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‘We drive on’: A week in the pandemic, from truck stops, picks and drops, to home

Overdrive Online

Long Haul Paul Marhoefer on trucking through a national emergency over the spread of the new coronavirus: "For now, at least, in the words of Bill Weaver, 'we drive on.' A veteran trucker. gave a simple piece of practical advice -- well worthy of print, I'd say: 'Carry your own pen.'".

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Top Transportation Management System (TMS) 2020 Trends

GlobalTranz

Throughout recent years, Cerasis has covered the expected trends for the use and implementation of a transportation management system (TMS), as well as the shipping industry top predictions. With the coronavirus fresh on our minds, it is time to approach the topic from a new perspective that is built on rapid sourcing and better management—software.read More.

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Compliance is Necessary, Sourcing is Strategic

Logistics Viewpoints

Global Trade Compliance (GTC) solutions help companies follow complex trade rules. That is necessary buy not strategic. Sourcing is strategic. GTC content is necessary for strategic sourcing. But what is really needed are engines that quickly allow companies to understand what they need to do in component sourcing for their products to qualify for duty free treatement.

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International Car Shipping Cost Calculator

Trans Global Auto Logistics

Shipping your vehicle overseas and navigating through the importation process can be costly and time-consuming. For those who have already made the leap and decided that relocation is in the future, the next step is deciding if taking your beloved vehicle with you is worth it. So, how much does it cost to ship a car overseas? Use an international car shipping cost calculator to decide.

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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Force Majeure in the Time of Coronavirus

Talking Logistics

“Love in the Time of Cholera” is one of my favorite books by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. “Force Majeure in the Time of Coronavirus” is still being written, but even though it won’t be as entertaining as Marquez’s book, it will be an important read for supply chain and logistics professionals. “Supply chain partners commonly allocate. Read more Force Majeure in the Time of Coronavirus.

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Five Legal Tools to Mitigate Manufacturing Risk

Supply Chain Brain

One of the best ways for a manufacturer to assess and reduce risk in its supply chain is to have in place strong legal terms with its suppliers.

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DHL Supply Chain expands partnership with Locus Robotics

Logistics Management

The key component of this expanded partnership, according to DHL, is ten new, nationwide deployments of the Locus AMR solution, through and Expanded Multi-Site Services Agreement. Today, DHL Supply Chain has roughly 100 bots deployed in two locations, according to Jim Gehr, President, Retail, at DHL Supply Chain North America. Gehr added that with this announcement, DHL is targeting that number to be roughly 1,000 by the end of 2020.

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Advantages of Sea Transport

Trans Global Auto Logistics

The advantages of sea transport are plentiful in today’s globalized shipping industry. It’s easier than ever to connect goods between ports-of-call using one of the world’s oldest methods of transporting items over long distances. When it comes to planning your next big move or arranging transport for larger personal belongings, you can’t beat the boat.

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FMCSA’s coronavirus emergency declaration is the right move

Logistics Management

Please be smart and safe out there for as long as it takes. We are all in this together at the end of the day.

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Artificial Intelligence and the Transportation Industry

Artificial intelligence has quickly become a feature of everyday life: Using face ID to unlock a phone, communicating with online chatbots, and letting “smart” appliances help manage our homes are just a few of the ways that we interact with AI regularly. Forward-looking businesses are also using AI to transform their operations and gain a competitive edge.

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Everything You Need to Know About Shipping a Yacht

Trans Global Auto Logistics

It’s not always possible to cruise to your next destination via water transit. Reach further across the sea for the next big race or explore the other side of the hemisphere with quick shipping services that allow you to set sail in new waters. But before you ship your yacht, here are some quick shipping tips to keep in your back pocket leading up to the big day.

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YRCW releases Q1 operating metrics

Logistics Management

YRCW officials said that as detailed in its most recent Form 10-K, as it progresses through its previously discussed enterprise transformation, “the company will be reporting its five brands, which were formerly reported as two segments, now as one company on a consolidated basis.

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MSC becomes the first casualty of IMO’s Carriage Ban

Shipping and Freight Resource

We previously reported that as part of MARPOL Annex VI regulation ( IMO2020 ), the member states of the International Maritime Organisation adopted a complementary amendment which came into effect on the 1st of March 2020. The “ Carriage Ban ” as it is called, prohibits the carriage of non-compliant HSFO (Heavy Sulphur Fuel Oil) for purposes of propulsion or operation on board a ship unless the ship has been fitted with an exhaust gas cleaning system – EGCS commonly known as scrubber

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Federal Maritime Commission updates Coronavirus impact on Transpacific trade

Logistics Management

The maritime industry has been deeply affected as a result of the upheaval caused by the coronavirus and its impacts to Chinese manufacturing and logistics services.

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Scaling Logistics for Success: A White Claw Story

Speaker: Scott Campbell and Molly Feller

As the demand for your products skyrockets 🚀, you're likely experiencing logistical challenges that are preventing you from scaling your business. The sudden surge in demand can be exciting, but it can also put a strain on your supply chain and logistics operations. In this webinar, join Scott Campbell, Vice President, Logistics & Demand at Mark Anthony Services and Molly Feller, VP Logistics as a Service Operations at e2open, as they explore the challenges that arise when companies expe

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New Supply Chain Planning Maturity Assessment 

AIMMS

The world of supply chain has changed. Just a few decades ago, processes were still fairly linear and easier to control. Fast-forward to today, and you’ll find that external factors like changing consumer tastes, geopolitical shifts and global disruptions like the coronavirus outbreak have a much deeper impact on demand, complicating planning.

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Find the Money: How a Transportation Spend Diagram Can Help.

Logistics Management

Read our white paper to learn how a Spend Diagram can identify savings opportunities throughout your transportation operations.

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IMO 2020 and Oil Prices in Shipping

MTS Logistics

IMO 2020 is a regulation set by the International Maritime Organization that states that as of January 1, 2020, the sulfur emissions of all maritime vessels must be limited to 0.5% m/m (mass by mass), down from the current 3.5% m/m. Oil is the major source of feeding the global economy, supplying 95% of all the energy used in world transport. Maritime transport, which carries over 80% of the volume of global merchandise trade, relies heavily on oil for propulsion, and in view of the limitations

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How Visibility & Digitilization Address Key Business Trends

Logistics Management

Download this white paper to learn how an end-to-end supply chain integrity solution can result in real ROI for your business.

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GEP Spend Category Outlook 2024

Your Roadmap to Smarter Spend Management in 2024 Geopolitical, economic and supply chain challenges will stick around in 2024, but don’t despair. There are strategic opportunities to leverage AI-powered technology and digital toolsets to overcome these hurdles more effectively. GEP experts in nearly two dozen critical categories guide you in the right direction in our annual comprehensive resource — GEP Spend Category Outlook 2024.

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Bollinger Motors Unveils E-Chassis

NGT News

Bollinger Motors has unveiled its patent-pending E-Chassis. The patent-pending E-Chassis is the first Class 3 electric platform – and it was designed with commercial applications and versatility in mind, notes the company. “When we first built our Class 3 B1, we knew there was a commercial aspect to the platform,” says Robert Bollinger, CEO of […].

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E-commerce’s significant impact on the supply chain and how tech is changing last-mile fulfillment

Logistics Management

Download this just released research brief where we hear from shipping operations executives sharing their thoughts on current parcel shipping trends.

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Etihad Cargo Selects ECS Group as Cargo Service Provider

Airfreight Logistics

In line with the recent implementation of the new global sales distribution structure across its network, Etihad Cargo , the cargo and logistics arm of the Etihad Aviation Group, has selected ECS Group, the world’s largest General Sales & Support services group, to deliver a significant scope of its new regional sales operating model across multiple-territories.

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Software Survey: Readers embrace software’s leading role in warehousing and distribution

Logistics Management

As the complexities of modern-day fulfillment continue to grow, software is playing an increasingly important role in how companies manage in this dynamic environment.

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Mastering Order Management: Backorders & Out-of-Stock Inventory

The unfortunate truth is that you will always have low stock and backorder issues with your supply chain. But that doesn’t mean you can’t be prepared to handle them. This brief video explores some of the primary drivers of inventory issues – and how modern technology and best practices can mitigate these issues and ensure a superb customer experience.

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2020: The Year of the Value Added Reseller (and So Much More)

WorkWave

Time To Read: 3 minutes. When we were named the Top Performer for the 2019 Customer Success Award recently , we challenged ourselves by asking: how do we ensure this extends to all of our 8,000 global customers? In order for us to be everywhere for our customers, we needed to embrace local and trusted Value Added Resellers (VARs) regionally across the world, and we are well on our way.

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How to minimize the impact of Coronavirus on food security

World Food Programme Logistics

Avoiding protectionism, monitoring prices and supporting the vulnerable through social safety nets can limit the impact of the outbreak In the past few weeks, as the novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) infection spread to reach pandemic proportions, we have developed an obsession with figures and statistics?—?how many new cases have been reported from how many countries?

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EXIM Thailand Launches Investment and Production Efficiency Enhancement Credit Scheme

Logistics Manager

Export-Import Bank of Thailand (EXIM Thailand) recently launched an Investment and Production Efficiency Enhancement Credit Scheme, offering a long-term credit facility with a special interest rate of 2% per annum in the first 2 years, a credit line of up to 100 million THB per entrepreneur and a maximum tenor of 7 years including a grace period of 1 year.

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WFP sends medical equipment to support China’s response to COVID-19

World Food Programme Logistics

World Food Programme sends medical equipment to support China’s response to COVID-19 US$500,000 worth of kit to set to assist Chinese government efforts to treat patients and stem the spread of Coronavirus The first batch of WFP supplies, including 50 sets of non-invasive ventilators, reach Wuhan. Photo courtesy of Yingshi Zhang The World Food Programme (WFP) is providing lifesaving medical equipment worth US$500,000 to help China’s frontline hospitals in Hubei province, the epicentre of the Cor

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Strategic Cost Management Approaches to Unlock Growth and Increase Profitability

How can businesses gain a competitive edge in an era marked by relentless competition and economic fluctuations? The secret is mastering strategic cost management strategies. This GEP bulletin, "Strategic Cost Management Approaches to Unlock Growth and Increase Profitability," breaks this down into clear, actionable steps. Discover how these strategies can boost your enterprise's financial health, helping not only to keep up but to excel in today's market.

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EXIM Thailand and JETRO Bangkok Meet to Discuss Support for Thai-Japanese Trade and Investment

Logistics Manager

Mr. Pisit Serewiwattana (second right), President of Export-Import Bank of Thailand (EXIM Thailand), and EXIM Thailand’s top executives recently welcomed Mr. Atsushi Taketani (second left), President and Chief Representative for ASEAN of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Bangkok, at EXIM Thailand’s Head Office. The two parties discussed and exchanged views on the economic situation and international business circumstances, views of Japanese firms on Thailand’s economic outlook and wa

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Using food to create community assets

World Food Programme Logistics

Food as a tool bringing South Sudan back to life How a road built with the help of WFP connects a community to a new world of opportunities A WFP four-wheel-drive vehicle cruising on the gravel road constructed by Madbai farmers’ group. Photo: WFP/Musa Mahadi As you enter Terbai village in South Sudan cattle kraals and grass thatched huts are a common sight.

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Queuing System in the coronavirus crisis.

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

These days the most important global new is the widespread that the coronavirus has had not only in Europe, but in the rest of the world. The social media right now is full of videos of empty cities due to the measures taken by de government of Spain in order to stop the fast-growing rate of the virus. Yet, there are some people saying that there is a panic state and there is no reason for taking such strict measurements because, in their words, the virus is not lethal, and it has got just a mor

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