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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. Why are Bills of Lading important?

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Sending Documents to UWT? Document Imaging Tips for Drivers

United World Transporation

Every day, brokers receive hundreds of documents, and they come from various sources. As drivers know, one of the primary sources of documents is from their mobile phones. Smartphones offer drivers more flexibility with sending documents than ever before. Digitizing Documents. are grouped together.

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Documents for Freight Shipping: A Definitive Guide

Freightera

Shipping documents can make an existentialist out of anyone pretty quickly, which is why we’ve compiled a list of documents that you might need, depending on your mode of shipping (air, ocean, or road). Common shipping documents: Bill of Lading. Shipping labels are not a standalone document, but an addition to the BOL.

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Software to Support Distribution of Covid Vaccines

Logistics Business Magazine

Huge logistical efforts are needed to for the distribution Covid vaccines worldwide. Special dialogs have now been built into the existing software, through which the driver can recognize the temperatures to be maintained, check them, and electronically document exact compliance.

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Kimberly-Clark’s Digital Transformation of Shipping

Logistics Viewpoints

One of the speakers was Abby Weisenberger, a distribution consultant at Kimberly-Clark. Weisenberger is leading their digitally enabled shipping initiative, she works in distribution operations rather than transportation. Historically, distribution at K-C relied on other departments to give them information. What made Ms.

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7 Distribution Technology Trends Worth Discussing

GlobalTranz

Modern distribution technology has significantly changed how suppliers get their products to end-users, and consumers are driving changes in how Distributors use technology to better their business processes. New Distribution Channels Are Forming Online and in Traditional, Brick-and-Mortar Stores.

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TradeGo: New Blockchain Digitalization Coming to Shipping

MTS Logistics

The recording and distribution of digital information is the main goal of blockchain technology, but it builds in ways to avoid the editing of data in the future. For all types of cargo trading and transportation, paper documents are still being largely used for customs clearance and delivery of goods.

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