Comment / Supply chain radar: It's show-and-tell time for XPO chief exec Jacobs

Expect Brad Jacobs, the star chief executive of XPO Logistics, to pull a rabbit out of the proverbial hat within about 24 hours as the 3PL he spearheads approaches a crucial juncture on the road to sustained, and ever more sustainable, value creation than in the past year or so.

On the one hand, expectations run high for XPO management’s delivery tomorrow (the numbers are released later today after the stock markets close in the US) of what ought to be ...