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Is bigger always better – Economies of scale and gigantism in shipping

Shipping and Freight Resource

In the pursuit of environmental sustainability, digitalization, operational and commercial efficiency, and collaborative practices the containerized fleet and the industries commercial practices have been radically modified over a significantly short period of time. This begs the question is bigger always better and what alternatives exist?

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Avis Budget Group CEO Aims to Reinvent Car Rental Industry

IoT World Today

Larry De Shon, president and chief executive officer of Avis Budget Group, which owns Avis Car Rental, Budget Car Rental and car-sharing firm Zipcar, among others, has a fresh perspective on the car rental industry. ( Before joining the company in 2006, he had served as senior vice president of airport operations at United Airlines.

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DHL supports boohoo’s US expansion

Logistics Business Magazine

“Although boohoo has been servicing the US through its existing network in the UK since 2006, the company’s growing order volumes and customer demand on this side of the pond in recent years made a US-based distribution centre for direct-to-consumer fulfilment a necessity,” said Kraig Foreman, President, eCommerce, DHL Supply Chain.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The Evolution and History of Supply Chain Management

GlobalTranz

Both industrial engineering and operations research have their roots in logistics. Fredrick Taylor, who wrote The Principles of Scientific Management in 1911 and is considered the father of industrial engineering, focused his early research on how to improve manual loading processes. History of Supply Chain Management: Roots.

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RFID in the Supply Chain: Fizzling Technology or the Future of Effective SCM?

GlobalTranz

In 2003, Walmart announced that all of its suppliers would need to have Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags on all pallets and cases by 2006. For many reasons, that transformation did not happen and RFID was put on the industry’s back-burner. appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.

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Private Fleets or Outsourced Logistics? Which is Better?

Trinity Logistics

It can be challenging for you to decide the best way to transport your products. On the surface, private fleets appear to be the better option, but you must recognize and understand all that goes into running your own transportation. Current trends point to the shortage growing to over 160,000 drivers by 2028.

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Where Do We Go From Here? Taking a Look at the 2016 State of Logistics Report

GlobalTranz

2015 was a different year for the logistics industry. The prices of fuel continued to drop, and growth in the logistics industry slowed to a painstaking crawl of less than So, let’s take a closer look at what findings were released within the 2016 State of Logistics (SOL) report and how they impact current and future logistics processes.