September 23, 2021

“Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better.”

— Jim Rohn, one of America’s foremost business philosophers

Why A Record Number Of Women Are Becoming Truck Drivers : NPR

Young Professionals Say Supply Chain is a Good Career Choice | 2021-09-21 | SupplyChainBrain

How Pfizer transformed its supply chain to deliver vaccines at lightspeed | Supply Chain Dive

Amazon to Open 100 More U.S. Facilities in September (therealdeal.com)

Pandemic Shipping Delays: Why Deliveries Are So Slow - The Atlantic

What’s going on with shipping rates? | McKinsey

Diesel prices higher for nearly everyone this week (landline.media)

Supply chain woes still plague freight industry (cnbc.com)

The modern fleet challenge: Sustainability, immunity to disruptions, evolution | FleetOwner

Road for Consumers Look Brighter - FTR Blog (ftrintel.com)

Pandemic caused significant changes in working capital performance in 2020 | Reuters Events | Supply Chain & Logistics Business Intelligence

School outreach proves a successful technician recruiting strategy | Fleet Maintenance

Messing with Strathern’s Law | Seth's Blog (seths.blog)

Overdrive's first issue for truckers came out 60 years ago | Overdrive (overdriveonline.com)

Customers prefer reliable two-day delivery over missed next-day service | DC Velocity

3 Tips for Budding Entrepreneurs (msn.com)

U.S. Imports to Increase by 20% by End of 2021 | Material Handling and Logistics (mhlnews.com)

In-depth refresher on IFTA accounting for truck owner-operators | Overdrive (overdriveonline.com)

Taking Inflation Seriously | City Journal (city-journal.org)

August Truck Tonnage Posts First Monthly Gain Since March | Transport Topics (ttnews.com)

Amazon will lobby government to legalize marijuana (cnbc.com)

Spot load volume returns to pre-holiday levels | Commercial Carrier Journal (ccjdigital.com)

Manufacturers plan to boost wages at record 3.5% rate | Supply Chain Dive

$5.9M ransomware attack on major agriculture group poses risk to US grain, pork, chicken supply | Fox Business

How to Create the Right Culture for Disruption to Occur (msn.com)

Shippers Are Investing in Tech, Nearshoring to Bounce Back From Covid | 2021-09-20 | SupplyChainBrain

Gartner Says CSCOs Need a “PRISM” Framework to Shift the Supply Chain Culture Towards Customer-Centricity

EXPLAINER: Chinese builder’s debt struggle rattles investors (apnews.com)

French call to delay U.S. trade meeting gains support within EU | AJOT.COM

Inside a nuclear verdict: Florida jury renders $1 billion ruling | TheTrucker.com

Warehouse space shortage to last for two more years, panel says | DC Velocity

2021 USC Marshall Global Supply Chain Excellence Summit is a Must-Attend Event - Supply Chain Management Review (scmr.com)

'Too much data' drives adoption, expectations of predictive analytics | Supply Chain Dive

A different type of wheel weight | FleetOwner

Relief for Supply Chains Hit By Truck Driver Shortages? Automate at the Edges, Not Over the Road. | by David Correll | MITSupplyChain | Sep, 2021 | Medium

Making order out of chaos | DC Velocity

Q&A: America's new COVID-19 rules for international travel (apnews.com)

Port Houston sets new record for containers | AJOT.COM

This tech startup makes truckers money from idle trailers (cdllife.com)

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