Happy New Year and welcome to the January 2021 issue of JBF Freight Transportation Industry Bulletin, a monthly newsletter curated by the JBF Consulting team, with a focus on supply chain, transportation, logistics and of course freight. In This Issue… Read More
Welcome to the December 2020 issue of JBF Freight Transportation Industry Bulletin, a monthly newsletter curated by the JBF Consulting team, with a focus on supply chain, transportation, logistics and of course freight. In This Issue The Year in Review… Read More
Welcome to the November 2020 issue of JBF Freight Transportation Industry Bulletin, a monthly newsletter by the JBF Consulting team, with a focus on supply chain, transportation, logistics and of course freight. THANK YOU for being here. P.S. Was this… Read More
Welcome to the October 2020 issue of JBF Freight Transportation Industry Bulletin, a monthly newsletter by the JBF Consulting team, with a focus on supply chain, transportation, logistics and of course freight. THANK YOU for being here. P.S. Was this email forwarded to… Read More
It will surprise no one to hear that e-commerce experienced a spike in demand in the second quarter of this year. The U.S. Census Bureau published this data in mid-August: Not a classical hockey stick chart in the sense that… Read More
Welcome to the September 2020 Freight Transportation Bulletin In This Issue: Freight Market Update Modeling Labor Costs in Supply Chain Design The Impact of Dwell Time on Truckload Carriers On The Lighter Side… Is Tesla Semi a Game-Changer in Long… Read More
Labor costs in a supply chain can have a significant impact when deciding where your DCs should be located. According to the 2019 Occupational Employment Statistics published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the lowest median wages for Freight/Stock/Material… Read More
In a perfect world, when conducting a Supply Chain Design (SCD or alternatively called Network Design and Network Optimization) project to determine the optimal location for your Distribution Centers (DCs), it would be advantageous to incorporate all aspects of the… Read More
Welcome to the July/August 2020 Freight Transportation Bulletin Global economics, freight markets, and technological innovation all impact your supply chains and logistics operations. To keep you informed, JBF Consulting team sources content from leading industry analysts as well as provide our own… Read More
The duration of a Supply Chain Design (SCD) project, also called Network Design and Network Optimization, is dependent on many factors including availability of data, quality of data, the ability of the analysts/modelers, and level of detail desired. In our… Read More
