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This Week in Logistics News (November 6-10, 2017)

Talking Logistics

I learned that fact (and many more important things) at the Command Alkon ELEVATE 2017 conference in New Orleans this week. As the compliance date for the Electronic Logging Devices (ELD) mandate approaches (December 18, 2017), there are two important questions to be answered: How will it impact capacity?

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The Transportation Revolution: Takeaways from CLX Logistics’ 6th Annual Customer Conference

Talking Logistics

Last month, I had the opportunity to speak at CLX Logistics’ 6th Annual Customer Conference in Philadelphia. Mark Chrencik, Director of Operations at CLX Logistics (a Talking Logistics sponsor), kicked off the conference with a market update where he covered various trends in the industry, including fuel prices and linehaul rates.

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Competing on Customer Experience (Takeaways from BluJay Solutions’ SOAR 2018 Conference)

Talking Logistics

That was the key message Doug Braun, CEO of BluJay Solutions (a Talking Logistics sponsor), delivered in his keynote presentation at the SOAR 2018 Customer Conference last month. The post Competing on Customer Experience (Takeaways from BluJay Solutions’ SOAR 2018 Conference) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Supply Chain Talent Matters More than Ever

Logistics Viewpoints

According to one survey , only 27% of leaders believe that they have the talent needed to meet current supply chain performance requirements. Here is what Mr. Toornman said at the conference. “We A skills assessment survey was done to measure potential gaps against a pre-determined skills matrix.

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Transporeon Group Introduces 2018 Carrier Survey at CSCMP Edge

Transporeon

The report, titled “In the Driver’s Seat: 2018 North American over-the-road transportation survey,” will be distributed in Transporeon’s booth #636 at CSCMP Edge, or via download from the link below. The Transporeon 2018 North American Road Transportation Survey can be downloaded here. 3 in Nashville, TN.

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Executive Rounding: Taking the Organization’s Vitals

The Lean Thinker

Background: I wrote an article appearing in the current (October 2017) issue of AME Target Magazine (page 20) that profiles two very different organizations that have both seen really positive shifts in their culture. Sara Abshari and Eileen Jaskuta are presenting the Meritus story at the AME conference next week (October 9, 2017).

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Top 25 Freight Forwarders 2017: Digitization & E-Commerce continue to reshape the marketplace

The Logistics Academy

According to the new “Global Freight Forwarding 2017 Report” compiled by the London-based think tank Transport Intelligence (Ti) , a continuation of excess capacity issues and lower average oil prices in 2016 led rates to fall in both air and sea freight, meaning most forwarders reported lower year-on-year revenues. Digitize or die.