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PODCAST: Modern Courier Delivery Compliance Considerations: Understanding SOX and SOC Compliance

The Logistics of Logistics

Original article: PODCAST: Modern Courier Delivery Compliance Considerations: Understanding SOX and SOC Compliance Logistics and supply chain are some of the world’s most complex and regulated industries, which has been further compounded by increasing reliance on data and technology in both fields.

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How US ports may have contributed to the global lag in container turn around times

Shipping and Freight Resource

Given China’s systemic production cost advantage, which now averages 30% to 35% even when shipping costs are included, ” says a recent article from the Harvard Business Review. According to a recent article from the Wall Street Journal , the ILWU has “ rejected an offer from port terminal operators to delay negotiations until 2023.

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Analytics in Supply Chain Management Becomes Central As Coronavirus Escalates

IoT World Today

And while during the SARS epidemic of 2002 and 2003, China represented 4.3% What is vexing for many manufacturers is that not just that their suppliers are paralyzed by global crisis but also their suppliers’ suppliers’ have experienced plant closures, inventory shortages, transportation delays, worker absenteeism and so forth.

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Logistics and autonomous systems – the promise of transformed logistics

Logistics in War

This article survey automation in logistics and highlight areas of promise for military logistics. A following article will discuss a more important topic – instead of autonomy of logistics, this second article will look at the logistics of autonomy. Part two – the logistics of automation – will be posted shortly. [1]

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Public Perception of & A Brief Timeline of Moments from the American Manufacturing Industry

GlobalTranz

Our goal is to not only talk about how they can make transportation management more effective through our blog articles about technology and best practices but to also inform them about their own industry and how they might use this information to better their companies. Manufacturing Enterprise Integration Act of 2002.

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COVID-19 – South African shipping perspective

Shipping and Freight Resource

Andrew Pike, Head of Bowmans Ports, Logistics and Transport sector shares some useful information on COVID-19 from South Africa’s shipping perspective. The controls are too many to list in this article, but summaries of what has been covered in the various notices appear below, together with access to those notices.

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WMS Selection: What Drives an Investment in a Warehouse Management System? 5 Considerations

GlobalTranz

A 2002 Material Handling and Logistics magazine article cited multiple problems with WMS implementation. 5 Considerations appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis. These ranged from lack of executive support to not thoroughly researching vendors and taking advantage of demonstrations.