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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

The History of the Shipping Container. 26 April 2016 marks the 60th anniversary of the maiden voyage of the Ideal X and the birth of modern container shipping, a development that played a critical role in spurring the global economy. But the modern shipping container has changed much more than one industry. Category Key.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

As a logistics service provider, focusing on over-the-road surface transportation management solutions via technology and managed transportation services, we find the following information on the history of shipping containers of great significance to the logistics and supply chain community at large. Readers' choice! Significance.

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31 Motivations for Reshoring Manufacturing & Updated Reshoring Stats

GlobalTranz

Natural gas and oil expenses contribute to extreme cost disparities in shipping from Asia to the U.S., for example, compared to shipping state-to-state. Errors in interpretation of product specifications, shipping documents, and other critical instructions, due to language barriers are reduced. energy costs have dropped.

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VTech: A Story of a Supply Chain Leader

Supply Chain Shaman

VTech drove significant improvement in operating margin through the recession of 2007-2009 and then drove improvement in both inventory margin and operating margin for the period of 2010-2012 with some regression in the period of 2013-2015. The first presented in June 2001 outlined where we were in supply chain and what we needed to do.

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The Batch Food Traceability Survival Guide

RFgen

In 2018, unsanitary conditions at Rose Acre Farms prompted the recall of over 200-million eggs from 17 facilities , the largest of its kind since 2010. Traditionally, businesses keep paper invoices and shipping documents that can take days or weeks—far beyond FDA compliance requirements—to sort through during a recall.

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Free Trade: Why U.S. Trade With Mexico and China Could Not Be More Different

GlobalTranz

Since their inclusion in the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001 (at the beginning of a decade of precipitous decline in U.S. million manufacturing jobs between 2000 and 2010, about 42 percent of the total jobs lost during that time. . Though the total volume of U.S./Mexico

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The Ultimate Guide to Beer Profit Margins & More

Unleashed

It was popular in the 1970s but sales gradually dropped, until it hit a low in 2001. Distributors are responsible for marketing beer and shipping it to other areas and will take a cut of your profit. Missing inventory can see your production suffer and you’ll have to write it off. It’s an expense that lowers your net income.