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Back to Basics in 2007 - 3PL Defined

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One of today's trends to solve this problem is outsourcing logistics or using third-party logistics (3PL) to manage complex distribution requirements. According to a 2005 survey, CEOs of 3PL companies operating in Asia-Pacific expected 17% average business growth over the upcoming three years. More later this January!

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C-TPAT Survey - Be careful what you ask for.

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C-TPAT survey gives members chance to sound off Are companies who participate in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism really achieving tangible efficiencies by partnering with the U.S. CBP turned to the University of Virginia to help design and conduct the survey. government to secure their international supply chains?

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Air Cargo Tech Is Falling Behind. It Doesn’t Have to.

Freightos

So based on conversations with dozens of top air cargo carriers and forwarders, here’s four trends no company can afford to ignore. While electronic passenger tickets were introduced in 1994 and reached a 97% penetration rate by 2007, the eAWB standards was adapted as an IATA standard in 2010, and adoption in 2018 still hovers at 53%.

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Why Is It So Hard to Find Good Help These Days?

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Every year, in our annual MH&L Salary Survey , we ask readers to identify the biggest challenge they face in their jobs, and every year they tell us the same thing: finding, developing and retaining talent. They also agreed that the currently hot economic growth trend will cool down but not reverse its advance next year.

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Will Robots Take All the Supply Chain Jobs?

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In fact, despite billions spend on DC automation in recent years, the number of warehouse workers has risen from 574,000 in 2007 to 837,000 in mid-2017, the last time I checked. In comparison, in 2000-2007 the U.S. There is a need to optimize every component of logistics by following the latest trends and technologies.

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MIT’s Sheffi on Supply Chain Sustainability

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“Although a number of surveys show consumers say they want sustainable products, only a small percentage of them are actually willing to pay more to buy sustainable products,” Sheffi notes. In comparison, in 2000-2007 the U.S. U.S. companies are reshoring and foreign companies are investing in U.S.