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Online Learning is Growing Exponentially—And it’s Here to Stay

Logistics Bureau

Big business from about 2011 onwards started realising the value of adding e-learning to staff training programmes. Corporate training is now a $200 billion USD industry, with e-learning taking up more than half of this amount. The report found that by 2017, about 77 percent of US corporations were making use of online learning.

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Pitfalls of digitalisation in shipping and freight

Shipping and Freight Resource

Some examples and benefits of digitalisation in shipping are. Whether digital or manual, the business of shipping involves a lot of documentation. Here is a real life example. For example, seafood products are best shipped at -20°C (-4°F) or lower. An exporter secured a loan from a finance company to buy hides & skin.

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New Food Safety Rules Soon to Kick in for Small Brokers, Shippers and Carriers

GlobalTranz

For larger businesses the rule came into effect on April 6, 2017, whereas small businesses were given a longer time to prepare and will have to begin complying with its provisions on April 6, 2018. Records - Maintaining of records of communications between shippers and carriers, processes, procedures, agreements, and training.

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CDS is here – and this time, it’s for real

Logistics Business Magazine

An estimated 4,200 companies made customs declarations in 2017. For example, a blanket document code to declare that no prohibitions or restrictions apply “999L” has been temporarily introduced under CDS to speed up onboarding. HMRC has tried to introduce some simplifications. Reality bites.

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Top 6 Supply Chain KPIs: Keep Your Dashboards Simple

Logistics Bureau

Accurate documentation: This metric tracks the percentage of sales orders accompanied by accurate documents throughout the process. Documents included in the metric can vary but usually include advance shipment notifications (ASNs), labels, and invoices. For example, suppose you can see the cycle time reducing.

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Strategic risks and the vulnerability of the munitions supply-chain

Logistics in War

The military customer at the end of this transaction requires ammunition for training, day-to-day operations, and during a crisis, combat load for missions. These two examples highlight the dependency on just one facility as the main source for a military-specific product. Transportation.

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Ocean Carrier Alliances: What You Need to Know

Talking Logistics

This is especially true today, as what used to be four primary ocean carrier alliances transformed into three different ocean carrier alliances – taking effect on April 1, 2017. Many carriers are now “rebooting” in 2017, and alliances are collectively designing loop services in order to provide competitive networks. back to Asia).