Sat.Dec 12, 2015 - Fri.Dec 18, 2015

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5 Skills Needed for Radical Supply Chain and Logistics Collaboration

GlobalTranz

Those in the supply chain and logistics management industry have been talking a great deal about collaboration in dealing with our business partners. Adversarial relationships just do not work. You have to work together in the spirit of cooperation and harmony to obtain the best results with your partnerships, be it with a logistics provider, supplier, transportation or warehousing partner.

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Why Reverse Logistics Are Also Important

Apparel Logistics

Some apparel companies spend so much time trying to streamline their supply chains that they forget the importance of reverse logistics. Whether your business sells clothing online or in a brick-and-mortar store, you must pay attention to reverse logistics. It is a crucial part of the supply chain that you should not overlook. The High Cost of Returns.

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TLA Programmes are listed under SkillsFuture Directory

The Logistics Academy

SkillsFuture is a national movement to provide Singaporeans with the opportunities to develop their fullest potential throughout life, regardless of their starting points. Through this movement, the skills, passion and contributions of every individual will drive Singapore’s next phase of development towards an advanced economy and inclusive society.

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Air Cargo Got It Wright: 9 Incredible Air Cargo Facts

Freightos

The Wright Brothers were the startup entrepreneurs of 1900. They were born tinkerers, taking skills from a printing shop to open a bike repair shop. After reading about aeronautics in the late 1890s, the two began experimenting with biplane kites and gliders. With a little funding, they added a propeller to the plan and were ready to go. On December 17th, 1903, three days after a failed attempt, the duo were ready to try it again.

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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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6 Benefits of a TMS for Better LTL Freight Management

GlobalTranz

Most businesses that ship freight via Less-than-Truckload or LTL freight services will improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of their transportation and logistics departments with the use of an automated transportation management system (TMS). Many larger shippers, such as original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) or large distributors, with freight expenditures in the millions of dollars, typically have logistics departments with one or more traffic managers and are already using a TMS.

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Freight Rates News December 2015

Freightos

Freight Rates News. Freight and logistics trends that rate in the news. DECEMBER 2015. We summarize key monthly trends in six sections. Prefer to find news yourself? Check out our roundup of nearly 100 digital logistics/supply chain sources. 1. SHORT TERM: HEALTHY START TO PEAK RETAIL SALES SEASON. The big retail sales season started better than expected, in the U.S.

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Top Supply Chain Articles of 2015

GlobalTranz

As we head into 2016, we are featuring our most read articles of 2015 in our five main categories: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation Management, and Freight. Yesterday we published the top 10 most read manufacturing articles of 2015. . We will take a break next week in the series, as this Marketing Manager is going on vacation. We will resume the series and finish the remaining three categories on December 28th.

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Most Read Manufacturing Articles of 2015

GlobalTranz

It is that time of year again where we feature the most viewed articles on the Cerasis blog in each of the six main categories we write about: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation Management, and Freight. . As we are nearly just a week from Christmas, the marketing department likes to take a look back at some of the articles written by Cerasis and contributing authors to see which specific subjects sparked the most interest.

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