247 Customs Broker

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Before you start your next search for a 3PL, give careful thought to how you frame up your RFP. Wondering how to develop a more effective document? 10 Tips to Improve Responses to Your RFPs. When you’ve completed your reflection, it’s time to start crafting your RFP document. Here are 10 tips to get you started: 1.

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247 Customs Broker

MAY 8, 2018

The question for many businesses is how to streamline working with the freight brokers themselves. Here are six tips for dealing with freight brokers. They understand how to resolve logistical problems. For example, they know how to organize and secure a shipment so that the load can go through even if you packed it wrong.

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Conger

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

How to choose the right MEWP for your needs. A MEWP’s group is determined by its platform location with regard to the tipping line. Not sure what the tipping line is? The tipping line of a MEWP is the area bounded by its machine’s wheels or outriggers. The MEWP type is based on how the machine travels horizontally.

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GoShip Blog

MARCH 21, 2023

How to Create an Effective Inbound Freight Management Strategy To ensure that your inbound freight systems are seamless and efficient, you will have to pour time and energy into implementing the new processes into your business. They will need time to adjust and plan how to accommodate your needs. Communicate in a timely manner.

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Conger

MARCH 14, 2024

When operating clamp trucks and forklift clamps, consider these safety tips: 1. With the proper training, you mitigate potential liabilities such as fines for non-compliance with OSHA regulations. Overloading the equipment can contribute to instability and tip-overs.

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Blue Grace Logistics

MARCH 5, 2019

Top tips on being a star supplier for Walmart. There’s a lot of automation, which means sometimes chargebacks can be applied due to mistakes in their processes rather than your failed compliance. The only way you can contest, however, is to have full and complete records showing how you delivered OTIF against the buyer requirements.

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Blue Grace Logistics

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

While the reasons for explaining a higher need for transparency are clear, what is less clear is how to get there. Something as simple as missing origin documents could cause a shipment to be either held up or even turned away at ports which can result in a costly delay throughout the entire supply chain.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

TIP: Create a database within your customs software for all common items, with master data and the customs tariff numbers to be used respectively. TIP: Avoid subsequent payments and excessive duty payments by regularly updating your master data. Compliance. This will save you time in the import and export process.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 6, 2018

Meanwhile, the Amendment and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) program enforcement leaves shippers and carriers dazed. Even when purchasing cargo insurance, shippers should follow a few tips to help mitigate risk in transit. Sometimes, freight itself carries risk.

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Conger

JUNE 15, 2022

How forks are classified. How to inspect forklift forks. How Forklift Forks Are Made. How to Choose Forklift Forks. Check forks before every use to ensure they're in compliance with OSHA, ANSI’s guidelines, and any other relevant safety standards. At the end of the fork blade is the fork tip. Let’s dive in!

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Use Cherry’s Warehouse Safety Guide to help build out your safety program, identify safety risks, check OSHA regulations , and get tips to maximize the safety of your warehouse. Record Keeping : Every part of your safety program must be documented and records held on file for a certain period.

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Conger

DECEMBER 19, 2022

We've documented them in this labor shortage post. Many warehouses also fail the OSHA legal compliance requirements of risk and hazards. Lack of compliance can lead to fines, closure, or public shame resulting from the OSHA inspection report. Solution: Better Labor Management. Reducing employee turnover. Increasing wages.

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Conger

JULY 28, 2022

How cold storage works. How to choose a cold storage warehouse. Tips for working safely in cold storage warehouses. How Big Is the Cold Storage Industry? How Cold Is a Chilled Warehouse? How Many Types of Cold Storage Are There? How to Choose a Cold Storage Warehouse. Let's dive in! Table of Contents.

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UL EHS- Sustainability

OCTOBER 10, 2019

But with planning and strategizing, supported by an effective EHS software management system, I’ll outline how to tactically make your case. Through precisely curated documentation, management can see clearly defined data that identifies the strengths and weakness of the company’s environmental, health and safety programming.

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