Sun.Sep 27, 2020

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Ensuring Supply Chain Success During and After COVID-19

Morai Logistics

Companies are facing significant hurdles since the onset of COVID-19, especially in their supply chains—here are the steps they should be taking to ensure supply chain success. COVID-19 took everyone by surprise. In its wake business operations of all kinds have been disrupted. The supply chain in particular has shown its vulnerabilities and its need to change.

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COVID-19 Uncertainty Spreads Pain Across the Halloween Supply Chain

Supply Chain Brain

Overall spending is forecast to drop nearly $1 billion this year in the U.S., but not all sales categories will feel the same pain.

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How can you provide an Amazon-like last mile home delivery?

Loginext

We got together with Marek Rozycki, Managing Partner at Last Mile Experts and Ian Kerr, founder of the Postal Hub Podcast for a session on understanding Amazon from the last mile delivery perspective at the Home Delivery World Europe 2020.

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Four Ways to Streamline Business Processes to Reduce Risk

Supply Chain Brain

Left unchecked over time, inefficient payment processes lead to considerable waste and security risks.

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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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Swire Shipping welcomes its second 2400TEU vessel – MV Chefoo

Logistics Manager

Swire Shipping recently introduced its second 2400TEU vessel, MV Chefoo, into its fleet. The vessel will be deployed on Swire Shipping’s South-East Asia (SEA) service, which connects South East Asia to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. The SEA service is part of Swire Shipping’s comprehensive network that is focused on connecting global supply chains to the communities of Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands.

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Reefer Shipping to Outpace Dry Cargo Trade despite Container Shortages

Logistics Manager

Growth in seaborne perishable cargo slowed in 2019 but is forecast to better weather the COVID-19 induced economic storm than the dry cargo trade given the broader resilience of the food supply chain. Meanwhile, availability of refrigerated container equipment is forecast to tighten as buoyant trade and continued modal shift boost expansion in reefer cargo carried by containerships, according to Drewry’s latest Reefer Shipping Annual Review and Forecast 2020/21 report.

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