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The Beginner’s Guide to Bill of Lading Documents

ShipLilly

While you don’t want to forget any of those documents (no matter how numerous or tedious they may be), there’s one you definitely want to become familiar with: the bill of lading. A bill of lading is one of the most common – and important – documents in the shipping and logistics industry.

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The Definition of Transparency

Blue Grace Logistics

As companies mature and the market changes, our understanding of crucial operating components of any industry has also grown. 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. So Why Aren’t All Companies on Board?

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13 Warehouse Types: Definitions, Functions & Examples

Conger

Plenty of examples of warehousing. This accounts for 15% of the total warehousing industry in the US. Looking for a private warehousing definition? Now that we’ve covered private warehouses, let’s give a public warehouse definition. Perhaps the most prominent fulfillment center example is Amazon’s fulfillment centers.

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Demurrage and Incoterms

Globalior

It is a matter of industry practice if these terms can be used interchangeably. As we have discussed, demurrage can sometimes include detention charges (or vice versa depending on the terminology used in the billing documents). Traders should not depend on the default definition in the Incoterms.

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Business-to-Anything Integration Supports Agile Supply Chains

Logistics Viewpoints

Solutions that fall under the definition of SCCN would include EDI VANs (electronic data interchange value added networks), industry marketplaces, and collaborative supply chain applications that are built on public cloud architectures. SCCN solutions provide a wide variety of benefits, and a solid return on investment.

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The Power of the Network: ERP vs. Spend Management

Logistics Viewpoints

GEP and the North Carolina State University (NCSU) Supply Chain Resource Cooperative surveyed supply chain, procurement and IT professionals across a range of industries to gain insight into their priorities and strategies regarding supply chain resilience and optimization. For example, are you still a minority owned company?

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Electronic Data Interchange or EDI in Transportation: Breaking Down What it is and How It Works

GlobalTranz

Furthermore, we also want to educate those in the industry on such available technologies such as EDI in transportation so that they may make sure when they are either choosing a new transportation management system or are using one already, that the user demands that EDI is a part of the TMS.

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