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From Taiwan to the U.S.—Duty-free

3PL Insights

The Evans transportation team went into high gear to redirect the containers to Detroit all while keeping the proper documentation to maintain FTZ status. Evans tracked and traced 75 containers from February through April. Luckily, these were routed correctly and had the FTZ documentation. Stage 2: Exit and Ship.

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3PLS Need Technology to Stay Competitive

Trinity Logistics

Filing cabinets were full of paper documents. Fax machines, handwritten documents, and corded phones were the way of communication. Now documents can be saved to the cloud and sent in seconds through email. Tracking and Tracing Options. There were no navigational systems, only paper maps.

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Savvy Supply Chain Leaders Aren’t Letting a Good Downturn Go to Waste

Logistics Viewpoints

A famous 2010 HBR article, “Roaring Out of Recession,” studied how 4,700 public companies fared during the recessions of 1980, 1990, and 2000. With real-time data on the status of orders, shipment tracking, and delivery confirmation you can optimize your order fulfillment process to reduce lead times and delays in collecting payments.

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Know the Kinds of Modes of Transportation

20Cube Logistics

Less documentation. It does require a few mandatory documents to seamlessly move goods between various states. Easy track and trace. Shipper can use 3PL services to handle multi-modal under one document. Key features of air transport. Speedy movement. Less handling of cargo. Security of cargo. Rail transport.

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Advance notification of cargo rollover – Reality or Myth?

Shipping and Freight Resource

A study of more than two million data points was done using the Ocean Insights platform. In the study, only carriers that moved more than 10,000 containers in H2 2019 were included. The result of this study was clear: container rollover is a serious issue affecting on average between 5 and 17% of all containers shipped.

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4 Benefits Shippers Realize when Transportation EDI is Utilized in a TMS

GlobalTranz

According to a research study from Forrester, EDI continues to prove its worth as an electronic message data format. Exchanging documents electronically improves transaction speed and visibility while decreasing the amount of money you spend on manual processes. for an order processed using EDI.

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Digitalisation: quicker off the blocks

Automotive Logistics

As global trade intensifies, so do the risks associated with cyber breaches, fraud and limited visibility for shippers to track and trace international shipments across the end-to-end supply chain. A cloud-based solution is the best channel for shared documentation.” Digitise or Die!”