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Doing Business in Spain

QAD

Although its economy was strong and growing immediately after the country joined the EU in 1986, it entered a severe economic depression in mid-2008. Spain has 99 airports with paved runways, most of which can handle freight planes. billion mt-km of air freight in 2015. billion worth of goods. state of Kentucky.

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Oil & Gas Companies Focus on Eliminating Supply Chain Waste

Talking Logistics

As the table below shows, back in 2008, the U.S. Execution (Tendering, Dock Scheduling, Track & Trace, Freight Audit & Pay). A perfect example of where this phrase applies is the Oil and Gas industry, especially here in the United States where we’ve seen significant change and volatility over the past 5+ years.

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Why Are My Freight Rates Increasing? Retail Demand Remains Elevated

Zipline Logistics

Freight rates rose throughout 2020, and we have yet to see the trend reverse with any consistency. Consumer spending during COVID has propelled the freight market to previously unseen highs. Because of increased freight volume, CPG shippers have been subjected to tighter than typical capacity and rising freight rates.

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Videos & Visions: Of Electrifying the Last Mile for E-Commerce Delivery

Supply Chain Network

From a carbon footprint perspective, the Last Mile delivery of single e-commerce parcels to individual consumer dwellings is one of the most inefficient, costly and carbon producing activities in the retail and consumer goods supply chain!

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Why investors are looking at supply chain technologies in 2020

Requis

For example, the classic freight transaction has 18 steps from RFQ to final payment, and so many of them are not automated. There are also new security technologies for premium consumer goods brands like Arc’teryx and Canada Goose that can be built right into the product.

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2023 Truckload Freight Market Report

BR Williams Supply Chain Management

We would like to share some insights on the general economy and freight market specifically with you: our customers, employees, business partners and community. Kiplinger is predicting that “the economy is going to struggle with growth coming in at the weakest in many years outside the sharp downturns of 2020 and 2008-09.

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