ERP implementations are notoriously difficult to tackle. The list of failed projects is long and makes for entertaining, if lurid, reading: The Biggest ERP Failures of All Time, Eric Kimberling and ERP disaster zone: The mostly costly failures of the… Read More
BluJay Freight Market Index April 2020 Guest commentary by Mike Mulqueen, JBF Consulting Analysis The time period for this report will likely be remembered as the last “normal” quarter for a while. The impact of COVID-19 was not felt until… Read More
We are beginning to see the impact of the global shutdown in some of the transport-centric macroeconomic metrics. Below are some factors that we are following that you may find of interest. National Diesel Prices Diesel has now fallen 14 consecutive… Read More
As we write this, much of the world is hunkered down in their home trying to escape infection and propagation of the COVID-19 virus. We are grateful to all those who are still helping others and providing essential services. We… Read More
Hot off the press: JBF Freight Transportation Bulletin March 2020. Subscribe for updates: https://lnkd.in/e5kRGBd Operations and Supply Chain Disruption COVID-19 is giving the world an unwanted crash course in supply chain management. Before the pandemic, supply chain professionals quietly and competently went about… Read More
The purpose of this article is to provide a brief overview of the technology and will serve as a foundation for future articles that will tackle specific aspects in greater detail.
Good news, this is NOT yet another article extolling the virtues of blockchains! In fact, it’s somewhat the contrary. We are not saying that blockchains are bad or useless, but some of us have been a little too optimistic in… Read More
Tesla has announced that their long-awaited, electric-powered “Semi” will be made available to some customers as early as the second half of this year. The truck initially unveiled in prototype form back in November of 2017 has garnered a great… Read More
Hot off the press: JBF Freight Transportation Bulletin February 2020. In this issue… TL Operating Costs, Freight Market Index January 2020, Analytics and Optimization Opportunities for an Automotive TMS, and more. Read the latest issue HERE. Subscribe for updates: https://lnkd.in/e5kRGBd
Humans have been making predictions probably ever since we’ve developed consciousness. Most people will agree that the vast majority of predictions with a distant horizon have proven untrue. A few were spot-on such as concepts like video telephony and self-driving… Read More
