The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 28, 2016

Everybody knows Steve Jobs, the iconic innovator, who transformed five different industries: computers, phones, music, digital publishing and movies (Pixar). He even left his mark in brick and mortar with the Apple Stores, which have been wildly successful. But what if Steve Jobs had unleased his crazed intensity and business mastery on the 3PL industry?

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GlobalTranz

JULY 27, 2016

Frankly, the education system, parents and the manufacturing industry itself have played their part in dissuading today’s youth from pursuing a career in manufacturing. Can the age of digital manufacturing revive youth interest in manufacturing as a career? Why are Today’s Youth Dismissive of a Career in Manufacturing? A study conducted by the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation got an answer straight from the horse’s mouth.

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Freightos

JULY 26, 2016

Introducing the Freightos Marketplace. In 1900, gross world production was $175 billion dollars. By 2014, it reached $77 trillion dollars. This tremendous growth was driven by freight shipping, which scaled in size but didn’t significantly improve underlying technology, getting bigger, not getting smarter. For example, 26% of the 730 million TEUs shipped annually and approximately 30% of trucks on the road are empty.

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3PL Insights

JULY 28, 2016

The Panama Canal was originally constructed as a way to increase maritime trade in the Americas, and it is the largest American engineering feat undertaken in history. It was completed in 1914, after the United States spent close to $375,000,000 to finish it – which equates to over $8.5 billion today. The waterway stretches for 48 miles and connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

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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.

Transportation

The Logistics Academy

JULY 27, 2016

(Extensive Keppel Container Terminal in Singapore, photo by Kroisenbrunner ). The latest edition of the World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index report (LPI 2016 report) see’s Singapore retain its position as Asean’s logistic hub for the tenth consecutive year, with all other Asean Community (AC) members with the exception of Cambodia and Myanmar, seeing their rankings fall.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 26, 2016

Analytics has been a buzzword in recent years. Everyone seems to be clamoring to get on the big data and analytics train. Part of this drive toward more interest in analytics in distribution and manufacturing comes from the ability of analytics to reduce inefficiencies dramatically and increase productivity in both physical and virtual sales environments.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 29, 2016

In different parts of the world, leaders set priorities between different leadership qualities, but the quality- winner can still be determined. For the majority, for the next five years, the most valuable quality of the leader will be the ability to think creatively. It is extremely difficult to instill creative thinking in a young generation because of lots of helping services that facilitate student's life like custom writing service, modern gadgets, cribs etc.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 25, 2016

Competition. It is the ultimate in business. It serves to keep a balance between reasonable prices and profit margins. It keeps companies from hiking their prices on consumers, and it encourages businesses to produce better products and meet customers’ expectations. While competition is good, it is often forgotten when thinking about shipping. Most businesses think their only options are FedEx, DHL or UPS, but in reality, there are dozens of carriers waiting to be tapped.

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