Last week, I posted an IdeaXchange blog that discussed how to set effective business goals. The goal of setting goals is not to post utopian or “pie in the sky” expectations, but to set goals that are achievable. In the blog I detail the following tips: Get buy-in from company […]
Disruption
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When COVID-19 first hit and for quite a while after, the roads and highways became emptier than they had been in years. People were working remotely from home (no commute), stores and restaurants were either closed down or only doing curbside pickup or takeout delivery. Logically, this should have led […]
After nearly three decades in the trucking and transportation industry, I thought I had seen everything. Was I ever wrong! At the end of each year, I look back to make an assessment on what occurred in the trucking industry. This past year needs only one word…DISRUPTION! That disruption, triggered […]
The bad news: COVID-19 is forcing fleets to re-asses every aspect of their business. The good news: COVID-19 is forcing fleets to re-asses every aspect of their business. Last month, TruckingInfo published an article discussing how fleets are looking at various ways to run leaner in order to survive this […]
Floods in the South…fires in the West…and a global pandemic! And we haven’t even gotten to the worst of hurricane season. No wonder businesses are reeling. There has rarely been such a confluence of disasters as exists today. An article in FleetOwner covers the wildfires in the West, where the […]
Before any of us had ever heard of COVID-19, there had been an ongoing uptick, year after year, in customers deciding to do their shopping online, from electronics to books to medicines to groceries, et al. Back in April of 2019, CNBC noted that “The total market share of “non-store” […]
When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit, few of us would have predicted how long…and how deep…this crisis would go. Without a clear end in sight, companies have to take stock of every aspect of their organization and assess whether or not they are ready for the challenges that may ensue. […]
We are facing so many crises right now; this is a time when good, believable, and relevant communication within the workplace has rarely been more essential. In a recent IdeaXchange blog I suggested that leaders who have good communication with their employees and their customers will rise above those who […]
Just-in-time (JIT) inventory has been a way for companies to optimize profits for decades. Now we many need to redefine JIT. Toyota is credited with the concept of JIT manufacturing, an inventory manufacturing strategy used to improve profit by only receiving goods as they are needed in the manufacturing process. […]