Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

million truck drivers in the country (as of 2015), but a new report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the number of long-haul truck drivers somewhere between 1.87 If there are actually 2.125 million (or fewer) truck drivers in the industry, then what is the actual driver shortage? million and 2.125 million.

Optimal Sourcing 62

Optimal Sourcing Trucking Cost Reduction Price Reduction 62

Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 19, 2018

He presented his outlook for container shipping to the TPM Annual Conference in Long Beach, Calif., What’s more, the global orderbook for new ships stands at half the level of 2012-2015. in early 2017 exposed the industry’s underlying fragility. This is the main opportunity and challenge facing the industry today.

Maritime 40

Maritime Conference Capacity Freight 40

GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 30, 2015

Today we finalize our most viewed articles from the Cerasis blog by featuring the most read freight articles published in 2015. As a recap, and for easy to access link, we have showcased the following: Most Read Manufacturing Articles of 2015. Top Supply Chain Articles of 2015. Top Logistics Articles of 2015.

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Article Freight Price Reduction Cost Reduction 51

247 Customs Broker

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Committees from both sides worked to develop a contract package to present to the ILA’s 200-member wage scale committee “in the near future,” the ILA and USMX said in a joint statement. The ILA-USMX contract was a prominent discussion topic at the JOC’s recent TPM 2018 conference in Long Beach, California.

Negotiating Skills 28

Negotiating Skills Maritime Supply Chain Software Scenario Planning 28

Talking Logistics

APRIL 10, 2019

I’ve been an industry analyst for over 20 years, which is hard to believe sometimes. A couple of weeks ago, I attended the Descartes Evolution Global User & Partner Conference 2019. Over the past two years, there have been other similar acquisitions in the industry, along with multiple rounds of VC investments.

Supply Chain Design Software 12

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Software Logistics Network Optimization Software 12

The Lean Thinker

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Sara Abshari and Eileen Jaskuta are presenting the Meritus story at the AME conference next week (October 9, 2017). Eileen is now at Main Line Health System, but was the Chief Quality Officer at Meritus at the time Joe was presenting at Ka taCon. You can actually download a copy of his presentation here: [link].

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Presentation Conference Magazine Article 150

247 Customs Broker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Bilateral forums, conferences, meetings and seminars happen more often than one can count, and usually result in numerous announcements – ranging from memoranda of understanding (MoU) to billions of financial commitments. The forum, in its 5th iteration since 2010, positions Singapore as a gateway to Asia for African companies.

Government 28

Government Conference Procurement Solutions Logistics Network Optimization Software 28

Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Logistics experts shared their research findings during the Council for Supply Chain Management’s (CSCMP) annual EDGE Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. Penske is once again a major conference sponsor. Kearney and a presenter of CSCMP’s 29 th Annual State of Logistics Report, both of which are presented by Penske Logistics.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chains Efficiency 27

Freightos

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

This week, Freightos hosted over forty logistics and innovation executives for FreighTech 2018, a symposium dedicated to discussing challenges and opportunities in the industry. The catalyst was fairly simple – there are freight conferences and tech conferences, but few that really mesh both very well. billion in 2015.

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Optimal Sourcing Sourcing Strategies Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software 49

247 Customs Broker

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

West Coast longshore labor strike in late 2014 and early 2015, or in the aftermath of liner carrier Hanjin Shipping declaring bankruptcy in August 2016. Cargo owners and trucking companies are normally given a certain number of free days to pick up containers of imported goods from ports after they have been unloaded from ships.

Negotiating Skills 28

Negotiating Skills Cost Reduction Food and Agriculture Cargo 28

Automotive Logistics

APRIL 11, 2019

As the fortunes of the logistics industry rise and fall with the automotive sector it serves, Turkey looks on the face of it to be a gloomy place to do business right now. Despite the financial setbacks, exports will rise slightly this year, predicts the local Automotive Industry Exporters’ Association (OIB). “We Investment doubts.

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Manufacturing Procurement Cost Reduction Factories Purchasing Skills 53

Automotive Logistics

APRIL 5, 2019

Customs statistics from Nigeria show that 131,994 vehicles, both new and used, were imported through Apapa port in 2015. In total, it can take 20 days to clear products at Apapa, compared with 48 hours in neighbouring Benin and Ghana, according to the The Lagos Chamber of Commerce & Industry. .

Sourcing Strategies 28

Sourcing Strategies Government Optimal Sourcing Trucking 28

247 Customs Broker

APRIL 18, 2018

Such is Andela’s stellar reputation for excellence that American TV network CNN in June 2015 called it “the startup that’s harder to get into than Harvard”. The smart city vision of the state government was discussed extensively at a conference it sponsored during its “Lagos at 50” celebrations in May 2017. Lagos Innovates’.

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Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Software 28