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“Nothing is official, but I would like to participate. They asked and I said yes. We will see.”
Adrian Gonzalez
“Spring Training is about playing, and we will be playing, so I don't think it will affect us that way. Maybe it could have an effect on managers and general managers, because all the players won't be together in the clubhouse and they might not have enough time to see everybody.”
“Chief financial officers are becoming better educated about the role and impact of logistics on financial performance, driven in part by the need to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOA). Many companies, however, do not have a clear and accurate understanding of their transportation costs. They're often bundled together with other costs and reported at an aggregated level, thus preventing companies from allocating transportation costs to specific products, customers, or business units.”
“Companies often implement collaborative planning and forecasting with upstream vendors and manufacturing partners, but they rarely translate these demand and production forecasts into transportation capacity requirements and share them with carriers. But some shippers are now providing forward visibility to carriers and securing capacity in advance. These shippers are receiving priority in capacity allocation over shippers that do not if only because carriers appreciate the effort these shippers are making to keep them informed.”
“Many companies, however, do not have a clear and accurate understanding of their transportation costs, ... They're often bundled together with other costs and reported at an aggregated level, thus preventing companies from allocating transportation costs to specific products, customers, or business units.”
“I have been taking flies out there. We will see how it goes, ... I'm going to take it like I'm taking a fly ball from first base. I don't know how I will be at it.”
“I just have to get used to it. The outfield grass is different than the infield grass. I learned that. I did well for my first time. I had fun out there.”
“We think the stock is undervalued at current levels but there is no other reason for the sudden jump in the stock price.”
“We're the underdog in a lot of matches, which makes us tougher.”
“Generally speaking, logistics services is a low-margin business and driving profitable growth is becoming increasingly difficult.”
