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This Week in Logistics News (June 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

US House passes ocean shipping bill to allay export backlogs. UPS said a trial run is focused on New York City and in several cities in Europe. GM partnered with GKN Additive Forecast 3D, to quickly print the components using a flexible material that met GM’s criteria.

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Black Friday 2016: Brought To You By Logistics

Freightos

Black Friday Logistics: Brought To You By Ocean Freight. What’s working for ocean freight (and what isn’t). Ocean freight has had a complicated year so far. Beyond speed, one of air freight’s primary advantages over ocean has always been reliability. Ocean freight is cheap. zschreiber.

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7 Ways to Strategically Elevate Freight Procurement

Talking Logistics

Transportation has followed the same evolutionary pattern, moving upstream from day-to-day freight transactions to an integral component of top-level corporate planning and procurement strategy. It is easy to understand why strategy is often set aside to meet immediate needs of getting product shipped out the door. Be demand driven.