Bringing together different elements of the supply chain in one group – shippers, carriers, brokers, customers and labor unions – may seem like the ultimate exercise in herding cats.
But the words of Benjamin Franklin come to mind when considering whether such an effort is necessary.
“We must indeed all hang together, or most assuredly, we shall all hang separately,” said the “First American,” referring to the assumed fates of the signers of the Declaration of Independence should the British capture them. (Several were captured and tortured; none were hanged.)
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