Category Archives: Strategy

A view of strategy from a Harvard professor.

Posted on March 29, 2016 by | Leave a comment

This article by Prof Eric van den Steen has some interesting points about what is and is not a strategy.

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Source: 14-058_677dad30-ab5d-4ba2-8ae4-90c9edcd84ff.pdf

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Logistics is 90% Software – the Other Half is Labor

Posted on March 28, 2016 by | Leave a comment

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

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 Should Maersk invest in more Ultra Large Container Ships?

Posted on March 23, 2016 by | 1 comment

Jan Hoffman, President of the International Association of Maritime Economists and Chief, Trade Facilitation Section at UNCTAD, published these reflections on large container ships.  they’re on Linkedin Pulse.   Everyone’s talking about whether big ships should be built or not.  But he asks a good question, whether the conventional arguments are relevant.  Anyway, do we have any institutions capable of doing anything about the perfect competition in ocean shipping? He correctly points out that eliminating big ships and consolidation will lead to higher prices for delivered goods throughout the world, and consumers of these products will pay more.

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Containerships have never been bigger than today, container freight rates have never been lower, and never has so much container carrying capacity been idle. Not a trilemma, but three sides of the

Source: Three irrelevant reasons why Maersk & Co should not invest in more Ultra Large Container Ships | Jan Hoffmann | LinkedIn

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

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