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The World’s Greatest Freight Experiment, Part 1
A couple of weeks ago, we launched the world’s greatest freight experiment. We took a list of the top 15 freight forwarders in the world, created a fake company, complete with telephone number, email and...
Big Data, Freight and a House of Cards
Date: February 13, 2014 Time: 11:48 PM Location: A room jam-packed with television screens, computers and other electronic devices in Los Gatos, California. A group of men and women are huddled around a conference table...
Social Media Savvy Supply Chainers
If you’ve read our post about our favorite supply chain bloggers, you’d know that we are huge fans of leveraging all the information that’s out there to get smart. But with all the fluctuations in the freight,...
Goodbye Supply Chain, Hello Demand Chain
Goodbye supply chain, hello demand chain One of our favorite blogs, Supply Chain Shaman, written by Lora Cecere, posted a must-read for anyone in the demand chain. Yes, demand chain. Bear with me for a second....
Largest Freight Planes, Trains, Ships and Trucks Ever
One of the primary drivers of the global supply chain is intermodal traffic. Over 52 million tons of freight are moved in the United States every day. Between 2004 and 2013, the number of domestic containers in...
The 20 Busiest Seaports and Airports in the World
(Skip right to the maps of the 20 busiest ports or 20 busiest airports) I recently stumbled across the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA)’s website on the United States’ Department of Transportation website. They have uploaded their...
The History of Trucking Runs Through Akron
In the time it takes you to read this sentence, 800,000 truck drivers in the United States will have driven about 21,000 miles, navigating the United States’ 4.1 million miles of roads. Over one trillion dollars worth...
Inventions (and Innovation) that Drives the Supply Chain
Read our post on innovation in the supply chain? Freight forwarders and 3PLs play a crucial role in the global economy, making sure that Nutella, created on 3 continents, can make it to your local...
Sweetest Supply Chain in the World
In the early 1940’s, World War Two was taking the toll on chocolate rationing. Mr. Pietro Ferrero, a pastry maker, used hazelnuts, which were easily available in Italy, to create a spread …and so, Nutella was born....
Yesterday’s Startups: 150 years of supply chain innovation
SUPPLY CHAIN STARTUPS: 150 YEARS OF INNOVATION We were recently featured in a list of supply chain, logistic and shipping startup companies that stand to revolutionize the way freight is bought and sold. We felt like now might be a...