Study Group: Freight Forwarding Service Purchasers
Council Members in this Study Group: 90
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Leading Experts in this Study Group
Douglas HallPrincipal
RTF, LLC
Douglas Hall is the sole proprietor of RTF, LLC, where he provides consulting, market research, and training services to the automotive industry. Previously, he was the Vice President of Lear Corporation's General Motors Division from 2003 until January...
Thomas JacksonDirector of Market Research & Analysis
ESTES EXPRESS LINES, INC.Thomas Jackson is the Director of Strategic Marketing and Research at Estes Express, largest private LTL carrier in North America. Mr. Jackson is responsible for conducting industry and market analysis, and providing business intelligence for strategic...
- Michael McCormick
President
All Modes Transportation & LogisticsMichael McCormick is the President at All Modes Transportation & Logistics; a firm providing consulting services in the logistics industry. Mr. McCormick has more than 25 years of experience in Less than Truck Load (LTL), Truck Load (TL), air freight,...
John CoatesPresident and Chief Executive Officer
The Fennimore GroupJohn Coates is the Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer at The Fennimore Group, a firm providing consulting services on change management, process management, business launches management, and optimized operations management increasing profit...
- Dirk Stammnitz
General Manager
C.H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC.Dirk Stammnitz was promoted to General Manager of CH Robinson Worldwide from his previous role as Director of Sales N.A. He has over 20 years of experience in providing logistics services, business development, and account management within the transportation...
GLG NewsSM Analyses by this Study Group's Leading Experts(?)
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April 22, 2009
Analysis by: Douglas Hall, Principal,Chrysler CEO Says New Board Coming With Fiat Deal | www.nytimes.com
The U.S. Government in cooperation with the Senior Management of Fiat is going to appoint a new board of directors for this new joint company. Fiat is for all practical purposes a two market auto manufacturer; the home country…Italy (62%), and South America (38%). Chrysler LLC is a one market manufacturer in North America (72%) (Recognizing Graz, Austria (28%) for Minivans & Jeep). Respectively in those markets both companies loose money.
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Automotive Tier–One Suppliers; North American Top 15… For Now!
March 5, 2009
Analysis by: Douglas Hall, Principal,GM’s Wagoner Meets With Auto Panel for Six Hours | www.bloomberg.com
In light of the current financial meltdown of the Global Automotive Market I looked at the North American sector to identify the specific commodities of vulnerability to the OEM’s.
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March 2, 2009
Analysis by: Douglas Hall, Principal,GM’s Wagoner Meets With Auto Panel for Six Hours | www.bloomberg.com
Publications have used many adjectives over the years to describe the automotive tier one supply base; troubled, distressed, beleaguered, crippled, restructuring, etc... But the last six months it has interesting and painful to watch how the descriptions have progressively deteriorated to the most recent “unable to remain solvent”.
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GM / Ford – Restructuring “simplified”
February 6, 2009
Analysis by: Douglas Hall, Principal,GM, Ford Sales Collapse May Force Deeper Industry Restructuring | www.bloomberg.com
Restructuring plans are simple; “What do we design?”, “What do we engineer?”, “What do we manufacture?”, “What do we assemble?” Brand it, Market it, Sell it and get rid of the rest.
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Is Outsourcing in China Over? - Not so fast!
October 7, 2008
Analysis by: Dirk Stammnitz, General Manager,Is Outsourcing to China Over? | www.inc.com
As US importers and manufacturers reexamine their outsourcing strategies in China and Southeast Asia they must consider closely the ever-changing landscape related to international shipping prior to taking any significant action. Obviously product characteristics, raw material requirements, manufacturing processes, and end user markets will play a vital role in any sourcing strategies. However, with increases in transportation primarily in fuel surcharges and increasing labor costs in China this discussion has taken on a new priority.
Members in this Study Group include these company types:
- Consulting Firm (ei)
- 3PL Provider (ei)
- Freight Forwarder (ei)
- Integrated Logistics Service Provider (ei)
Members in this Study Group often have these job titles:
- Logistics Manager
- President
- Director
- Supply Chain Manager
- Owner
- Chief Executive Officer
- Transportation Manager
- Principal
- Senior Manager
- Business Development Manager
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