Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals

ATRI findings challenge quick transition to electric trucks

The stunningly big numbers tied to electric infrastructure from the American Transportation Research Institute this week reinforce the chicken-and-egg cliche about electric trucks. Yet even as they were being digested, more announcements of battery-powered trucks rolled in.

Interrupting the dream

Is it wishful thinking to imagine roadways and cities filled with near-silent trucks with no tailpipe emissions? The American Transportation Research (ATRI) analysis suggests the answer is yes. Will we...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/atri-findings-challenge-quick-transition-to-electric-trucks

Cowen analyst sees rougher road ahead for trucking

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The third-quarter earnings season will bring with it a return to reality for publicly traded truckload carriers as the effects of an economic slowdown begin to be felt, according to a leading transportation analyst.

Jason H. Seidl, who covers trucking and railroads for Cowen & Co., said consumer weakness is becoming more pronounced. At the same time, Seidl said that signs are emerging of a slowdown in the industrial sector, which up to now has been strong.

The LTL segment is...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cowen-analyst-sees-rougher-road-ahead-for-trucking

Pandemic hasn’t quenched zeal for supply chain sustainability, report says

Supply chains sustainability trends continue despite the pandemic, according to a report.

Capacity constraints, increased demand for home deliveries and safety concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic led experts to believe that sustainability efforts would fall by the wayside.

But that doesn’t seem to be the case, according to the “2021 State of Supply Chain Sustainability” report released Wednesday by the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP).

More than 2,400 supply chain professionals were surveyed in late...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/pandemic-hasnt-quenched-zeal-for-supply-chain-sustainability-report-says

‘State of Logistics’ report casts more favorable light on logistics spending

For more than 30 years, the headline number from the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals’ (CSCMP) “State of Logistics” report, the latest version of which was released Thursday, has been the ratio of business logistics costs to U.S. GDP. The lower the ratio, the more efficient the country’s logistics system because the cost of moving goods consumes a smaller slice of the total economic pie. Or so the argument has gone ever since the report’s inception.

The events of 2020, however,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/state-of-logistics-report-casts-more-favorable-light-on-logistics-spending

Environmental news you missed on Earth Day

Earth Day news you missed Thursday.

Earth Day — a day when consumers, investors, companies and governments recognize the importance of a healthy environment — will naturally lead more companies to share sustainability goals.

From sustainability survey results to greener buildings and improved environmental biodiversity, here are some of the sustainability-related announcements made on Earth Day.

Greener operations and buildings

Logistics and supply chain solutions provider Blume Global announced a carbon-neutral goal, which a Blume...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/environmental-news-you-missed-on-earth-day

Consumer goods group lobbies for federal ‘air traffic control’ for trucks

The consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry wants the federal government to get involved in initiatives that measure freight demand — currently deployed solely by the private sector — to get a more accurate picture of available trucking capacity.

The proposal was included in a study released Tuesday sponsored by the Consumer Brands Association (CBA), the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals and Iowa State University. The purpose: Identify, through industry comments and suggestions,...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/consumer-goods-group-lobbies-for-federal-air-traffic-control-for-trucks

Blasgen to retire as CSCMP president, CEO

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) said Wednesday that Rick D. Blasgen, its president and CEO for more than 15 years, will retire from the group on March 5.

Blasgen will be replaced on an interim basis by Mark Baxa, president and CEO of  FerniaCreek Global Supply Chain Consulting Group and a former CSCMP chairman. Blasgen will assist in the transition and will continue as an adviser to the Lombard, Illinois-based trade group. CSCMP will begin a search for a permanent...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/blasgen-to-retire-as-cscmp-president-ceo

Supply chain expert joins FreightWaves as adviser

Matt Waller, a renowned authority on supply chain management and industry trends, has joined FreightWaves in an advisory capacity.

Waller is the dean of the Sam M. Walton College of Business and a supply chain management professor at the University of Arkansas. He was the 2020 recipient of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals’ Distinguished Service Award. And he is no stranger to FreightWaves, having appeared on a number of programs, including Freightonomics, and spoken at events...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/supply-chain-expert-joins-freightwaves-as-adviser

Workplace innovator advises 1-degree shifts for big gains

The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted global supply chains and changed the way businesses operate. 

Eric Termuende, a thought innovator on workplace culture, said the key to creating a successful “workplace of tomorrow” is finding leaders who can recognize small shifts that can build workplaces that thrive.

“I believe it’s the small, little 1-degree shifts over and over and over that allow us to not just calibrate but recalibrate, that allow us to build a more intentional future and intentional...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/cscmp-edge-keynote-envisions-workplace-of-tomorrow

Transportation capacity near 2-year low; pricing surges

Truck on highway with intermodal train in background

Supply chain data shows transportation capacity has declined to a 22-month low with utilization and prices reaching 19-month highs.

Those were a couple of the highlights from a report summarizing July data from the Logistics Managers’ Index (LMI), a survey of leading logistics executives. The overall index increased to a reading of 63% during the month, up 130 basis points from June and well off the all-time April low of 51.3%. The July mark was the highest for the index since January 2019.

The...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/transportation-capacity-near-2-year-low-pricing-surges

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