Tag Archive for ‘capacity’

The Capacity Crisis and Commercial Vehicle Safety – CSCMP Mega Sessions Explore Two Critical Issues Facing the Industry

More than 8,000 members from 67 countries rely on CSCMP (the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals) to help them remain connected to the best of the best — experts, technology, knowledge — in the vast and complex world of global supply chain and logistics. From Oct. 2-5 in Philadelphia, CSCMP will hold the organization’s [...]

Weathering the Capacity Shortage Storm

The driver shortage affecting the truckload industry is certainly no surprise to anyone who’s paying attention. Freight volumes are starting to come back, slow but sure, which is a good thing … but it’s getting tougher and tougher to find the drivers to move it. How did we get here? Well, a combination of events [...]

The US DOT’s Disappointing Strategic Plan

At a time when it is increasingly acknowledged that the federal government is on an unsustainable fiscal course, you would think the first thing a cabinet agency’s new strategic plan would do is attempt to figure out which of its historical functions are truly federal and should be continued. But that sort of prioritization is [...]