Fascinating viewpoint on the federal efforts to address problems at ports. To me, it’s right on target. Wrong folks involved. Think bigger, wider.
The Secretary of Commerce received recommendations from her department’s Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness (ACSCC). The paper: Recommendations to the Secretary of Commerce Re…
Posted in Ports, Production Operations, Service Management, Shipping, Strategy, Supply Chains, Uncategorized
Tagged infrastructure, innovation, Logistics, ports, Shipping, supply chains
Pretty soon it looks like the US chassis at major ports will be owned by, guess what? An international ocean shipping company!!! Isn’t that where we started in 2012? Pity we couldn’t have started with someone who could make sense of the chassis situation.
Posted in Logistics, Production Operations, Shipping, Supply Chains
Tagged Chassis, intermodal, mergers
Yogi Berra was right about a lot of things.
It’s taken us years to realize that logistics is all about software, and increasingly so. We may not like it; we may regret that it’s happening; we may feel uncomfortable with it; but we’d better learn to live with it. The next generation of logistics pros won’t be afraid at all!! They’ll be ready to use it to leverage their firms’ ability to compete.
The decision to invest in software enhancements can be overwhelming when considering that many large companies spend as much as 30% of annual revenue on information technology systems.
Source: Logistics is 90% Software – the Other Half is Labor – Supply Chain 24/7
Posted in Logistics, Production Operations, Strategy, Supply Chains
Tagged computing, information systems, Logistics
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