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This Week in Logistics News (April 17-21, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Now, moving on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Amazon won a patent for an on-demand clothing manufacturing warehouse (Recode). JDA Unleashes New Levels of Supply Chain Visibility Across its Portfolio with TransVoyant. Logistics Platform Haven Sets Sights on SAP with Launch of Haven TMS.

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Reflections on East Timor by a logistics unit commander – twenty years on

Logistics in War

Second, in the business of the profession of arms, writing ‘p laces our personal analysis of our unique profession in public view. The ADF’s inability to learn lessons from planning and executing logistics support to operations in the 1990s is well documented. [3] It all seemed, in a diagrammatic sense, wonderfully simple.

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How Freight Forwarders Benefit Businesses and Personal Shippers

ShipLilly

Hence, it is not surprising that early analysis indicates that 8 out of every 10 participants in the survey had never heard of the term “freight forwarding.” This article untangles the benefits of freight forwarding. The freight forwarder deals with the logistical side, including tracking, documentation, and insurance.

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Defining the Full Scope of Visibility in the Supply Chain

Turvo

And yet another system may be responsible for digital document management. . Furthermore, The Supply Chain Journal describes how new technologies have shifted the burden away from manual data re-entry: “EDI replaces more cumbersome and outdated communication methods, such as postal mail, fax, and even email.

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How to ensure profitability in sea freight shipment. – Shipping and Freight Resource

247 Customs Broker

There have been a few articles on this blog about these advances like Blockchain based Bill of Lading , and other technologies that are shaking up the freight industry . For example, if your business involves a labour workforce, you need to do a workforce analysis and ensure optimisation of your workforce. What could go wrong.!! .

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Blockchain for the Supply Chain: Reality vs. Hype

Supply Chain Brain

The technology has been around for a long time, but many organizations and countries still require the maintenance of original signed documents, with all of their accompanying costs and inefficiencies. All must agree to the precise form of that document before the release of international freight and the transfer of funds.