By Jean Regan, President & CEO
2021 has exposed a sobering fact: several companies have taken their supply chains for granted. Truth be told, they have mediocre supply chains that are causing operational and/or financial challenges. By Mike Regan · As published in Logistics Management
While the logistics industry has never been entirely predictable, the past two years have been perhaps the most difficult when it comes to planning for what’s ahead.
The escalating volumes and rates in the ocean market have created both the need and the opportunity to learn more about this mode.
Record after record has been broken for the number of ships at the Port of Los Angeles this year. The newest record of 103 ships at terminals or offshore made headlines recently, and may soon be broken as ships continue to pour into the ports to deliver goods for the holiday season.
Over the past couple of months, I have given several presentations to C-Level executives that underscore a message from my recent blog, “Get Serious or Get Seriously Hurt”. CEOs cannot delegate the task of building great supply chains for their companies. They absolutely must be involved in the decisions about where to invest their resources and in what amounts.
As summer gets underway, so does construction season and many might be wondering what will happen with the proposed infrastructure changes in the United States.
By Jean Regan, President & CEO
Originally Published 11/5/2019 Updated 4/29/2021 By Jean Regan, President & CEO Your largest carrier gives you a moderate line haul increase but indicates that they are increasing their accessorial fees and adding some new charge codes to their accessorial schedule. The line haul increase appears reasonable but how do you know the impact of the change in the accessorial schedule? We had one client who experienced a moderate increase in the line haul pricing but when we examined the impact of the changes in the accessorial schedule they had agreed to, it amounted to a whopping 17% increase. What does this mean for the future?
