Thankfulness is the quickest path to joy. ~Jefferson Bethke~ 2020 has certainly been an interesting year by anyone’s standards, and we really don’t know when the upheaval will settle down. But there’s good news on the horizon. The first doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered...
The Ongoing Pandemic In A Paradise Built in Hell, Rebecca Solnit writes that disaster “drags us into emergencies that require we act, and act altruistically, bravely, and with initiative in order to survive or save our neighbors, no matter how we vote or what we do...
Pennsylvania announces new COVID measures. Pennsylvania reported a record 5900 new COVID-19 cases the same day Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine announced new mitigation measures to stop the rapid spread of the coronavirus. Governor Tom Wolf explained, “It is our collective responsibility to protect our communities and...
If you are in the business of shipping goods, you’ve noticed that associated costs continue to escalate. This is affecting players across the supply chain industry, from freight forwarders and last mile providers to OTR truckload carriers, LTL carriers, and freight brokers. Logistics and warehouse...
Logistics and empty shelves. The strangest thing happened to me last weekend. We were all out of rubbing alcohol at home, so I ran to the drug store to grab some. But there was no rubbing alcohol to be found. I didn’t think much of it....
Supply Chain Have you read Washington’s Secret War by Thomas Fleming? It’s a great historical account of Washington and his troops during their 1777 winter at Valley Forge. As I read about Washington’s ferocity and his political maneuvering in the face of numerous obstacles, I found...
Safety and Supply Chain Priority During COVID-19 Here at Blue Eagle Logistics, we reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic quickly and with a series of initiatives to keep customer supply chains moving. Our priorities include keeping safe and healthy both our team members and the customers we...
Green Phase According to Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, Eastern Pennsylvania will enter the Green Phase on June 26th. June: eCommerce Accelerates During COVID crisis Here at Blue Eagle Logistics, we fully expect capacity to tighten in the near future as demand for eCommerce last mile delivery services increased 11.8% in...
Yellow Phase Eastern Pennsylvania will enter the Yellow Phase on June 5, Governor Tom Wolf explained during a press conference on May 22. April: Low Spot for Logistics Industry April was a bad month for the freight market. According to the latest Cass Freight Index, “freight shipments fell nearly...
Supply chain resilience is a responsibility. Supply chain strategy has been focused on driving costs down, rather than resilience or safety. For years now, lowering costs has been the prime motivator in optimizing the movement of goods and reduction of inventories in the worldwide supply chain. The...
