Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 6, 2022

Transaid has completed a major three-year project helping to broaden the understanding of the challenges faced by young women and girls as users of public transport in less accessible parts of three major African cities.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 26, 2022

Michelle Sodomka, a Senior Director at Open Sky Group. Michelle Sodomka, a Senior Director in charge of Open Sky Group ’s transportation management practice has 15 years’ experience in risk analysis and mitigation within the logistics industry. Freight Truck Shortages Are Changing The Face Of Logistics.

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Logistics Manager

AUGUST 23, 2018

One of Europe’s leading logistics service companies, The Rhenus Group has recently opened their own New Zealand entity, Rhenus Logistics NZ. The Rhenus Group CEO for Far East Asia, Jan Harnisch had this to say, “We’ve been investing in the expansion of our network in the Asia-Pacific region for several years.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The seven industry bodies dedicated to container safety, collaborating as the Cargo Integrity Group, highlight an independent study carried out by researchers at Italian University Politecnico di Torino into shipper and forwarder application of the CTU Code.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 7, 2019

Transportation cost savings is usually cited as the number one reason companies invest in a transportation management system (TMS), but does the value go beyond that? Transportation benchmark studies. The companies we deal with are in varying states of transportation capabilities,” explains Chis. State of TMS market.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 22, 2023

At some companies, these relocations involved moving groups of different sizes from different offices with hundreds of possible destinations. The groups themselves were non-homogeneous with people of different ages and interests. We will consolidate their characteristics to create representative groups.

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Transporeon

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Entries provide examples of innovative approaches and impressive metrics of sustainability programs. Yuva, editor for Supply & Demand Chain Executive. We congratulate this year’s honorees for their commitment to sustainability and recognize their tremendous achievements.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 12, 2018

DC Velocity and Descartes have conducted a transportation benchmark study for the last two years to help transportation professionals understand what is driving the market, and how the strategy and tactics of top performers differ from the rest of the pack. Figure 1: Transportation IT Spend Change Next 2 Years (Source: Descartes).

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Forto

APRIL 25, 2020

A comparison of the different transport options from air to rail freight. Special times require special measures: As medical protective equipment and disinfectants are needed everywhere during the Covid-19 pandemic, the German customs authorities are speeding up the transport of these goods to Germany by facilitating import regulations.

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Forto

AUGUST 17, 2021

Now it’s time to dive a little deeper into this transport mode. Formalities in Air Freight: From Air Waybill to Transport Insurance. Once the decision has been made to transport the cargo by air, the next step is to negotiate and sign the appropriate shipping contract. Important Characteristics of the Forwarding Contract.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In general, retailers can model the transportation costs associated with an omni-order. The Kinaxis solution can capture the exact transportation costs associated with every order and use the true transportation costs when making the decision of how to fulfill an order. These measures are highly detailed.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 2, 2023

FourKites CEO, Matt Elenjickal One of the two leaders in the real-time transportation visibility market is FourKites. ARC Advisory Group did a study on the supply chain collaboration network (SCCN) a couple of years ago. Finally, the transportation asset is attached once the pallets are loaded. That is fast growth.

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Transporeon

APRIL 4, 2018

Sustainable transport: What are the choices for shippers? Why is sustainable transport such an important issue? More and more companies are therefore aligning their entire supply chain with sustainability criteria – right through to transport logistics. So many transport journeys continue to be handled by road.

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Transporeon

MARCH 16, 2015

BSH Group, manufacturer of domestic equipment, has strongly improved its transportation tendering and planning processes. A solid company growth since the mid-70s led to a complex international transport network with lots of carriers. The number of errors, as a result of human handling, is reduced as well.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 2, 2022

I have seen a lot of scary examples where a company wants to stay in the old box and connect new technologies and innovation…….and Bengt Tuner is the Group Chief Executive Officer at Locanis. The only way to drive business is to embrace change; in today’s uncertain world, this is more valid than ever.

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Transporeon

JUNE 25, 2018

We are extremely pleased to be the recipient of a prestigious award that recognizes the way we help our customers gain transparency into their transportation processes,” said Ed Moran, managing director and senior vice president of sales and marketing at Transporeon Group Americas.

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IoT World Today

APRIL 18, 2019

Larry De Shon, president and chief executive officer of Avis Budget Group, which owns Avis Car Rental, Budget Car Rental and car-sharing firm Zipcar, among others, has a fresh perspective on the car rental industry. ( Avis Budget Group is a finalist in the IoT World Awards for Best Enterprise IoT Deployment.)

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Transporeon

JANUARY 25, 2018

In the case of an Amway multivitamin, for example, the company controls the process “from seed to supplement,” transporting raw materials to manufacturing sites in the U.S., Previously, bid management was extremely time-consuming for the Global Trade Operations group. We needed very little support,” says Clark. “We

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

TyresOnTheDrive.com, now Halfords Mobile Expert (HME) part of Halfords Group PLC, a UK provider of automotive and cycling products and services, is a great example of taking delivery and service appointment scheduling to another […]. The post Thought You Knew Everything About Delivery/Service Appointment Scheduling?

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 21, 2020

Since the beginning of the year, German-based transport cooperative LogCoop GmbH says it has noticed a stronger solidarity among its active members. In addition to interim or long-term storage, the partners can take over transport and value-added services as required by the clients. The offer is well received.

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Blue Grace Logistics

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Actionable advice from 2021 Top Companies for Women to Work For in Transportation. On Monday, nonprofit association Women in Trucking (WIT) announced its annual Top Companies for Women to Work For in Transportation. work in truck transportation, 8% own logistics firms and 6.6% Create an Employee Resource Group.

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Trinity Logistics

JANUARY 31, 2022

The program was created to give Trinity Team Members a chance to recognize top providers within all the company’s transportation modes. TESFASION TRANSPORT SERVICES LLC AMRITPAL SINGH JOSE NIEVES MEDRANO SR. “I I can’t believe we have closed another year and what a year it was,” says Hayley Dobson, Group Vice President at Trinity. “It

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FourKites

DECEMBER 9, 2020

At its core, rolling out a real-time transportation visibility platform – or any enterprise technology, for that matter – is both a change management project and a leadership opportunity. Smithfield Foods is one such example. Mandating training for all groups or departments that will use the platform.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 25, 2024

Additional connecting elements with internal clamping improve the frictional connection and provide more useful space, for example for supermarket shelves or material trolleys. The free MTpro planning software speeds up engineering, for example with quickly adaptable models.

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Trinity Logistics

JANUARY 31, 2022

The program was created to give Trinity Team Members a chance to recognize top providers within all the company’s transportation modes. TESFASION TRANSPORT SERVICES LLC AMRITPAL SINGH JOSE NIEVES MEDRANO SR. “I I can’t believe we have closed another year and what a year it was,” says Hayley Dobson, Group Vice President at Trinity. “It

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IoT World Today

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

An important application for artificial intelligence (AI) is autonomous transport. All areas of transport are being investigated for autonomous control, with AI playing a large part in driving/piloting control and providing intelligent decision-making in real time based on data from an array of sensors. 25, 2017 in Dubai, UAE.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The suits were introduced to XPO Logistics network sites and some dedicated warehouses in January, including Crick (Scania), the Leicester shared user warehouse (Samsung), and the Volkswagen Group UK National Parts Distribution Centre in Dordon, Glen Dimplex, and Daimler in Milton Keynes.

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MercuryGate

JULY 2, 2020

For example, ARC Advisory Group found a typical ROI of implementing a transportation management system (TMS) of approximately 8.5%. Supply chain automation provides a significant opportunity for maximizing return on investment (ROI) across all supply chain systems.

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Trans Global Auto Logistics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Global trade wars happen when one country or a group of countries impose tariffs (taxes) or quotas (limits) on imports from another country or groups of countries. While global trade wars do happen without the influence of war, they are another example of how wars affect the economy. Wars and Global Trade Wars.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Workforce shortages and other challenges abound throughout all transportation sectors, and while this may revitalize investments in localized manufacturing, expanded warehousing to hold more inventory, and other efforts, these changes do not solve today’s issues. Based on this context, a shipper will send a parcel to Group A, Group B, etc.,

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Now, That's Logistics

DECEMBER 21, 2018

In its most recent monthly analysis of the global air freight market , the International Air Transport Association (IATA) observed that while demand for air freight was softening, cargo volumes are still trending higher. How the international air freight markets fared in 2018 and what’s ahead for the new year.

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 26, 2024

While you may not be in the business of selling combustible materials, like lithium for example, all sorts of toys, electronics, and household items contain lithium-ion batteries, from cordless toothbrushes to vaping devices. Your product’s hazard status and classification can be found under “Transportation Information” on this sheet.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Nippon Express Europe GmbH (NX Europe), a group company of the global Japanese logistics service provider Nippon Express Holdings, is set to realize the achievement of its sustainability goals in collaboration with the Climate Tech start-up, Cozero, based in Berlin.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 22, 2023

Nine years ago, my company FourKites pioneered the market for real-time transportation visibility. We’re currently on the cusp of a big incremental change in the industry’s transformation journey, as the value of real-time supply chain data is increasingly being felt far beyond transportation logistics.

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Transporeon

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Shippers are feeling the effects of scarce transport capacities in the market. The driver shortage is affecting available transport capacities. Regularly since Q3 2017, many shipping companies have been confronted by transport scarcity – a problem they’ve never known before.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 31, 2022

at the ZF Group, about their digital supply chain transformation journey. ZF offers product and software solutions for established vehicle manufacturers and newly emerging transport and mobility service providers. at the ZF Group. Then, Mr. Sobeck explained, “we have transport information.” The ZF supply chain is complex.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 22, 2020

So, ViaPost/La Poste Group is using high-performance models such as MT, MB and ME series, ADS/Hopps Group TSCs new MT series and, addi-tionally, the compact desktop printers of TX series. The post TSC Receipt Printers “Easing Life for Postal, Parcel and Transport Firms” appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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