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No Supply Chain Strategy? Here’s How to Develop One

Logistics Bureau

As a result, and as we’ve mentioned in several previously published articles, we’ve discovered that many companies lack a defined and documented supply chain strategy. It may do, but how do you know? Perhaps you will need to segment your customers into categories and apply a specific approach to each one. Probably not.

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Why Containerised Freight Shipping is Daunting for SMEs

Logistics Bureau

Our aim here, if you’re new to the world of commercial importing and exporting , is to help you know what to look out for and where/how to concentrate resources to gain traction against larger competitors in what is becoming an ever-more-competitive arena. Documentation fees. Container Shipping Can be Tough for SMEs. Export fees.

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How to Get Your Forklift License: The Ultimate Guide [New in 2020]

Conger

But if you’re new to forklifts, you probably have a lot of questions: How do I become a forklift operator? What do I need to study? How do I get certified? Chapter 4: How to Pass Your Forklift Certification Test With Flying Colors. How to Decide If the ‘Operator’s Life’ Is Right for You.

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Are your Customs brokers any good in HS Classification?

Globalior

Our team recently concluded an industry study of Customs broker competency in HS classification. In many of the brokerages included in our study – the average was 1.2 Product knowledge In several cases, brokers admitted to classifying products simply based on the product name appearing on the invoice.

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Achieving Maturity in Risk Management Takes Years

Logistics Viewpoints

They got those documents quickly, and then got them in the hands of all employees and suppliers in 24 hours. In last year’s Mutli-enterprise Supply Chain Network study (this year’s study won’t be published until the end of September), the two main suppliers of this type of risk management solution were Resilinc and riskmethods.

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Ethics in Procurement – Simple, but Not Always Easy

Logistics Bureau

One of the challenges of ethical procurement is to know how to make it into a practical reality that people can apply in a consistent way. For example, how would you deal with the following situations in procurement? What’s Interesting About this Case? These documents can vary in length. Some are succinct web pages.