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DC Velocity Blog: Chris Kane on Distribution

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Recently, we added a new customer after many months of discussions.  On the surface, it looked like your typical sales process.  There were meetings and phone calls, a few dinners, some power point slides…. One thing was different...
In 2009, I published an eBook on Collaborative Distribution that made a case that the current model for CPG product distribution is broken.  Instead of thousands of product manufacturers managing their own separate lines of supply to the...
This week’s blog post is a Q&A with Chuck Taylor, long-time logistics professional and head coach at Awake! Consulting. Chuck speaks frequently on how companies must prepare for the end of cheap oil.   What is your main message to...
Recent industry analysis determined that 28% of all truck traffic is comprised of empty trailers.  Given the context of today’s rising fuel costs coupled with sustainability efforts, this is a terrific opportunity for companies to...
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Well, I don't know what to think about the climate talks in Copenhagen.  Lots of finger-pointing, disputed findings, defensive posturing.  At times likes this, I find it reassuring to turn to experts to shed light on this...
Chris Kane recently spoke with Supply Chain Brain's editor, Russell Goodman about Collaborative Distribution.  Chris calls the current system "inefficient and fragmented" and asks practitioners to step back to reassess.
Not so much a bigger boat, but probably a different boat altogether.  The 21st century demands of sustainability and resource awareness almost screams that the current logistics supply chain model be updated. In the...
eBook: Green Collaborative Distribution The current way doing of logistics distribution costs too much and is a burden on our transportation system.  Read our eBook on Collaborative Distribution revolution is coming.