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Driver Shortage, Driverless Vehicles, and Other Supply Chain Curiosities

Logistics Viewpoints

Driver shortages have become even more of a reality in the supply chain industry for a number of reasons, chief among them being the sharp rise in demand. As a Senior Director at Open Sky Group, Byron’s focus is building and growing the Transportation Management practice. To learn more, visit [link].

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Winter Alert: Winter Weather Conditions Developing Across Much of the US

GlobalTranz

Parts of I-44 are closed near Oklahoma City, OK. Parts of I-35 in Oklahoma are closed. The Louisiana Department of Transportation reported that all state-maintained roadways, except for I-20 and I-49 (sections that remain open), in the seven-parish Northwest region were deemed impassable because of winter weather conditions.

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Good-bye siloed, functional planner. Hello storm chasing network planner.

Kinaxis

by Bill DuBois If you had anything to do with supply chain planning in the early days of enterprise resource planning (ERP), you may consider those years the “good ol’ days”. Aligning the supply plans to these new volatile demand profiles was no easy achievement. However, none of this physically destroyed your supply chain.

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The Demise of Yellow Corporation

American Global Logistics

Third, it was the fifth-largest transportation company with over ^5 market share. trucking industry and supply chains. Yellow Corporation: A Brief History Yellow was founded in 1924 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Yellow’s financial struggles would continue affecting the trucking industry and supply chains.

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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 1.14 - 1.18

Freight Plus

TMS. ,” says Bart De Muynck, Gartner’s research vice president, transportation technology to. In fact, in 2018 we saw investments go up across the entire supply chain technology spectrum.” Transport Topics. Sluggish iPhone sales felt across Apple’s supply chain. TMS technology. to save via cost avoidance.

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How to Reduce Shipping Costs: 8 Effective Ways

Ware2Go

But the same package sent only 107 miles from Oklahoma City to Tulsa would be Zone 2. The enormous resources corporations have at their disposal allows them to easily reduce shipping costs and access the latest technology, transportation, and economies of scale to deliver on 2-day and even same-day delivery. The Bottom Line.

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Road Report: 2018 OPEX Oil and Gas Summit

TrackVia

One attendee I spoke to worked in the supply chain division for a large petroleum refining, marketing, and transportation company. He spoke about how their supply chain is still using paper, email, and spreadsheets for their workflow management.

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