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An Uber Trucking supply chain model seems like the perfect answer to increase efficiency, maximize truck utilization, and reduce costs. Shippers connect directly with truckers removing freight...
Every month I meet with 25+ Logistics leaders and decision makers. I always have one question for them: What is impacting your bottom line? They all agree that one of the biggest impacts on their...
As the pressure to move cargo more quickly and with minimal errors increases, having a reliable wireless network is necessary. Cyzerg estimates that 7 out of 10 warehouses of small and mid-size...
Technology has made it easier to start a new business by lowering barrier to entries, also known as startup costs. As a result, industries with already low barriers to entry have been saturated with...
The digitization of businesses is bringing new opportunities and challenges, with both winners and losers across every industry and market segment. A recent report published by McKinsey exposed how digital capabilities are evolving at a supercharged pace, and how digitalization “is a major factor shaping competition at all levels of the economy.” This was reinforced at Microsoft’s 2015 Global CIO Summit in October, where digitization and digital disruption was a hot topic. With this in mind,...
Change is one of the few consistent things in life. Evolution occurs, bringing new opportunities as well as new challenges. Whether you believe in Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution or not, the idea that “it is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the most responsive to change (adaptability is key)” is true in business. As per Arie De Geus in the book “The Living Company” a full one-third of the companies listed in the 1970 Fortune 500 had vanished by...
When the advent of the Internet changed business structure, logistics organizations scrambled to adopt computers and basic information technology infrastructure to keep up with the Information...
