Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 21, 2023

We wanted an international technology partner who could offer us a selection of solutions that meet the needs of customers looking to transform their supply chains and looking for increasingly efficient and scalable logistics operations to reduce costs and accommodate growth of online sales. Our goal has been twofold with this project.

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Freightos

JANUARY 8, 2019

The journey to digitize freight, while initially off to a slow start, has gained momentum in the last two or three years. They’re licensed to be an ocean freight forwarder, and they’ve bought some aircraft and an airport; and of course they are a huge warehousing player. Online freight booking. Download Now.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 22, 2022

Ahead of the WOF SUMMIT , which takes place in Vienna on 4 th -5 th May, we caught up with Chief Commercial Officer of the WOF Group Christoph Grasl and asked him about this inaugural event. Christoph Grasl has more than 25 years of experience in freight and logistics. An evening from which you will emerge inspired and energised.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 16, 2015

The Rodon Group often hosts school tours and engages with administrators. They often shy away from STEM education courses and technical education. One technical high school at the meeting invites companies to come into the classroom to teach career awareness courses. BONUS: Video from Rethink Robotics on The Rodon Group.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

E-Commerce Shipping Practices Require Logistics Fundamentals The best way to meet the rising demand of e-commerce is to ensure optimum use of transportation resources. As explained by Disney Investment Group , this includes selecting a location that has a necessity-based anchor, like a grocery store. Digitize your fulfillment centers.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Therefore, it is important to measure how well these suppliers meet the expected high level of quality. Return Material Authorizations (RMAs): RMAs measure how many products or deliveries are returned and whether a product meets customer requirements. It is best captured in an ERP system and analyzed digitally. Outbound KPIs.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 3, 2016

It’s a great time to be in the freight brokering business, and there are plenty of reasons to consider starting your own brokerage now. an increasingly stable and growing industry , and increasing demand for new brokers, you have all the external conditions to become a successful freight broker. What does a freight broker do?

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ShipLilly

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Those that invested in air freight are stuck with eggs on their faces. Of course, that expectation could only hold if the upward trend in e-Commerce continued. Indeed, some invested in air freight-related sectors on the back of this speculation. The current signs are not encouraging for freight industry investors.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

From a feasibility point of view however, cold storage is substantially more complicated and more expensive than dry storage because of the regulations around refrigerated freight. The best way to save lives of course, is to ensure automatic fire detection is in place, across your entire cold storage facility.

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Stord

JANUARY 11, 2022

Stord’s team works with hundreds of companies every day to drive efficiencies and optimize their operations across a range of freight, warehousing, fulfillment and packaging requirements. For example, the price of 42# linerboard has gone up 35% in the last 12 months, over the course of 4-5 price increases.

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247 Customs Broker

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Our nation is best served by a financially sustainable Postal Service that can invest in its future and meet the evolving mailing and shipping needs of the American public.”. The individual segments within the Shipping and Packages group saw decent volume and revenue growth, with: Priority Mail Services revenue up 4.6%

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PINC

MARCH 30, 2020

The supply chain is a complex group of companies that move goods from raw materials suppliers to finished goods retailers,” Osmond Vitez writes in The Bullwhip Effect in Supply Chain. According to Vitez, the bullwhip effect surfaces when changes in customer demand push organizations to order more goods to meet the new demand.

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247 Customs Broker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Palletways, Europe’s express palletised freight network, has welcomed 36 new members over the past 12 months to serve its growing customer base to move pallets across 20 countries. Luis Zubialde, Chief Operating Officer of Palletways Group, said: “The strength and growth of our membership is a crucial part of the Palletways success story.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 12, 2017

It manages inbound freight, not unlike the incoming blood supply from the lungs, and pumps it out to the remainder of your supply chain. For each weakness or issue, provide instructions on how to avoid delays and ensure adherence to appropriate carrier selection and freight classification. Note Shipment Volume and Weight Issues.

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247 Customs Broker

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

DENSO, part of the Toyota group and inventor of the QR Code, launched the first CCD scanner more than 30 years ago and has always evolved with new innovative technologies. “To Of course, smartphones can prove useful in everyday working life in some areas: They are easy to use and also the costs are comparatively low.

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247 Customs Broker

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Retailers are continuing to import merchandise in order to meet consumer demand even though tariffs are now in place on roughly half the goods imported from China and the trade war is still escalating,” NRF Vice President for Supply Chain and Customs Policy Jonathan Gold said in a statement. Jeff Berman, Group News Editor.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

If your team isn’t challenged to meet their goals, your bar is likely set too low. Going “red,” defined as not meeting stated goals, should not be treated as an abject failure if continuous improvement is anywhere in your business plan. No line of communication should ever take a one-and-done approach.

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Blue Grace Logistics

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The information should immediately go to the transportation group so they can start to coordinate the capacity to move that freight. Of course, the cost is a factor in this regard. Pricing is the perpetual thorn in the side, of course, and it’s easy for one side or the other to take advantage when the conditions are right.

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Trinity Logistics

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Freight Surges in Busy Holiday Shipping Season. A surge in freight tonnage in October set the stage for what economists believe will be a record-breaking holiday shipping season, according to Transport Topics. Potentially record-breaking holiday shipping is no surprise as retailers say they are on course to break sales records.

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Blue Grace Logistics

AUGUST 21, 2018

The environmentalist group, Greenpeace, said that Walmart’s efforts weren’t enough, whereas the Alaskan fishermen that were providing the seafood said that the requirements were too much to handle. Why should a company go the extra mile to make sure they’re going green if the consumer isn’t willing to meet them at the checkout line?

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247 Customs Broker

JANUARY 29, 2018

So in some situations, dependent on volume, of course, it’s more efficient to pick up some packages I think they are looking at regional footprints) and inject the volumes directly,” he said. Jeff Berman, Group News Editor. Importing and managing the logistics of your precious freight is no easy task. About the Author.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

MARCH 17, 2020

This of course should be in continuous operation and must be constantly evaluated through effective feedback mechanisms. Not to be left behind, a grouping of some of the leading container shipping lines in the world have also published their cyber security implementation guide to facilitate vessel readiness for IMO’s Resolution MSC.428(98)

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Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 19, 2018

Strong results for air freight, container shipping and export orders in particular suggest that, while the trade recovery may moderate in due course, it will likely continue in the coming months and remain above trend,” the report says. If we’re going to see higher freight rates, we’ll need demand growth to outstrip supply growth.”

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247 Customs Broker

OCTOBER 15, 2018

These activities involve ocean and air freight forwarders, Customs brokers, NVOCCs and other entities, which act exclusively as property brokers. He practices in the international trade and supply chain group of the firm’s technology, manufacturing and transportation industry team. Carlos Rodriguez is a Washington, D.C.

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247 Customs Broker

OCTOBER 15, 2018

These activities involve ocean and air freight forwarders, Customs brokers, NVOCCs and other entities, which act exclusively as property brokers. He practices in the international trade and supply chain group of the firm’s technology, manufacturing and transportation industry team. Carlos Rodriguez is a Washington, D.C.

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Automotive Logistics

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Vehicle-makers will have to publish WLTP-measured fuel consumption figures for all new vehicles from January 1 2019 and will be required to meet stringent new CO 2 emissions targets 12 months later. Industry analyst IHS Markit says carmakers failing to meet the 2021 targets could be fined more than €14 billion ($16.1

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247 Customs Broker

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

British freight group fumes over sulphur surcharge. Freight forwarding will remain a separate entity; MCC, Sealand and Seago Line will go to market as one brand. Global rules allow lines to meet air-quality standards by fitting ‘scrubbers’ to clean up exhaust emissions, rather than buying more expensive low-sulphur fuel.

Expense Reduction 28

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247 Customs Broker

MAY 10, 2018

Earlier this month, LM Group News Editor Jeff Berman caught up with Greg Gantt president and CEO of national less-than-truckload carrier Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL) at the National Shippers Strategic Transportation Council (NASSTRAC) conference in Orlando, Fla. A transcript of their conversation is below. . That is one aspect.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 22, 2015

I never had the pleasure of meeting either of them, but their books and recordings were incredibly helpful in showing me how to get from where I was to where I wanted to be. The primary method of assistance, of course — making sure your bottom line is as healthy as possible! They both passed away in the past several years.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 14, 2021

A TMS helps companies move freight from origin to destination efficiently, reliably, and cost-effectively. Planning and execution is focused on freight moves involving a carrier. Fleet Management involves freight moves with transportation assets owned by the company. The primary reason companies buy a TMS is for freight savings.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 27, 2018

Of course, the hard part is how to make money at it, because the Amazon effect has pretty much driven the expectation to consumers that they are not going to have to pay for shipping and will always get two-day service. Jeff Berman, Group News Editor. Importing and managing the logistics of your precious freight is no easy task.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 2, 2015

Superhero Cool from Big Hero 6 by Jill Worth of the Rodon Group. He takes Hiro to the robotics lab at his university, where Hiro meets Tadashi’s friends, and Baymax, a personal healthcare robot Tadashi created. ” If you are a parent of a kid who likes Minecraft, then of course, you know Stampy. Manufacturing STEM'

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 3, 2021

Supply chains are continually disrupted by container shortages, a lack of air freight capacity, and movement restrictions implemented by governments to combat the pandemic. How does the retailer protect my health in the course of delivering my purchases? 63% suffered inventory shortages. 66% experienced delays in stock deliveries.

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Automotive Logistics

MAY 3, 2019

One of the UK’s biggest port operators, GBA Group, says that Brexit dominated planning discussions with its OEM customers through last year. That activity includes a new vehicle preparation centre for BMW and the expansion of vehicle handling space for VW Group in the Humber. Uncertain relations.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 31, 2023

More Resources Home Bridging Two Realms: The Digital-Analog Dance in Logistics Ian Arroyo Unbox your Freight knowledge. In some cases, even contract freight rates under management don’t fit specific quote requests. Where’s my freight?” It’s an all-in race and the tech companies (yes, like us) are beating the drum hard.

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Logistics Manager

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Narawadee Dhanasettakorn, Human Resources Department Director at DHL Global Forwarding (Thailand) Limited, they explained the arduous process the group went through, and the training they’ve put in place to ensure that they continue to meet and exceed the requirements for truly being a Top Employer.

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247 Customs Broker

MARCH 5, 2018

According to Clark, a TMS should be adept at connecting to multiple freight matching marketplaces and online logistics communities so that the shipper organization can match orders with capacity from more brokers, small independent trucking firms and fleet operators. Digitized freight forwarding.

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