2021’s 12 Days of Content: Our Most Popular Posts
Welcome to PLG Consulting’s 2021’s “Twelve Days of Content”! Read our 2021 recap of our top 12 most popular resources written by our experts and published in 2021. They include presentations and white papers, case studies, and feature insight articles. Our goal is to publish independent content to help our clients and colleagues stay abreast of trends and information around supply chain and logistics in the industrial economy.
In case you missed any of these, here’s our summary review:
By the end of 2020, renewable diesel capacity is expected to reach 50,000 barrels per day according to Turner, Mason & Company (TM&C), a leading energy consulting and advisory firm, and is expected to grow at a 33% CAGR to over 300,000 barrels per day by the end of 2025.
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2. Reshaping the Chain: Supply Chain Update
PLG Consulting’s CEO Graham Brisben presents “Reshaping the Chain” to detail a look back at the 2010s, known as the decade of disruption, and understand the key role that shale development played during the past decade in driving all rail supply chain evolution. Additionally, he identifies the driving forces for the next decade of the 2020s.
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Our News page is where we share interesting industry articles from major publications such as FreightWaves and Inbound Logistics along with sharing PLG company news. In 2021 PLG announced the joining of Chris Bonura 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.
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PLG Consultants highlight and summarize our client work, detailing the challenge, services provided, a summary of the recommendation, and its measurable outcomes. We categorize our case studies by the industries we serve and the services PLG Consulting provides. Take a look at our newest case studies here.
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5. Renewable Diesel Market Overview and Opportunities for Rail
An overview of the renewable diesel market and the emerging inbound and outbound market for rail.
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6. From Energy to E-Commerce: Supply Chain Evolutions for the Next Decade
PLG Consulting’s EVP James Shefelbine presents “From Energy to E-Commerce: Supply Chain Evolutions for the Next Decade” at the recent Midwest Association of Rail Shippers Summer Meeting. The presentation details the 2010s, known as the decade of disruption, and explains the key role that shale development played during the past decade in driving all rail supply chain evolution. Additionally, he provides unique insight into the driving forces for the next decade of the 2020s.
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7. The U.S. Truckload Market is Heading for Crisis Again
Early 2020 warnings of a tightening freight market have proven to be remarkably prescient, even if the underlying reasons may have shifted. Deep into the COVID-19 crisis, the American freight economy remains surprisingly resilient and robust. Truckload (TL) carriers are back to turning-down loads, less-than-truckload (LTL) carriers are rejecting tenders and refusing volume shipments, and the overall pricing environment is looking frothy. Once again, shippers are facing big pricing headwinds, just like they did in 2018.
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8. PLG Consulting Analysts Partner with EIA
Since 2010, rail has played an increasingly vital role in the transportation of energy products across North America, however, visibility had been limited into actual volume and key regional movements. That all changed in 2015 when a partnership between the Energy Information Administration (EIA) of the U.S. Department of Energy and PLG Consulting lead to the release of energy by rail movement data. The new reporting was the culmination of over seven months of work in which the EIA and PLG Consulting collaborated closely to help identify data sources, interpret data, and develop a methodology to detail energy by rail movements, both on a historical basis back to 2010 and for ongoing reporting. This closed a major gap in the understanding of the movement of energy products across North America and was a significant enhancement to EIA data reporting. The new data is now fully integrated into EIA’s monthly petroleum supply statistics which already includes movements by pipeline, tanker, and barge.
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9. Renewable Diesel Feedstocks and Transportation Mode Insight
James Shefelbine, PLG Consulting’s Executive Vice President, authored a presentation highlighting the new incoming renewable diesel feedstock logistics providing a paradigm shift for the converted refineries and the challenge of rail logistics for new entrants.
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10. Calculating Rail Car Fleet Needs: How to Build Your Model
Sr. PLG Consultant, Clifton Linton, outlines a comprehensive model with a sample spreadsheet for calculating your rail car fleet needs factoring in the type of rail car, the product and its volume that needs to be moved, the trip distance and seasonality and maintenance requirements.
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11. The Circular Economy Explained
The circular economy is not a crunchy pipe dream. Accenture® estimates that: “the value of the circular economy worldwide is set to hit US$4.5 trillion by 2030.” Read our article as it outlines the linear vs. circular economy, its ‘first-mile challenge’, partnerships, and a supply chain and logistics strategy to support the ESG initiative. Learn about how top brands are embracing the circular economy challenge as a competitive advantage.
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Welcome to PLG Consulting’s ‘Talking Logistics’ podcast series. We’re excited to launch this new format for sharing our thought leadership. The podcast series is designed to share insights on interesting and relevant topics for logistics and supply chain professionals. Our host, Chris Bonura, will invite our industry consultants and partners to ‘talk logistics’ with you.
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