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Certainty/Uncertainty Outsourcing, Insourcing, Off-shoring, Near-shoring-Which, When, Where, and Why?

By Art Van Bodegraven
Several aeons ago, when Traffic Managers were just beginning to rise up out of the primordial ooze with thoughts of morphing into Logisticians, or worse, Supply Chain Managers, an epidemic of Just-In-Time swept across the planet.
Made possible only by the plentiful availability of inexpensive fuel, JIT was a compelling concept.  Knees jerked, nearly in unison, and even people who had no idea what JIT was claimed to be doing it. more...

Logistics Outsourcing - A Panacea?

By Randall L. Telfer

In the rush to assess the relevance, scope, and proper timing of outsourcing, an objective methodology is paramount to successfully discovering the path that takes you where you need to go... The methodology that we have used successfully covers seven key areas. more...

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