Author Archives: just2bruce

Firms At Center Of Horsemeat Scandal Deny Fraud

Do you know who your suppliers are?  And what they are doing? Mapping your supply chain seems to be a hot topic, and as I’ve said, your network of agreements may just as fragile as a spiderweb.  there are so many instances now coming to light of suppliers not performing as expected that Principal Agent theory from microeconomics should be a mandatory subject for supply chain managers. Life’s a game, and people make their own rules.

Firms At Center Of Horsemeat Scandal Deny Fraud.

2013 Priorities: Mapping and Modeling Your Supply Chain

An important concept that brings into focus the web of relationships that’s a supply chain. We don’t even know where it reaches. And we are at risk when we don’t.  What to do? How to measure if we are succeeding? For some thoughts see this story and follow up the sources.

http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FIRSTTHOUGHTS/13-01-15.php?cid=6737&ctype=content

Q4 Truckload Carrier Results

Logistics News: Q4 Truckload Carrier Results and Comments.

The move to intermodal continues.