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Purpose of the World Trade Organization

Globalior

The WTO also conducts courses for government officials to build their expertise and skills, so that they may help their countries to better facilitate trade. Accessions Division: Facilitates negotiations between WTO members and others requesting accession. How is the WTO structured?

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9 Key Topics to Understand to Frame A Shipper’s Mind for Effective KPI Management with a 3PL

GlobalTranz

The more KPIs, the more difficult the negotiation process. After the SLA/KPI is an approved document by both the customer and logistics provider, this document and its contents need to be reviewed monthly to begin with, and quarterly thereafter. For example: Inventory Record Accuracy has to be 98-100% accurate daily.

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The State of Digital Freight: The 4×4 Blueprint for Freight 2020

Freightos

At our FreighTech 2018 conference, I spoke to 50 top-tier logistics executives about the major themes – four of them – that should guide our evolution. Self-service support and document management. Kuehne+Nagel was one of the first big freight forwarders to have price quotes and self-service directly on their homepage.

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13 Warehouse Types: Definitions, Functions & Examples

Conger

Plenty of examples of warehousing. Companies often choose private warehouses because of the high degree of control that they confer over the handling and storage of goods. This means they act as third-party logistics (3PLs) and may even offer value-added fulfillment services to help subsidize the costs of running the warehouse.

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Reshoring Or Not, What is Manufacturing? 4 Questions to Ponder with Real American Manufacturers

GlobalTranz

Editor's Note: This is a two part series featuring Chuck Intrieri, who along with providing excellent insights over at his industry leading The Lean Supply Chain blog, is also a consultant who works with companies for Cost Reduction, Supply Chain Optimization, Logistics, Manufacturing, and 3PL Selection. What does it take to make it?

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Finally, a done deal?

Automotive Logistics

The sigh of relief from the automotive sector at the announcement of a breakthrough in negotiations over the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) with Mexico in August was almost palpable. There’s also the cost of compliance and documenting that you have met all the rules. Continuing threat.

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Why Is It So Hard to Find Good Help These Days?

Material Handling and Logistics

The cost-effective concept allows a single mobile base to tend to one or many carts that can have a variety of onboard items, including packages, materials, or even robot arms. For example, the NIST demonstration shows an assembly operation. They captured talent, knowledge and skills from their existing workforce before they retired.