Transporeon

APRIL 2, 2019

This blog examines how manufacturers, suppliers, and retailers can take back control and cut cuts by improving tender management. Since 2005, the Transporeon Group has been a trusted advisor to global shippers worldwide, supporting more than 8,500 managed transportation tendering events per year.

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Blog on Log

DECEMBER 21, 2005

This is my last post for 2005. I would like to wish everyone that has visited the blog a safe, festive Holiday Season. I will enjoy the season with family and friends from now, until January 3, 2006. Look for my next post in mid January! All the best to you and yours in 2006!

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Blog on Log

JANUARY 11, 2007

3PL Partnerships Are Growing According to a 2005 Cap Gemini study, North American organizations planned to outsource 56% of their logistics expenditure by 2006 – 2008, with Western Europe planning 81% and Asia-Pacific 60%. Achieving Strategic Outsourcing Unfortunately, only a few 3PL companies achieve strategic status with their customers.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 28, 2016

By 2025, conservative estimates of the labor shortage in manufacturing stand out at more than 2 million unfilled jobs, as discussed in a previous blog post. In 2005, the Manufacturing Institute created and launched the Dream It. According to Dr. Bill R. Manufacturers Will Open Their Doors, Literally.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 23, 2015

We first started writing about and featuring reshoring content back in September of 2013, and have since added 10 more reshoring related posts in our reshoring blog category. Since 2005, U.S. This is the first post in a two part series on our update on Reshoring. Wages have increased in some foreign markets much faster than in the U.S.

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Blog on Log

NOVEMBER 9, 2006

percent compared to 412 million euros in the same period 2005. billion), compared to 11 billion euros in the third quarter 2005. In 2005, the company posted operating profit of 3.8 Third quarter operating profit improved 40.1 percent to 1.03 billion euros ($1.3 billion), from 735 million euros last year. billion euros ($19.2

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

View all Infosys blogs. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. He also emphasized on analytics and mentioned that IBM has done more than 16 BUSD acquisitions since 2005 in this area. Business Assurance: Supply Chain Blogs. Islamic Banking.

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Blog on Log

AUGUST 24, 2006

million tons in 2005. In 2005 there were 1.07 In 2005, the average dwell period was four hours shorter. This is evident in ACP's second quarter 2006 metrics: Panama Canal/Universal Measurement System tonnage increased 5.7 percent to 75 million tons from 70.9 Total Canal transits increased 3.5 percent to 3,862 transits.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Today, we kick off our annual year end series highlighting the top blog posts in each of our 7 main categories: Manufacturing , Supply Chain , Logistics , 3PL , Business , Transportation , Freight. There were approximately 220 blog posts in 2014, and over 200,000 page views on those posts alone. Top Manufacturing Blog Posts for 2014.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 2, 2018

With the government having stopped collecting relevant data back in 2005, the task has fallen to private think tanks like McKinsey Global Institute and the Brookings Institution , and freelancing platforms like Upwork Global Inc.

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Blog on Log

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

million) from 346 million euros in 2005. Operating profit at Deutsche Post’s enlarged logistics unit, comprising DHL Exel Supply Chain and DHL Global Forwarding, more than doubled in 2006 to 762 million euros ($999.3 The express division posted an operating profit of 325 million euros ($426.2 Group operating income increased 2.9 percent to 3.9

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Blog on Log

OCTOBER 12, 2007

percent over 2005 to £36.7 The disclosed value of mergers and acquisition deals in the global transport and logistics industry during 2006 rose 8.6 billion ($73.4 billion), London-based Transport Intelligence said in a new report.

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Blog on Log

NOVEMBER 27, 2007

The acquisition of Icepak follows other recent Samskip purchases including Dutch multimodal transport company Geest North Sea Line, British short sea operator Seawheel and reefer centers from the Netherlands-based Kloosterboer in 2005. Previously, Samskip had acquired Van Dieren Maritime and a 40 percent share in Silver Sea.

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Blog on Log

OCTOBER 7, 2007

Charles Miller, a colleague I met during Esther Dyson's first FlightSchool(2005), continues to get close to deploying his "space container" technology for the ISS and beyond. RpK failed to meet required COTS financing and technical milestones, NASA could end its involvement by 8 October. Cool stuff.

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Blog on Log

APRIL 11, 2007

Domestic transportation management net revenue growth slipped from 18 percent in 2005 and net income margin dropped by 1 percent. After-tax net margin for domestic transportation management was 11.1 percent, according to the report.

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Blog on Log

APRIL 7, 2006

Geest took over the services from Samskip following the Icelandic shipping-to-logistics company acquisition of Geest in March 2005. Rotterdam-based Geest North Sea Line will this month increase capacity and restructure its operations in the Scandinavian and Baltic markets, including Russia.

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Blog on Log

SEPTEMBER 1, 2007

Managers Not MBAs: A hard look at the soft practice of managing and management development” by Henry Mintzberg (Berrett-Koehler, 2005) Publisher’s Blurb: “Calls for a more engaging approach to managing and more reflective approach to management education [and] outlines how business schools can become true schools of management.”

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CH Robinson Logistics

JANUARY 27, 2021

Eight years ago, on the heels of Superstorm Sandy, we published a blog post on how major disruptions serve as grim reminders that supply chain resiliency and scenario planning need to be a top priority. Superstorm Sandy was uniquely catastrophic.

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Ship Monk

APRIL 26, 2023

Prior to the launch of Prime in 2005, 2-Day shipping was unheard of (forget FREE 2-Day shipping). For tips and tricks on how to reduce 2-Day shipping costs, be sure to check out this benefits blog in our 2-Day shipping series. Amazon is credited for transforming how shoppers think about delivery of their ordered goods.

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Blog on Log

MARCH 31, 2006

A report by the American Society of Civil Engineers, paraphrased here, stated; "In 2005, here's what our infrastructure report card looked like: our aviation system got a D+; navigable waterways a D-; roads a D, and rails a C-.” Our highways, waterways, railroads and aviation networks are simply not keeping up with these ordinary demands.

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Blog on Log

OCTOBER 31, 2006

DC managers typically have insufficient open slots to profile product the way they desire - more than 60 percent of DCs were operating at greater than 95 percent capacity during their three busiest months, according to a 2005 industry survey. Instead, managers choose the best available open slots.

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Blog on Log

AUGUST 5, 2006

A few facts point to a potential slowdown in the Chinese economy: Foreign investment in China during the first half of 2005 is level with last year. The Warning Signs The signs are plain to see, if people look at reality instead of fantasy. This is the first period without growth in capital investment in almost a decade.

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Ship Monk

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Prior to the launch of Prime in 2005, 2-Day shipping was unheard of (forget FREE 2-Day shipping). For tips and tricks on how to reduce 2-Day shipping costs, be sure to check out the next blog in our 2-Day shipping series. Amazon is credited for transforming how shoppers think about delivery of their ordered goods.

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Forto

AUGUST 1, 2019

In this blog article, you will learn what steps you can take to reduce your production. . IMO regulations plan to reduce sulfur oxides (SO x ) emissions from ships that first came into force in 2005, under Annex VI of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (known as the MARPOL Convention).

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

OCTOBER 18, 2012

View all Infosys blogs. The Infosys global supply chain management blog enables leaner supply chains through process and IT related interventions. Hi Cameron: Glad to hear that you liked the blog entry! Business Assurance: Supply Chain Blogs. Procurement Blog. Islamic Banking. Mobile Banking. Payments Treasury.

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Blog on Log

DECEMBER 1, 2005

import volumes in 2005 will be 8 percent to 10 percent greater than 2004's robust levels, with no end in sight. This creates robust sources of supply, and opens up new avenues of distribution, as emerging markets gain wealth and buying power. But offshoring is not without risk to the supply chain.

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Blog on Log

MARCH 31, 2007

She checked out the logistics blog community and critiqued her favorites. Say what you will about blogging -- that it democratizes information dissemination, or, adversely, that it is killing well-edited, fact-checked journalism -- logistics professionals have embraced it. The upside?

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Editor's Note: This guest contribution the Cerasis blog comes from our friends over at Fronetics an inbound and content marketing company who specializes in marketing for companies with a keen value adding business model for those in the supply chain and logistics industries. economy,” Costello said.

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