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Misconceived Ideas of Project Freight

MTS Logistics

Mainly, when the customer is not accustomed to moves of this size, a carrier will need to clearly set the expectation from the beginning that there will most likely, if not definitely, be delays throughout this process. Construction, state permit delays, port congestion, rising fuel costs in the market, etc. can all play a factor.

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Transportation cost analysis: Going beyond benchmarking for improved carrier pricing

FreightWaves SONAR

The total value of resources, man-hours, construction, equipment, maintenance, fees, and other costs must be accurately estimated for expense prediction to be effective. You’ll definitely lose money if you cannot keep your customers happy by delivering their products, so poor carrier diversity puts you in a lose-lose position.”

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IFOY Award application phase begins

Logistics Business Magazine

The IFOY AWARD has established itself as an indicator of cost-effectiveness and innovation and is considered the definitive innovation award in intralogistics due to its professional expertise. Special Vehicle: Special vehicle construction as well as forklifts and vehicles for special tasks (drones, cargo bikes, truck-mounted forklifts).

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Initiating a new national support approach – mobilising national logistics in the support of military operations

Logistics in War

This paper presents the exemplar concept of national support as an approach upon which a future civil-military relationship in Australia is based. A new narrative could be presented to Government in the wake of Defence’s mobilisation review currently underway and would help to guide whole-of-Government planning for military-based crises.

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Shipping Heavy Items: Costs, Services, & Solutions

Ship Monk

If you’re an eCommerce merchant that sells heavier goods, definitely investigate your shipping carrier thoroughly because the speed with which your products reach buyers, and the condition they reach those buyers, is crucial to customer satisfaction and, thus, the growth of your business. Insurance and Tracking.

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Call for submissions: #Selfsustain and High-Intensity Operations

Logistics in War

However, competition – both healthy and unhealthy – in the Indo-Pacific is accelerating and intensifying, posing new tests and presenting new opportunities for the concept of self-reliance. Definitive answers are unlikely – but perhaps a better idea of the critical questions that must be explored will begin to emerge.

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Logistics, Digital Transformation and Future Logisticians

Logistics in War

Digital transformation is impacting Australia’s major seaports, supermarket chains, package distribution, construction industry and even deep into our homes. For those working on today’s defence facilities having such technologies present in the workplace might sound like science fiction and a matter for the distant future.