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Top Trends in Freight Forwarder Digitization

Freightos

For example: CH Robinson launched Freightquote – This platform takes aim at SMBs enabling simple online search and e-booking across multiple US trucking carriers. For previous years’ reports: 2015 , 2017 , 2018. The digitization of the freight industry is about improving speed and efficiency. . Keep reading for the highlights OR.

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When Does a Comment to Investors Become an Illegal "Signal" to Competitors?

10xLogistics

On July 18, 2015 I wrote a blog post entitled: DOJ Investigates Airlines - Are the Trucking Companies Next? For example, does the statement "disciplined capacity control" state a good business practice to the investors or does it state to the competition "If you don't add capacity I won't add capacity". Something is going on here.

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HBR: Managers Think They’re Good At Coaching. They’re Not.

The Lean Thinker

example may have been a somewhat extreme case, a recent HBR article by Julia Milner and Trenton Milner titled Managers Think They’re Good at Coaching. As an alternative, they offer up a definition of coaching by Sir John Whitmore: “unlocking a person’s potential to maximize their own performance. What Is Coaching?

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Air Freight Explained: Calculating Costs and Price Trends

Freightos

International Air Freight Shipping: Definition. For example, according to this research , 2 tonnes shipped for 5,000 kilometers by ocean will lead to 150 kg of CO2 emissions, compared to 6,605 kg of CO2 emissions by air. Definitely not the greenest way to ship. in 2015, down from 5% in 2014. In 2015, it moved 2.1

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“Selling Baoli creates strong customer relationships”

Logistics Business Magazine

MV: Definitely. It definitely is. It is easier for us to present the KION Groups strategy to customers and to make it clear that Baoli can definitely have its place in a market that has already grown and that it also stands out clearly from the offerings of other Chinese brands. MV: Of course! MV: Very important!

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Shipping Heavy Items: Costs, Services, & Solutions

Ship Monk

If you’re an eCommerce merchant that sells heavier goods, definitely investigate your shipping carrier thoroughly because the speed with which your products reach buyers, and the condition they reach those buyers, is crucial to customer satisfaction and, thus, the growth of your business. Dimensional Weight. Insurance and Tracking.

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Bekaert Corporation: Dock Scheduling improves logistics planning

Transporeon

was introduced to Transporeon in late 2015, but we’ve actually been doing business in Europe for many years. It definitely helps our teams in each shipping facility better plan. For example, in our Van Buren, Arkansas, facility, they’ve changed the time slot schedule three times in the last four months. Our group in the U.S.