Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 3, 2020

It can be found on almost all corporate and government agendas and gender parity is seen as a hallmark of progress for modern operations. While there’s no doubt progress is being made – 33% of board members in FTSE100 companies are now made up of women – women-led businesses remain significantly underrepresented across global supply chains.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 3, 2020

It can be found on almost all corporate and government agendas and gender parity is seen as a hallmark of progress for modern operations. While there’s no doubt progress is being made – 33% of board members in FTSE100 companies are now made up of women – women-led businesses remain significantly underrepresented across global supply chains.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

In addition to the terrible human cost, the virus is also sending ripples throughout the global supply chain. As the crisis unfolded, in an effort to contain the virus, the government extended the official Chinese New Year holiday first for a few days, then for an additional week. . The (Digital) Rise of SMBs.

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MTS Logistics

OCTOBER 16, 2023

government even opted to allocate roughly one half of the 2021-2025 National Highway Freight Program projects budget to roadway and bridge preservation. Of course, this is not the world we are in today. Project cargo weight on these possible compromised roads and railways should be a concern even with DOT route surveys.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

APRIL 1, 2020

IMO has echoed shipping industry calls for governments to keep shipping and supply chains open and grant special travel exemptions to seafarers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a Circular Letter No.4204/Add.6 In a Circular Letter No.4204/Add.6 to an airport) to allow crews to be changed and seafarers to be repatriated.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 2, 2020

Instead, most companies seeking to make their supply chains resilient from future shocks are looking at a China+1 option—in other words, to expand their operations from China into other low-cost regions. Larger businesses may take longer to ‘turn the ship’ onto a different course. For some, it may mean leaving China completely.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The American and Canadian militaries believe that the balloon was for surveillance, while the Chinese government said it was a civilian meteorological research airship that had blown off course. China’s government has so far not commented on the new sanctions or on the news of the flying object, nor responded to questions.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 21, 2020

Just to give some idea of what they are facing, these are some of the demands major broadband providers such as China Telecom, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Verizon have to contend with due to complete or partial lockdowns of citizens ordered by various governments: Children studying online as part of home schooling.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The recently released National Retail Security Survey shows that total shrink in 2021 reported by retailers is now almost a $100 billion problem. 4), convening suppliers, non-government organization partners and others to discuss successes and ongoing challenges with the retailer’s goal to become a fully regenerative company by 2040.

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Blue Grace Logistics

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Supply chain transparency, in particular, has come a long way over the past twenty years. Transparency within the supply chain has gone from an unrecognized concept to a focus item for the C-Suite across a vast number of companies and industries. Given the current state of the market, it’s no small surprise either.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 5, 2018

Yossi Sheffi of MIT is certainly one of the most influential and I would add interesting figures in supply chain today. Of late, about every three years he produces a new supply chain-related book, the last two being complementary takes on supply chain resilience and risk management.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 16, 2018

As part of an annual effort, Accenture surveyed 30 A&D companies, encompassing original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) as well as tier 1 and 2 suppliers. Schmidt cites the example of an electronics supplier that was participating in a classified government procurement program.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 19, 2018

Maybe a software robot will be writing columns on supply chain topics before too long too. What’s your take on robots and supply chain jobs? Of course we all need to up our game. It’s not even really that clean just in robots for manufacturing and distribution.

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CH Robinson Logistics

APRIL 19, 2021

Anyone who has been paying attention to the transportation of goods has noticed delays in their own shipments, headlines in mainstream media paying attention to supply chains, and a general heighted awareness of how goods get from point A to point B. The COVID-19 headwind continues to be the on the supply side. 3) [link]. (4).

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 31, 2014

Today we continue our “Top Blog Posts” series, after covering the top posts in manufacturing , supply chain , logistics , and transportation so far, by bringing you a subject all of us must focus on: Business. We hear about it every day on the news, across the web and survey after survey confirms that.

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247 Customs Broker

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Employment reports issued by the government and commentary from news outlets over the past year indicate an economy humming on all cylinders and pumping out jobs like a fire hose. Supply chain areas like transportation and logistics have in particular reported robust hiring and some difficulties in finding skilled workers.

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Forto

JANUARY 10, 2020

Furthermore, the OECD Economic Surveys – Germany (April 2018) state that strong domestic demands and especially exports are “driving economic growth”. The governments of many countries are trying to reconcile the challenges of globalisation with solutions to domestic problems. And to survive and succeed is a challenging task.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Of course, all of this is easier said than done, but new challenges tend to require new strategies and new innovation. The point here is that there are many variables that have an impact on freight capacity, particularly trucking capacity – weather, the driver shortage, government regulations, and the overall health of the U.S.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 3, 2018

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in Supply Chain Management Review. All stakeholders need to recognize that even the most environmentally responsible companies must manage their supply chains to satisfy growing demand and provide employment opportunities. Sheffi: No. Sheffi: The short answer is yes.

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247 Customs Broker

JANUARY 21, 2019

Of course, West Coast ports may see short-term volume adjustments from trade policies due to concentrated trade with the Asia-Pacific region, a trend observed in the second quarter and third quarter of 2018. A recent survey conducted by the on-line forwarder iContainers lists the 10 ports U.S. Positive expectations. GDP in 2019.

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247 Customs Broker

JANUARY 18, 2019

Food is of course not the only sector which could face shortages. In what proved to be the biggest defeat for any UK government in the modern parliamentary era, the House of Commons threw her plan out by 432 votes to 202. Related: European Union Leaders Agree Brexit Deal – So What Are Your Supply Chain Risks?

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Material Handling and Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2018

MH&L’s Editorial Advisory Board tackles some of the toughest topics facing the supply chain today. Every year, in our annual MH&L Salary Survey , we ask readers to identify the biggest challenge they face in their jobs, and every year they tell us the same thing: finding, developing and retaining talent.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 28, 2016

Gelernter observes that the mind operates in different ways through the course of each day. The pioneer of artificial intelligence is David Gelernter , and he has some radical ideas about the supremacy of the human mind. It works one way when it is on high alert, another on the edge of sleep.

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Automotive Logistics

MAY 3, 2019

Whilst Brexit will bring many challenges and, of course, opportunities, the efficiency of European port transhipment routings defined by geographical and market proximity will remain – even where the political backdrop differs,” he says. Uncertain relations. Cale Judah, managing director at GBA, is positive about the outlook, therefore.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 2, 2019

There were changes with the ‘tweener’ lanes [400 to 600-mile routes], but there were no huge disruptions in the supply chain. The supply chain adjusted, and drivers are now driving with ELDs on their trucks,” comments Hill. “As soon as April 1 arrived, it was basically business as usual. Measuring time.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

This level of connectivity will have profound social, political and economic consequences, and increasingly form part of our everyday lives, from the cars we drive and medicines we take, to the jobs we do and the governance systems we live in, to even the business technology systems we use. According to Gartner, Inc.,

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Automotive Logistics

JULY 17, 2018

“Our port operations in Veracruz, combined with truck shuttle, our Puente Villa Rica inland yard and Mexico distribution services, have proven to provide the efficiencies needed in the automotive supply chain,” says Folkesson. “In This project is expected to be completed this summer,” he says. . More on North America’s ports.

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