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PLG Consulting Appoints Candy Mitchell as Managing Director—Facility Design and Automation to Lead New Practice Area
To strengthen its presence in facility design and automation, PLG Consulting has appointed an industry veteran to lead a new practice focused on operational excellence through advanced facility design and automation solutions. CHICAGO, Illinois, Apr. 2, 2025/ -- PLG Consulting, a Chicago-based leading logistics and supply chain consulting firm for the industrial economy, today announced the appointment of Candy Mitchell as its new Managing Director—Facility Design and Automation practice. The new practice area represents a strategic expansion of PLG's capabilities in facility automation, process excellence, and operational transformation. For over 20 years, PLG Consulting has been at the forefront of helping senior...
Driving Change: How the Auto Industry Is Steering Global Supply Chain Innovation
Leading manufacturing companies have long recognized the automotive industry's pivotal role in the supply chain evolution. Data-driven strategic sourcing, supplier performance management, cooperative cost reduction programs, and supply chain risk monitoring systems are just a few examples of how auto OEMs have stayed on the cutting edge of procurement and supply chain practices. Automakers have continually reduced lead times, added flexibility, and eliminated costly waste throughout the supply chain by communicating real-time production changes and other critical information down through supply tiers via portals. On the supplier quality front, auto companies provide suppliers with instant visibility to even a single...
Supply Chain Xchange Article: Crossroads and Convergence
With aggregate volumes stagnating, the rail industry is under pressure to redefine itself.As we approach the final stretch of 2024, the rail industry is at a critical juncture, facing a convergence of long-standing challenges and emerging opportunities. In recent years, the rail industry's story has been one of persistent headwinds: financial pressures, labor shortages, and heightened safety concerns following the East Palestine, Ohio, derailment, to name just a few. The shadows cast by these difficulties continue to loom large. These challenges, however, are symptoms of deeper, structural issues that have plagued the industry for over a decade. Since the late 2000s, aggregate rail volumes have remained...
PLG Consulting Appoints Taylor Robinson as Managing Director—Energy and Investment Strategy to Drive Growth in Key Sectors
To strengthen its presence in the energy and investment strategy sectors, PLG Consulting has appointed an industry veteran to the role of Managing Director. CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 13, 2024/ -- PLG Consulting, a Chicago-based leading logistics and supply chain consulting firm for the industrial economy, today announced the appointment of Taylor Robinson as its new Managing Director—Energy and Investment Strategy. Robinson previously served as President of PLG Consulting from 2012 to 2018. For over 20 years, PLG Consulting has been at the forefront of helping senior executives from the world’s largest shippers, transportation companies, and private equity firms to solve their most complex logistics and supply chain solutions. With decades of unique...
Trade & Industry Development Article: Charging Ahead: Unveiling the Dynamics of the Energy Transition Supply Chain
The modern world is on the cusp of an energy transition that will change the way we power our lives. Demand is growing for the commodities that play a critical role in the energy transition and the circular economy, such as lithium and nickel ores, renewable fuels, and a new generation of recycled plastics. While there are still many hurdles to cross, it's clear that the race has begun. Behind the scenes supporting the energy transition is the supply chain. On the one hand,...
PLG Consulting Appoints Matt Morrow, New COO, to Lead the Next Phase of the Company’s Growth
To continue its substantial growth, PLG Consulting has appointed a professional services operations veteran to the role of COO. PLG Consulting, a Chicago-based leading logistics and supply chain consulting firm for the industrial economy, today announced the appointment of Matt Morrow as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO). He previously served as EVP of Operations and Managing Director for the consulting firm AIP Group. For over 20 years, PLG Consulting has been at the forefront of helping senior executives from the world’s largest shippers, transportation companies, and private equity firms to solve their most complex logistics and supply chain solutions. With...
Inbound Logistics Article: How to Leverage Rail Intermodal
Intermodal shipping presents challenges, but it also offers great opportunities and benefits. Follow these strategies to help ensure your intermodal shipments move as cost-effectively and efficiently as possible. "More shippers could take advantage of rail intermodal, as traffic has fallen recently. U.S. rail intermodal traffic for the first eight months of 2023 was 8.3 million intermodal units, down about 9.2% from 2022, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reports. Yet in 2022, U.S. rail intermodal volume accounted for approximately 27% of revenue for major U.S. railroads, more than any other rail traffic segment. One driver behind the drop is lower demand, as companies correct after having expanded their inventory levels during the recent supply chain disruptions. Respondents to the...
Trade and Industry Development Article: Readying Supply Chains for the Coming Energy Revolution
Even 40 years ago, pop culture understood that the way we power transportation would ultimately have to change. In the coda to the 1985 movie Back to the Future, Doc Brown opens a fusion hatch on his time-traveling DeLorean to refuel it with trash. Today, we're on the cusp of a transportation fuel breakthrough, even if we're not yet refueling at the garbage can. As the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and other government policies are spurring electric vehicles and green fuels to scale up quickly, there is an urgent need to build new supply chains. Cities, states, and companies that...
Commentary: Supply Chain Chaos and Sky-High Costs Could Continue into 2023
According to Freightwaves.com, all signs point to a prolonged trucking rally with carriers seeing a 'high tide' rally extending into 2021. According to the carrier U.S. express, three primary catalysts – higher driver turnover, declining TL capacity, and “overwhelming” volumes – will place upward pressure on rates through 2021. Continue reading >>
Chris Bonura Joins PLG Consulting as Director of Client Services
PLG Consulting is pleased to announce that Chris Bonura has joined the company in the role of Director of Client Services. In his role as Director of Client Services, Chris is responsible for managing consulting projects, contributing to consulting projects as a subject matter expert and serving as a product manager for a planned industrial site search platform. Chris joins PLG Consulting with a diverse supply chain background and a broad perspective derived from working in analyzing multiple transportation modes over the last 20 years. His areas of expertise include site selection and lease negotiation of logistics-related facilities; the acquisition of...
