Part Two of Five: Achieving Supply Chain Optimization for Dry and Liquid Bulk Commodities
Part 2: A Simple Supply Chain Written by Phil Fisher, PLG Senior Consultant. Dry Bulk Batch Production via Seller-Managed Trucking and Export TerminalPart Two of our blog series demonstrates a quite simple Supply Chain Optimization (SCO) example for a plant with truck deliveries of a batch-produced, dry bulk product to its own...
Achieving Supply Chain Optimization for Dry and Liquid Bulk Commodities
A FIVE-PART BLOG SERIES Written by Phil Fisher, PLG Senior Consultant. This five-part blog series will help company management for buyers, sellers, transportation providers (truck, rail, pipeline, barge, ocean), and terminals/warehouses who handle any bulk commodity understand best practices in supply chain optimization (SCO). We have outlined practical tips on how...
Cost-Saving Tips for Freight Shippers During a Recessionary Period
IntroductionDean Piacente, a PLG consultant and respected leader in the rail and intermodal transportation industries, shares his cost-savings and operational improvement tips for companies who utilize various transportation modes for their industrial commodities. His expert advice aims to help companies manage and/or eliminate costs during this recessionary period.Tip #1. Leverage...
PLG Experts Reveal Predictions on Oil/Gas Prices and Their Impact on Resin Production and US Exports as a Result of COVID-19
PLG EXPERTS REVEAL PREDICTIONS ON OIL/GAS PRICES AND THEIR IMPACT ON RESIN PRODUCTION AND US EXPORTS AS A RESULT OF COVID-19 Summary OverviewIn the wake of COVID-19 global oil and gas price fluctuations are affecting virtually all chemical markets, including resins. Companies who produce and sell these chemicals are asking experts...
Network Optimization Overview for Bulk Commodities
NETWORK OPTIMIZATION OVERVIEW FOR BULK COMMODITIES Many organizations suffer from distribution networks that have evolved over time, often morphing based on ad hoc decisions or siloed and/or conflicting viewpoints between sales, operations, logistics, customer service, and finance. Such evolutions, often made without sufficient data or holistic approaches, result in inefficiencies...
A Frac Sand Revolution – Parts 3 and 4
E&Ps and the Frac Sand Revolution Excerpted from an article PLG wrote for RBN Energy. Exploration and production companies (E&Ps) have always looked for ways to drive down the cost of drilling and completing wells. Part of that strategy includes not only reducing the cost of frac sand but also optimizing...
A Frac Sand Revolution – Parts 1 and 2
A FRAC SAND REVOLUTION Excerpted from an article PLG wrote for RBN Energy. While demand for sand used in hydraulic fracturing has more than doubled in the last three years, sand from the Permian Basin and other local areas have left a supply glut. In part because of this oversupply, prices are...
Frac Sand Update 2019
KEY HIGHLIGHTS AND ANALYSIS FROM THE 4TH ANNUAL FRAC SAND INDUSTRY UPDATE CONFERENCETaylor Robinson, president of PLG Consulting, traveled to Houston, Texas to attend Petroleum Connections' 4th Annual Frac Sand Industry Update conference in February 2019. In the following, Robinson shares his thoughts and reflections about the conference.I had the...
Trucking Outlook 2019
TRENDS IN THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY INDICATE ANOTHER CHALLENGING YEAR FOR SHIPPERSContributing Authors: Michael Muhich, Taylor Robinson Looking back at 2018 In March of 2018, PLG Consulting offered an insightful white paper and webinar highlighting the pronounced challenges that shippers faced in an extremely difficult trucking market. A few critical components included...
Rail Industry Trends 2019
Key Highlights and Analysis from MARS Winter Meeting 2019 Graham Brisben, CEO of PLG Consulting, traveled to Lombard, Illinois to attend the Midwest Association of Rail Shippers annual winter meeting, January 16-17. In the following, Brisben shares his thoughts and reflections about the conference. Over a day and a half in...
PLG’s Best Logistics and Supply Chain Topics of 2018
It was an exciting year for PLG Consulting. This year our presentations, webinars and white papers covered a diverse number of topics: from the struggles in the trucking market to how oil and gas output was going to impact rail. Let’s take a look back at the most-read articles from...
Key Takeways from the 7th Annual Frac Sand Supply and Logistics Conference
Taylor Robinson and panelists at the conference. Photo courtesy of Petroleum Connection. PLG Consulting's president, Taylor Robinson, was part of Petroleum Connection’s 7th Annual Frac Sand Supply & Logistics Conference in San Antonio. The event was held in late October and over 700 industry insiders gathered to discuss the most relevant...
