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Key IT Advances Shaping Vehicle Logistics

Logistics Business Magazine

With a detailed analysis of current challenges, including capacity constraints and the need for greater operational efficiency and transparency, this report is grounded in insights from 106 industry professionals. Key Findings from the Report 1.

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The Rise of Technology in Logistics

MTS Logistics

The pandemic, and the greatest supply chain crisis it brought along with it, made these tools and solutions more useful. One thing that we cannot deny is that the recent developments have closed the gap between the larger freight forwarders and the small to midsize freight forwarders who have the means to invest in these areas.

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Analysis

247 Customs Broker

Last month, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government voted to block a Chinese investor’s acquisition of a German machine-tool manufacturer, Leifeld Metal Spinning AG. Use a freight forwarder to lower your chances of having shipment delays and to oversee all of your international freight logistics. Germany and the U.K.

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Lead indicator for Global Trade

247 Customs Broker

The new index developed by DHL in cooperation with Accenture is based on the analysis of large volumes of logistics data using artificial intelligence. Thanks to the high data quality, it is possible to integrate the index as an indicator into the existing forecasting tools of banks, associations, and economic research institutes. “As

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Ways to Use AI for Supply Chain Optimization

ShipLilly

As a consequence, NVOCCs, logistics service providers, warehouse operators, and freight forwarders can improve their operations in terms of service quality, efficiency, and pace. For example, a comparative analysis of sales and inventory will raise red flags if there are shortages or gluts. Function 4: Enhancing safety.

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Evolution of E-commerce: The possibilities of tomorrow

247 Customs Broker

Routing optimization and analysis of shipping capacity are shaping up as good niches for predictive analytics, says Vernon. Digitized freight forwarding. In its 2017 survey of the freight forwarding market, Logistics Trends & Insights found that 92% of respondents see value in digitization of services.

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The seismic potential of digitalised manufacturing

247 Customs Broker

An automated system for the classification of defective products has accelerated the process by a factor of ten, speeding up troubleshooting and the root cause analysis of defects. Consultancy McKinsey has surveyed companies in the US, Germany and Japan on their adoption of Industry 4.0 Are they buying it? approaches. While Industry 4.0