Worley Blog

THE EVOLUTION OF THE WAREHOUSE SERVICES PROVIDER

Posted on: August 1st, 2016 by Clifford F. Lynch

The outsourcing of warehouse logistics services is not a new concept by any means. Although it has become more sophisticated and gained renewed emphasis over the past several years, the practice can be traced back almost as far as one would care to research it. In Europe, a number of warehouse service providers can trace […]

THEY SAID IT COULDN'T BE DONE

Posted on: July 25th, 2016 by Clifford F. Lynch

Everyone who knows who Horatio Nelson Jackson is, please raise your hand. If we were all in a room together and could count the hands, I dare say there would be very few; but Jackson could be legitimately described as one of the pioneers in our industry. He was a 31 year-old medical doctor from […]

WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

Posted on: July 12th, 2016 by Clifford F. Lynch

J. Paul Getty said, “Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying.” If you believe this, then there is no danger of becoming bored in your supply chain role. These words are particularly applicable in managing supply chains in the current uncertain […]

A LOOK BEHIND THE STATE OF LOGISTICS – 2015

Posted on: June 28th, 2016 by Clifford F. Lynch

Last week, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) released the “27th Annual State of Logistics Report”. This year’s report was entitled Logistics in Transition: New Drivers at the Wheel, partially due to the fact that it was authored by a new researcher, A.T. Kearney. The SOL report was launched in 1988, by the […]

THEY MEAN BUSINESS

Posted on: June 14th, 2016 by Clifford F. Lynch

In 1984, Congress enacted the Surface Transportation Assistance Act (STAA) which prohibited discharging, disciplining, or discriminating against an employee who refused to operate a commercial motor vehicle if doing so would violate a regulation, etc. related to CMV safety, health, or security. This regulation was typically enforced (or not) under the OSHA provisions of the […]

VETERANS – DON'T JUST REMEMBER THEM

Posted on: May 31st, 2016 by Clifford F. Lynch

This Memorial Day week it only seems fitting that we say a few words about veterans, and I believe that one of my favorite “courageous veteran” stories is worth repeating. In April 0f 1942, 80 airmen, under the command of Lt. Col. James Doolittle, took off on a mission to bomb Tokyo in retaliation for […]

IT'S A NEW DAY

Posted on: May 17th, 2016 by Clifford F. Lynch

Those who are students of ancient history (Before I Phones)) may recall the “carriers’ market” of 2004, when capacity was tight and freight rate increases were the order of the day. It was a good time to be in the trucking business. For 10 truckload carriers tracked by BB&T Capital Markets, earnings rose an average […]

THE SMARTER WE GET, THE HARDER IT IS

Posted on: May 2nd, 2016 by Clifford F. Lynch

While information technology has been a fixture in the business community for a number of years, as the years have passed, new innovations have appeared, and technological advances have been made, good technology has become even more critical. In some respects, it is a self-fulfilling prophecy in that the more information we have, the more […]

IS THERE ANYTHING AN LSP CANNOT DO?

Posted on: April 19th, 2016 by Clifford F. Lynch

Some logistics service providers claim they can do anything; and while this may be a bit of a stretch, when called upon to do so, some can rise to some interesting occasions. In 1903, when William S. Harley and Arthur Davidson built their first motorcycle, they probably had no idea of what they were starting. […]

A GAME CHANGER IN INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE

Posted on: April 6th, 2016 by Clifford F. Lynch

On June 26, after several construction delays and cost overruns, the new lane of the Panama Canal will be opened, introducing a new era in international shipping. The canal has a colorful history dating back to 1882, when a Frenchman, Ferdinand de Lesseps, began work on a sea level canal across Panama. At that time […]