by Robert Solomon | Sep 6, 2016 | B2B Software, Logistics, Managed Services, Matchmaking, Pricing
Sunday’s Business Insider had a great article on, Cargomatic, a company promising (as do many others) to be the “Uber for Truckers”. By that, Cargomatic means it will match shippers with goods to ship with truckers with excess capacity. On paper it...
by Robert Solomon | Aug 11, 2016 | Airlines, B2B Software, Road Warrior
Today’s Wall Street Journal has an article about how alike the three major airlines have become in many ways. (See here.) But every Road warrior knows each airline has a distinct system for boarding passengers. And every airline boarding system has a...
by Robert Solomon | Aug 5, 2016 | B2B Software
If you are interested in what it costs to move money between parties (in this case between countries) today’s Wall Street Journal is for you. Prompted by the revelation that the US government sent $400 million in cash to Iran because we did not have a wire or checking...
by Robert Solomon | Aug 1, 2016 | Automobile, B2B Software, Enterprise Software, Healthcare
Disruptive Innovation is supposed to be about changing an industry’s economics. But lately, many of the “disruptors” have arrogantly decided to disrupt laws and ethics, more so than economics! Clayton Christensen’s Disruptive Innovation First, a digression on the...
by Robert Solomon | Jul 31, 2016 | Airlines, B2B Software, Road Warrior |
As you can see from the chart below, the price of jet fuel has fallen precipitously over the last 24 months. How has this benefited the average Road Warrior? Snacks are back on the airlines and they are better than ever! (Though the bar was previously set very low!)...
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