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Top 5 Free Online Resources for Freight Brokers

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Getting your BMC-84 bond and developing a rock-solid marketing strategy are just some of the steps you'll learn about. For example, being able to access your loads from anywhere means you can take care of business outside of the office as long as you've got your smartphone.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

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Early examples of intermodal containers include railroads from 1830s (various sized containers), and Pennsylvania Railroad regular container service (1929). Example of the massive decrease in dock workers as a result of containerisation. Example of the increasing coordination between seaports as a result of containerization.

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The State of Supply Chain Trends Part IV: Data Analysis, Wearables, and the Cloud

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Moreover, cloud technology enables global access to information, explains Ship Rocket, so companies can ensure continued uptime regardless of local events or issues. While this idea seemed ground-breaking in 2006, it has become a commonplace aspect of nearly all Walmart locations.

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Avis Budget Group CEO Aims to Reinvent Car Rental Industry

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Before joining the company in 2006, he had served as senior vice president of airport operations at United Airlines. For example, customers can take advantage of our Connected Journey pilot, in which they are sent tailored notifications and offers to our mobile app based on their location, on an opt-in basis.

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MIT’s Sheffi on Supply Chain Sustainability

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Gilmore Says… In a great example of the balance in this book, Sheffi notes the actual evidence of consumer preference for Green products is tenuous at best. And it is this supply chain complexity (more on that in a moment) that in part makes crafting sustainability strategies such a challenge in practice.

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NAFTA's New Trade Highs.Are You Suprised?

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Commerce Department's inaugural Americas Competitiveness Forum, which brings together North American government, private sector, academia, and non-governmental organization leaders to develop strategies for optimizing trade. percent higher than in April 2006. Latin America, home to a half-billion people south of the U.S.-Mexico