The Coming Supply Chain Storm of Drivers, Demand, and Government Regulations

CSCMP Lessons Learned
The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals held its annual conference in San Antonio last week and it was once again outstanding.

A highlight for me was receiving the Distinguished Service Award.

I also had the opportunity to attend and participate in numerous educational sessions and the message coming out of these was loud and clear: the supply chain storm is much closer to hitting than most realize with the 3 D’s:

• Drivers
• Demand, and
• Darned Government Regulations

Watch the above video for more about what we learned at CSCMP and what the coming storm means for your supply chain.

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Drivers
Significant Driver Shortage Looms Ahead

Shippers need to take a look at some of the common sense solutions that can be relied upon to manage through this looming driver shortage crisis….more

Demand
Has Truckload Capacity Improved Since “The Perfect Storm” of 2014

Additional capacity is not being brought on, as carriers are not betting on the come, they were burned in the Great Recession and they will not repeat the pain….more

Darned Government Regulations
Hours-of-Service (HOS) Study Indicates Substantial Losses in Trucking Productivity

The grim reality is that since the new HOS rule became effective, trucking stakeholders are experiencing losses between 3 percent and 9 percent, with many more shippers anticipating that the deficit to be in the upper end of that range….more