Category Archives: Production Operations

Container carriers must address poor quality of service

Posted on March 8, 2016 by | Leave a comment

Alliances are leading to poorer perceived service to shippers.  It’s more evidence that ocean carriers need to pay attention to the entire supply chain and the overall performance.

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Source: GSF: Container carriers must address poor quality of service | AS Daily Newsletter | AS Daily | American Shipper

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Posted in Logistics, Ports, Production Operations, Shipping, Strategy, Supply Chains

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Re-Wiring Global Supply Chains

Posted on March 4, 2016 by | Leave a comment

Is reshoring going on?  A study by Morris Cohen and a colleague.

Offshoring, reshoring, nearshoring – manufacturing and supply chains around the world are undergoing some seismic locational shifts, many of which the conventional wisdom did not see coming, and for reasons that may surprise you.

Source: The Re-Wiring of Global Supply Chains – Supply Chain 24/7

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Railroad Performance Measures

Posted on January 20, 2016 by | Leave a comment

This website gives voluntary data from six class I railroads by quarter and year.

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Source: RPM

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