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Cargo Chat: BlueGrace Execs Talk Nearshoring

Blue Grace Logistics

Jose Fernandez: It’s definitely the pandemic. Then, for a couple of decades, East Asia, mainly China, took over and presented lower costs … for many of the manufacturing companies. 1 benefit, I would definitely say, is the flexibility and the scalability that you can have. Are there obstacles? JF: The No.

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DHL Express expands Johor Gateway facility

Logistics Business Magazine

The new Johor Gateway comes equipped with a high-speed conveyor system capable of sorting up to 1,900 shipments per hour. In addition to high-definition digital cameras that identify and capture shipment movement piece by piece, advanced X-ray and explosive trace detection (ETD) machines are in place. bn (approx.

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Carrier Capacity Management Levels the Playing Field in a Carriers’ Market

Logistics Viewpoints

Increasingly, some retailers, e-commerce merchants, and other shippers have broadened their definition of carrier capacity management to include new and effective ways to lessen the carrier capacity crunch. Business intelligence sorts it all out. Carrier capacity management strategies ease the crunch.

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3 Requirements for Meaningful & Useful Data in Transportation & Business

GlobalTranz

Is any portion of the data created by end users at the time of input within the environments of an organization or its providers and suppliers open to judgment calls in areas like classification, definition, estimations, or interpretations? Is the data presented as useful to make better business decisions or improve business practices?

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Logistics, Digital Transformation and Future Logisticians

Logistics in War

The future warehousing staff will need to be skilled in the operation and maintenance of machines rather than in receiving goods, sorting, stacking, loading and delivery themselves. Problem definition. However, with manual occupations being transformed through digital technology, this balance shifts. electrification. Problem solving.

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How the contagion of conflict in the Sahel could spread across West Africa

World Food Programme Logistics

This is definitely a risk we should be concerned about,” says Areva Paronjana, a Regional Security Information Analyst for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in West Africa. The speed at which the security situation has deteriorated in Burkina Faso does not bode well for its neighbours, as recent incidents testify.

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Ultimate Ecommerce Merchant Guide: Owning Your Ops in 2023 PART 1

Ship Monk

Because, while supplier problems are out of your control, maintaining the right safety stock to minimize damage to your reputation and ecommerce business are most definitely within your control. Protect the Ship Out of Your Orders At peak season, all sorts of items are getting shipped to all sorts of places.