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The Free TMS with Tim Higham

The Logistics of Logistics

Tim Higham and Joe Lynch discuss the free TMS, which is of course AscendTMS. Prior to starting AscendTMS, Tim co-founded and ran a national 3PL, where he invited Palm Beach Capital LLC to become minority equity shareholder in July, 2009 in order to speed both internal growth and outside acquisitions. AscendTMS).

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Dachser appoints new COO

Logistics Business Magazine

Dachser is setting the course for future growth in its Air & Sea Logistics (ASL) business field through long-term succession planning. A former management consultant, Dr. Burger joined Dachser in 2009. He worked in controlling and strategy development before being given responsibility for Corporate Governance.

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Key Factors to Consider When Planning and Designing Warehouses

Logistics Bureau

Since I first published this article back in 2009, warehouse design principles haven’t altered that much, but as we received many comments, including requests for more information, I figured it might be a good idea to expand on the original piece. Your distribution strategy too, will have a bearing on network optimisation.

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Diess to lead VW Group while Blume heads production

Automotive Logistics

This makes him predestined to fully implement our Strategy 2025 in the decisive years that are now to follow.”. That strategy to transform business operations and realign VW was first introduced in 2016. By 2020, VW wants to reorganise its core business and by 2025 it wants to become the global market leader in e-mobility.

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Why Are There Fewer US Manufacturing Jobs Today? 4 Driving Forces to Understand

GlobalTranz

You have, no doubt, heard of offshore manufacturing, or outsourcing, throughout the course of the previous decades. This is largely due to the role that social media and awareness through the Internet has played in the course of manufacturing. Cheaper Products From Alternate Economies. Let us know in the comments below!

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Logistics Contractors and strategic logistics advantage in US military operations

Logistics in War

vi] In 2009, ‘private contractors outnumbered military personnel in Afghanistan and nearly equalled the number of military personnel in Iraq’ [vii] and the majority of these contractors were involved in logistic services, with only approximately 11 percent conducting private military and security functions.

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Ocean Freight Procurement and Going with the Stream

Freightos

Not that long ago, they were the only way people listened to music, peaking at 23 million units sold in Q1 2009. This strategy is already used by US companies on $100 billion worth of product s such as oil, corn, gold – even dry bulk shipping. This, of course, requires a reputable global freight index. Remember iPods?