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What separates an amateur from a professional is not a lack of mistakes or problems. Instead, it is the ability to recover from these mistakes and move forward in achieving your goal. In project management, complications are a major part of the process. These problems can leave even the most battle-tested project managers curled up under a desk in the fetal position. Check out our list of 10 Things Everyone Hates About Project Management and get a glimpse at some of the solutions we’ve found for each. 1. No Control Nothing puts a damper on project management like waiting on a third (or fourth, or...

Living in Guam is expensive. On average, Guam residents spend 42% more on goods than Americans on the Mainland.  An extreme example of the disparity is the price of a gallon of milk, which runs at $11.09 – nearly a 250% premium on a daily essential!  You probably won’t be buying your year’s supply of dairy and shipping it back, so what about all the other stuff? If you are looking to purchase fun items like electronics, new threads, and home goods on the Mainland, you’ll need a cost-effective method to ship them back to Guam.  Let’s take a look at what you can expect,...

The life of a history buff usually starts with a question like this: “I wonder what it was like back then?” Until Doc Brown and Marty McFly come to town, our ability to time travel is limited to books and documentaries – research – on the era that interests us most. As logistics experts, we are fascinated with supply chains of the past. How do they compare to the modern era? What did they get right? What did they get wrong? So, in celebration of Independence Day, we’ve put together a brief piece on the logistics of the American Revolution. Happy Fourth of July America,...

A lot has been written, argued, and speculated on the future of supply chain management. Technology has disrupted the industry by companies like Amazon and Uber Freight. Investors and thinkers are scrambling to predict the future. In a recent article, the Harvard Business Review even sounded the death knell of Supply Chain Management. One of the driving forces behind these changes is the cultivation of an on-demand mindset in consumers. Netflix and Hulu have irrevocably changed the entertainment industry. HelloFresh and Blue Apron have replaced nights of grocery shopping and eating out. Amazon has created a model where consumers not only want but expect, next-day delivery of their...

TED Talks have become omnipresent in pop culture. Most Facebook feeds, twitter streams, and LinkedIn accounts have a TED Talk (or 2 or 3!) within digital reach at most times. With events popping up all over the country, a podcast, and it’s own space on some of the largest video platforms, the amount of content can be overwhelming. We’ve taken the time to sift through and find the best for our readers – especially a supply chain manager who wants to do great things with logistics. So, whether you are new to TED Talks, or just want to dive a little deeper, this is a great...

The future of technology in freight is a hot topic on blogs, at expos, and around freight terminals worldwide. The potential for electric vehicles, self-driving trucks, the advent of the blockchain and others has the industry fluttering with guesses and predictions.  But we are already at a point of great evolution in freight technology. For what seems an archaic trade, many improvements are already here. So the question becomes, has technology made the freight industry better or worse? In 2018, for the first time drivers were mandated to adopt Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs). Work and travel logs – which were once maintained by hand on...