Adrian Gonzalez
Adrian Gonzalez
Adrian Savin Gonzalez, also known by his nicknames A-Gon and Gonzo, is a Mexican-American professional baseball first baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth8 May 1982
CitySan Diego, CA
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Until I establish myself, Opening Day is always going to be a big deal.
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Maybe this is something I do that gets me on the field, and when the time comes, I can return to first base, ... I didn't like playing DH. I didn't feel like I was a part of the game. So this is the best alternative.
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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.
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Schneider Logistics' acquisition of American Port Services is indicative of a larger trend occurring in the industry the consolidation of several portions of the end-to-end global trade process. The addition of American Port Services enables Schneider to provide clients with an even wider range of services that ultimately translates into lower costs, shorter cycle times and improved flexibility.
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Customers who take the Descartes Challenge pay only for the implementation, then pay for the solution itself later, once its value has been proven.
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On-demand solutions are influencing the mindset and expectations of customers with regard to pricing and time-to-value. While $1 million TMS deals are still possible, they are certainly the exception and relatively rare these days.
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As long as the kids can get to enjoy this, they can take it back to their school and tell their friends about it, and get their friends to do well so they can come back here next year.
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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.
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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.
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I had to put a lot of heart into it. Seeing (Kelly) also being a 'six' seed go in there and win made me think I could go in there and win. It made me give my all.
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If there's to be a call-to-action by Congress, from a technology standpoint, it should be focused on making sure detection technology being used overseas is up to the task. This would make global trade much more secure than blocking a business transaction here in the U.S.
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I played in Double-A and it was the same level of baseball. There were players who were 30 and 35 years old. They knew the game and I learned a lot.
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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.
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Generally speaking, logistics services is a low-margin business and driving profitable growth is becoming increasingly difficult.