A global supply chain. A pandemic that disrupts production. A demanding customer base (both B2C and B2B) expecting on-time delivery and not interested in why they can’t get what they want when they want it. These are the challenges facing businesses today. There’s no question that COVID-19 has been the […]
David Beaudry
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When COVID-19 exploded, shortages were an everyday discussion, but the hope that shortages would be short-term isn’t panning out, especially when it comes to semiconductors…and that’s bad news for the trucking industry. Earlier this year, I wrote a blog on how the “just-in-time” inventory formula failed to consider the impact […]
Businesses spent a long time figuring out the benefits of maintaining lean, just-in-time inventory. Then the pandemic happened, and organizations suddenly needed to reassess their supply chain strategy. To grasp how greatly things have changed in just one year, I’d like to cite an article from FleetOwner that was published […]
The need for a robust logistics capability has grown over the past two decades, but this last year, with the pandemic raging, has really put into focus the essential need for this technology. For many, 3PLs are the answer. Back in 2019, I posted a blog discussing how e-commerce was […]
Logistics now plays an even more integral role in actually satisfying customer demand. Businesses that minimize the importance of logistics do so at their peril. The world of buyers and sellers is constantly transforming itself. According to the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), there was a 3,000 percent increase in […]
Getting from “here” to “there” has never been more challenging for those tasked with delivering freight. Logistics is key to optimizing those deliveries. It should come as no surprise to anyone within the trucking industry that, between traffic bottlenecks, a lack of parking spaces, overcrowded distribution centers, and regulations, it […]
The driver and technician shortage are certainly problematic, but there are other issues if a substantial portion of your shipping occurs in the nation’s (or the world’s) cities. There are so many changes that continue to take place in the world of commerce, it may seem almost impossible to keep […]
Technology is affecting every aspect of your business, but investing in technology that affects non-core parts of your business may not be the best use of your working capital. A recent Transport Topics opinion article addressed how 3PLs and freight brokers will fare with so much new technology and so […]
A technology that was primarily used to record the use of cryptocurrency is now being seen as a way to inject trust into a wide range of uses. In an age where trust is in short supply and where data breaches seem to be occurring on a frighteningly regular basis, […]