Patriots, Giants, Super Bowl. Enough said. This week’s news was dominated by financial results, the introduction of the Transportation Bill in Congress, and economic indicators. C.H. Robinson Reports Fourth Quarter Results Con-way Inc. Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year Results for 2011 UPS Delivers Record 4Q Results Manhattan Associates Reports Record Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2011 [...]
I was reminded recently of an old United Airlines commercial, where a company president assembles his entire team to discuss how their oldest customer had just fired the firm. The reason was plain and simple: the customer felt the company had lost touch with them. The company had forgotten the value of understanding its customer’s [...]
I can’t believe I’m saying this, especially after the winter we had last year, but I miss snow. Not the wet, heavy kind that I have to shovel from my driveway and steps, or the dirt-caked kind piled high in parking lots. What I miss is the snow that’s pretty to look at, as my [...]
A few weeks ago I was invited by TMC (a division of CH Robinson and an ARC client) to answer several questions from its customers about industry trends and best practices. In a previous posting, I shared my answers to two of the questions I received related to transportation cost savings opportunities and benchmarking. Today [...]
Is there a friend or a family member you haven’t spoken to or gotten together with in a long time? Pick up the phone and call them this weekend. I caught up with an old college friend yesterday evening and it was the highlight of my week. And a reminder, especially as the holidays approach, [...]
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