Council Members in this Study Group: 114
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David FaulknerPresident
Decisive Management Professionals International (DMPI), LLC ![]()
David Faulkner is the Founder and President of Decisive Management Professionals International (DMPI); a defense consulting firm focused on solving Department of Defense (DOD) strategic and operational targeting issues, ranging from operational art and planning doctrine to automation of joint and service...
Jay ThompsonPresident and General Manager
Transportation Business Associates ![]()
Jay Thompson is the President and General Manager of Transportation Business Associates, a firm providing planning and marketing consulting services to top-name shippers, trucking companies, financial institutes, industry suppliers and truck, trailer and engine manufacturers. Mr. Thompson is also a...
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 marketing and corporate sales growth. He has over...
John Coates, Sr.President and Chief Executive Officer
The Fennimore Group![]()
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John Coates is the Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer at The Fennimore Group; a firm providing consulting services on change management, process management, business launch management, and contract management operations in the intermodal logistics industry. Mr. Coates has more than 35 years...
George DorkhomPresident and Managing Partner
AD&A Worldwide ![]()
George Dorkhom is the President and Managing Partner of AD&A Worldwide, a corporate restructuring group. Prior, Mr. Dorkhom was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Ingersoll International, a global manufacturing company that manufactures large machine tools and cutting tools and specialized...
President
West Branch LLC ![]()
Jeff Moser is the President of West Branch, an Independent Consulting Company specializing in materials, energy, environmental, commodities, and industrial sectors. Previously Mr. Moser was a Global Market Manager at Dow Automotive, a unit of Dow Chemical and a plastics, adhesives, sealants, foams,...
Principal and Executive Consultant
VNT Consulting ![]()
Vera Tanner is the Principal and Executive Consultant at VNT Consulting. Ms. Tanner's main line of work for the past fourteen years has been in economic development through technology insertion and consulting with companies doing business with the DoD and federal government in general. She is an experienced...
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 industry. He has extensive experience with...
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Safe to Say Trucking Has Hit Bottom. Now, How High Will the Dead-Cat Bounce Be?
June 29, 2009
John Schulz, Independent Analyst - Contributing Editor, Logistics Management Magazine
ATA Truck Tonnage Index Increased 3.2 Percent in May | www.etrucker.com
Truck tonnage, which fell close to 20 percent by some carriers' calculations, seems to have hit bottom sometime in the first or second quarter. A leading truck tonnage index shows that tonnage rose in May for the first time since February, although it wasn't large enough to offset the cumulative declines...
June 25, 2009
Jay Thompson, President and General Manager, Transportation Business Associates
The ups and downs of diesel | www.chron.com
The referenced article notes that diesel fuel prices look like a bargain compared to last year. OK - $4.65 per gallon last year v. $2.60 per gallon per EIA is significant, but that comparison is not fair. The real issue to freight planners is the effect of price as compared to historical GDP (e.g.we...
Dow Ag interest heating up again
June 22, 2009
Jeff Moser, President, West Branch LLC
ChemChina Taps JPMorgan for Dow Chemical Unit Bid | www.cnbc.com
Dow's hand is forced regarding more divestitures to pay down ROH leverage. The only uncertainty is whether units like Ag will be sold outright or into a JV entity.
YRC Worldwide Lives for Another Quarter, Maybe Much Longer
June 18, 2009
John Schulz, Independent Analyst - Contributing Editor, Logistics Management Magazine
IBT Proposes 14-month Pension Deal for YRC | www.tdu.org
YRC Worldwide, which has lost close to $2 billion in the last nine quarters, has won new life. It has won an immediate deferral of some $83 million in pension payments in the second quarter, an amendment to its credit agreement with lenders regarding real estate leasebacks and is trying to win rank-and-file...
Shippers Want More than Simplicity--They Want Savings
June 18, 2009
John Schulz, Independent Analyst - Contributing Editor, Logistics Management Magazine
Con-way says new LTL pricing plan will 'transform' trucking industry | www.thetrucker.com
Con-way's innovative new "True LTL Pricing" scheme has the potential to, as the company says in its press release, "transform" the Byzantine world of truck pricing. But that really is not up to Con-way; rather, it will be up the shipping community. Likely they will accept Con-way's pricing on one condition:...
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
|---|---|
| Class 8 Trucking Experts | 115 |
| TL and LTL Services Experts | 359 |
| Truck Leasing Experts | 71 |
| Truck Leasing Experts in GLG Member Programs | 31 |
| Heavy Duty Truck Components Manufacturing Experts | 51 |
| Intermodal Logistics Experts | 129 |
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