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Logistics operators: how many types are there? (1PL, 2PL, 3PL, 4PL, and 5PL)

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

Hiring logistics operators has long since become a common practice. The increasing complexity of logistics processes and the rise of e-commerce businesses have led most companies to turn to specialized intermediaries to delegate functions over their supply chains. What are logistics operators? Reverse logistics.

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Transporting Metro Train Cars

Logistics Business Magazine

GEODIS is transporting, for the French manufacturer Alstom, the 10 metro trains for line 3 of the Hanoi metro, a total of forty railcars. A new train will leave the port of Dunkirk this weekend, aboard the containership Champs Elysées. The post Transporting Metro Train Cars appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Dachser Continues its Commitment to Training

Logistics Business Magazine

At the start of the 2020 training year, 600 trainees and 25 students across Germany took the first step on their career paths at Dachser. The logistics provider is thus sending a deliberate signal in uncertain times: it is investing in its people, who keep Dachser’s resilient and efficient network running and, in turn, global supply chains.

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Dachser Continues its Commitment to Training – Logistics Business® Magazine

247 Customs Broker

9th September 2020 At the start of the 2020 training year, 600 trainees and 25 students across Germany took the first step on their career… The post Dachser Continues its Commitment to TrainingLogistics Business® Magazine appeared first on 24/7 Customs Broker News.

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What is a 3PL? How Third-Party Logistics Providers Benefit eCommerce Brands

Ship Monk

3PL stands for third-party logistics, and at a glance a 3PL partner provides eCommerce brands with solutions to their fulfillment needs. We’ll cover all that and more in this guide, starting with an explanation of the difference between a 3PL and other types of logistics and fulfillment avenues available. So let’s talk PLs 1 – 5.

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Customs Training Funding Now Available for UK Freight Industry

Logistics Business Magazine

“Along with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), which is running the scheme, we will be encouraging our members to take advantage of the funding, which could be used to support a business that is extending and taking on new staff, or to help train an existing employee to become competent in completing customs declarations. “As

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Top 10 Logistics Trends That Could Impact Supply Chains in 2022

Locus

“All great enterprises are about logistics. Not genius or inspiration or flights of imagination, skill or cunning, but logistics.” — Tom McCarthy. This was majorly due to their inability to understand and adapt to the changing logistics trends. A decade back these developments in logistics might have seemed impossible.