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Digital Transformation: Why It’s Not an “Easy Button”

Talking Logistics

There is so much talk, and varying interpretations, about digital transformation, that I began our discussion by asking Roger for his definition and what he sees as the current adoption rate. For example, when a customer wants to buy something from you, they send you the order with a purchase order number.

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Ultimate Ecommerce Merchant Guide: Owning Your Ops in 2023 PART 2

Ship Monk

Example—In the case of a lost or undeliverable package, a customer-first ecommerce merchant can step up to the plate immediately by contacting the shipping carrier to determine the cause of the problem and sharing this information with buyers so they know when to expect delivery or reshipment. Why Does VCN Matter?

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Supply Chain Mobility & How it is Creating More Efficient Manufacturing Productivity

GlobalTranz

Each of these definitions applies to a manufacturer’s ability to produce a surplus of a product. And in today's modern world, supply chain mobility is quickly driving more efficient productivity. . Imagine if the typical definitions of productive were applied to manufacturing. Causing or resulting in something.

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The Freight Forwarder’s Era: The Top Advantages of Working with a Freight Forwarder

MTS Logistics

Let’s start with some definitions of what a freight forwarder is. Plus, for example, we say a single customer can move around 500 containers a year, but a freight forwarder with a healthy roster of customers can move 100,000 containers a year. Well, a freight forwarder negotiates rates on your behalf, knowing the market.

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Data standardization and its benefits – Executive Insights with Thomas Bagge, CEO of DCSA

Shipping and Freight Resource

Executive Insights is a series by Shipping and Freight Resource that provides useful insights and thoughtful analysis on what is happening in the maritime, shipping, freight, logistics, supply chain and trade industries. SFR : Ok, it seems like DCSA has definitely been doing a lot of things. Image : DCSA.

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Making IoT in Manufacturing & Supply Chain Work by Using Cloud Technologies

GlobalTranz

Gartner defines the IoT as “…the network of dedicated physical objects (things) that contain embedded technology to sense or interact with their internal state or external environment. Take, for example, the connected “Smart” office. Data Storage and Analysis. Data Storage and Analysis. Interoperability.