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Hungary strengthens potential as intermodal hub

Logistics Business Magazine

In this article, Botond Kovacs-Mate (pictured), Branch & Country Manager in Hungary AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG , analyses the ramifications of Hungary’s current infrastructure projects for trade between China and Europe. This investment began in 2013 and was financed largely by a Chinese loan.

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Warehouse Labor Woes Are Worse than Ever

Logistics Viewpoints

The warehouse and transportation industry had a record 490,000 openings in July. Amazon, for example, uses most of the hundreds of thousands warehouse workers they employ to support their retail operations, not their contract logistics division. Many sectors that pay low wages have struggled to find workers. The numbers back her up.

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Boom Time for the Shared Economy within Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

In logistics and supply chain management, however, transport and warehousing are the most significant sharing processes thanks to a welter of economic benefits for all parties—and the trend is accelerating despite the dampening effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. Example #2: Airtasker. Example #2: Airtasker.

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Walmart: 3 Keys to Successful Supply Chain Management any Business Can Follow

GlobalTranz

These are all examples of the effects production may have on the environment, in local communities, or on the people who grow and make what we sell.” restaurant industry made in 2013. About 81% of Walmart merchandise passed through those centers in 2013, the website said. .” Walmart states early on.

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Excess Inventory? No Problem. You Have Trailers In the Yard.­­

Talking Logistics

During the third quarter of 2018, for example, 61.5 In the Wall Street Journal article, Phillips points to a leading transportation equipment lessor that recent launched a “mobile warehousing and storage” business as one example of how companies are finding new uses for their trailers.

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How to Run Cables Into An Industrial Computer Enclosure

GlobalTranz

For example, formats exist that allow several wires – ranging from 0.3” ~ 1.5” - to pass through the same gland. Author information Daniel Waldron Head of Content at Armagard 11 years+ a copywriter, Daniel joined Armagard in November 2013. Sealed cable glands are available in multiple sizes for different cable diameters.

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How the CFO Can be a Change Agent in the Supply Chain

Blue Grace Logistics

Supply chain and transportation are two of the biggest cost centers in an organization. A 2013 study by Ernst & Young aptly highlighted the importance of CFO’s involvement in the supply chain. The transportation offered also influences customer’s buying decisions. Paul Humbert, Esq.