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    Your Transportation Health — Can You Measure it With a Single Metric?

    By Brian Fish, Sr. Manager, Transportation Practice Tuesday, November 15, 2011 A transportation business intelligence client of ours recently asked if it was possible to measure transportation performance using a single metric. I was curious to... Read more

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    Adapting Your Supply Chain Network as Fuel Costs Change

    By Dan Sobbott, Sr. Manager, Supply Chain Strategy Practice Wednesday, July 6, 2011 Diesel fuel prices have been steadily rising since January 2009, and companies have used various supply chain management tactics to mitigate the associated... Read more

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    Record-Breaking Railroad Investment Signals Change in Transportation Landscape

    By Mike Kilgore, President & CEO, Chainalytics Tuesday, March 29, 2011 It was estimated recently that major U.S. freight railroads will spend a record-breaking $12 billion in capital investments during 2011 – up from a record $10.7... Read more

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    Fuel Programs, Competitive Pressures & Truckload Pricing

    By Matthew Harding, Principal, Transportation Practice, Chainalytics Wednesday, March 23, 2011 The crises in Japan and the Middle East have once again reminded us of both the unpredictability and interconnectedness of the global economy. Nothing... Read more

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    The New Collaboration Conversation

    By Bill Loftis, Principal, Transportation Practice, Chainalytics Tuesday, March 15, 2011 I recently had the pleasure of attending the FMI-GMA Trading Partner Alliance Conference where much of the discussion focused on a topic of great passion... Read more

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    A Federal Government “Bail-Out” of the Transportation Capacity Crisis?

    By Mike Kilgore, President & CEO, Chainalytics Monday, January 24, 2011 On January 18th, President Obama announced an executive order to review all regulations to balance “freedom of commerce” with the necessary rules to protect the... Read more

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    Private and Dedicated Fleets: When and Why

    By Mike Eaton, Principal, Transportation Practice, Chainalytics LLC Monday, November 16, 2009 Few of my clients are without some degree of private or dedicated fleet operations. Despite this fact, I’m often asked, “When should fleets be... Read more

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    Transportation BI Really Delivers

    By Bill Loftis, Principal, Transportation Practice, Chainalytics LLC Monday, October 26, 2009 A client once said to me, “We have no way to know if we are getting better or worse in transportation. All we know is if costs are going up or... Read more

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    Lower Rates and Fewer Carrier Partners: Have Your Cake and Eat it Too

    By Gary Girotti, Vice President, Transportation Practice, Chainalytics LLC Monday, September 28, 2009 The for-hire carrier market is extremely soft, and shippers are taking advantage of it. Just one look at the results from some recent... Read more

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    Intercompany Collaborative Transportation Planning

    By Mike Eaton, Principal, Transportation Practice, Chainalytics LLC Monday, August 24, 2009 Companies have tossed around the idea of transportation collaboration for years. Some have dabbled with successful backhaul programs. Occasionally, a... Read more

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