association for supply chain and operations professionals) Inland Empire chapter had its spring executive panel and networking symposium on the topic of "Disruptive Innovations in Logistics". We had an amazing panel of experts covering trucking, rail, import/ export, distribution and [...]