Shipper Interests Fail to Get Congress to Change Mind, Despite Lots of Evidence It Won’t Work; Two Year Delays Could Go On for a Long Time

Many Prices Down 20% or More in Past Year, with May’s Slide One of Sharpest Ever; CRB Commosity Index Down 17% from 2012 Peak

Rail Rates Expected to Rise 3.0% in Next Year, Truckload 2.5%; 65% Predict Tighter TL Capacity to Come

Survey on Overall Trends in US Manufacturing with a Special Focus on Whether the ReShoring Phenomenon is Real will Provide Important Insight into US Economy, Government Policy

Gartner Names its Top 25 Supply Chains for 2012; Chinese Bulking Up with Industrial Robots; World has Enough Minderals to Last for 10,000 Years? plus the Supply Chain Week in Numbers

Apple Comes in a Number 1 for Second Year in a Row; Explaining the Methodology

Key Takeaway: Core Operational and Financial Performance Converging from Top to Bottom Performers

Solution Involves Large Manufacturing Hubs, Reduced Outsourcing

Manufacturing Expands for 34th Straight Month, New Order Grow, as US Looks Like Island of Strength in Global Sea of Concern

Our Quarterly Review of Truckload, LTL and Rail Results; 3M Battles Supply Chain Hairballs; Labor Showdown at Cat Plant in Joliet, IL; plus the Supply Chain Week in Numbers