June 23 marked the release of the 26th Annual State of Logistics Report. Authored by Rosalyn Wilson, and sponsored by CSCMP and Penske Logistics, this report has been the “gospel” for costs, developments, and predictions in the supply chain industry for a quarter of a century. The new report shows a total logistics cost for […]
Archive for June, 2015
TRANSPORTATION – THE TAIL THAT WAGS THE DOG
Fifty years ago, when you wanted to expand your distribution network and build a new distribution center, you didn’t call an industrial real estate broker; you called a railroad. Most large companies shipped their product – whether it was boxes of cereal or rolls of carpet – by rail, which meant they needed access to […]