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Continuing Education For Licensed Customs Brokers

MTS Logistics

This new regulation requires customs brokers to have the necessary training needed to facilitate compliant trade in the modern operating environment and will allow customs brokers to act as an additional layer of security to prevent illegal goods from entering into U.S. The clients will benefit from better performance and improved compliance.

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Freight Procurement is a Different Game

Logistics Viewpoints

Any shipment moving from Siloam Springs to Bentonville, Arkansas, for example, would be one lane. An RFP is a data intensive exercise. This made the data analysis easier. This made the data analysis “painful.” Simmons always does an ROI analysis prior to purchasing a solution.

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How much stuff is enough?

Logistics in War

Those who were intimately involved in the redeployment of Australian combat elements from Afghanistan in 2013 will have no troubles in citing examples of huge stockpiles of stuff that were created through over ordering, poor stock management, risk adverse planning and a failure to recognise changing security conditions.

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Warehouse Product Slotting: The Ultimate Guide

Logistics Bureau

Slotting a warehouse product is the same, for example, as placing your umbrella close to your front door at home, so it’s easy to pick it up and run when it’s raining, and you’re late for work. It also stands to reason that when you undertake a slotting exercise, you should think about it from the perspective of these activities.

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Insourcing or Outsourcing Logistics: Don’t Choose the Wrong Reasons

Logistics Bureau

For example, it either makes sense to outsource logistics activity to a 3PL, or it makes more sense to keep it in-house. It’s also true that if your company does not engage in logistics as a core activity and you rely on it only to secure your supply chain, investment in logistics expertise might not be a primary fiscal goal.

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A hard look at software risks

Automotive Logistics

How a major supplier tackles security. In 2012, Continental established a Security & Privacy Competence Centre to take charge of this task, headed by Stefan Römmele (pictured). In 2012, Continental established a Security & Privacy Competence Centre to take charge of this task, headed by Stefan Römmele (pictured).

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7 Reasons Why the Supply Chain Matters to Business Success

Logistics Bureau

2) According to a 2012 report into corporate insolvencies by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, 44% of businesses in Australia failed because of poor strategic management. Walmart may be the most famous example of a company that has succeeded primarily because of a well-developed and aligned supply chain strategy.