Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Of course, all of this is easier said than done, but new challenges tend to require new strategies and new innovation. That all changed with the summer of 2017. While the hurricanes of 2017 were the tipping point that finally drug us into this tight capacity market, they weren’t the sole reason. Focus on the Right Data.

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Freightos

JANUARY 4, 2018

Dropping profit margins – Hanjin’s bankruptcy in late 2016 capped a difficult year for carriers and 2017 hasn’t been much better. For instance, in early 2017 , Maersk Line natively integrated with Alibaba, enabling online booking instead of the more traditional route of high-touch sales via a separate customer-facing platform.

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Freightos

JANUARY 4, 2018

Dropping profit margins – Hanjin’s bankruptcy in late 2016 capped a difficult year for carriers and 2017 hasn’t been much better. For instance, in early 2017 , Maersk Line natively integrated with Alibaba, enabling online booking instead of the more traditional route of high-touch sales via a separate customer-facing platform.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 16, 2018

Despite some struggles, retail as a whole had a solid 2017, as total sales reached $3.5 The State of Retailing Online (SORO) survey of U.S. Of course, the actual percentage of sales will vary significantly, depending upon several factors including product weight, value, and basket size. trillion, a 3.8 Commerce Department.

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Blue Grace Logistics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Results from the 2017 study show that roughly 75% of respondents are using the mix strategy (be all things to all people) as the predominant approach for their companies compared to the 51% who we reported utilizing a mix strategy in our 2016 results. Cost is, of course, another important aspect of running a successful business.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

The company grew substantially over the course of two decades, with a considerable proportion of that growth achieved by way of acquisitions. A yard management software (YMS) product was chosen, and the transfer centre was surveyed before implementation of a pilot project covering a small portion of the yard.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 5, 2018

. Sheffi starts, for example, with the extreme pressures coming from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), notably Greenpeace, about which one environmentalist says “When Greenpeace reaches for its toolbox, it tends to find only one tool, and that’s a mallet.” And of course most can’t.

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