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Industry Transformation: Advanced Manufacturing and Digitalisation of Supply Chain-Logistics

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

PSA has developed and upgraded CALISTA ,a Digital Platform that will seamlessly integrate Physical Cargo Flows, Regulatory Trade- related Information Flows as well as Financial Flows. Mr Singh was the Chief Executive of SATS Airport Services from 1998 to 2004. TRANSFORMATION OF SUPPLY CHAIN & LOGISTICS VIA DIGITALISATION.

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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: An Opportunity to Reinforce the Importance of Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

The port handles about 11 million tons of cargo per year, including automobiles, containers, coal, and farm products. According to a widely cited framework by Christopher and Peck from “Building the Resilient Supply Chain” (2004), supply chain resilience consists of four dimensions: robustness, agility, redundancy, and flexibility.

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Measuring Transportation Vehicle Utilization: The KPIs

SCMDOJO

Space utilization, or vehicle fill, is a critical metric that can be measured in various ways: Pallet numbers and height: While common, this method can be misleading depending on cargo density. Deck-area coverage: This measures the percentage of floor space used by cargo and is particularly relevant when stacking height is restricted.

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2025 Texas Trucking Show: A Reminder That Trucking is Still a People Business

Freight Waves

Joe Ethiridge, AKA “Truck Show Joe” and Southern Transport , never disappoints and showed out with his American Peterbilt, a 2004 379 Ultra Day Cab masterpiece with a CAT 550 to represent American power alongside Rex Oilfield Services, who showed up with an entire fleet of impressive artwork on wheels.

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Managing End-to-End Supply Chain Security Like A Pro

Supply Chain Opz

Customs and Border Protection with focus on the international cargoes bound for the United States. 4) 24-Hour Rule: under this rule, sea carrier is required to transmit descriptions of the cargo bound for the United States. 2) FAST Program : Free and Secure Trade is also a program initiated by U.S. Supply Chain Security. Government.

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Potential Efficiency Improvements: Vehicle Efficiency in Businesses

SCMDOJO

LPG produces fewer harmful pollutants compared to diesel and offers similar performance (International Energy Agency, 2004). This can potentially improve fuel efficiency per unit of cargo hauled, as fewer trips are required to move the same amount of goods (DfT, 2005e). Khare, M. & Button (eds.),

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Putting the WoW! Into Service Supply Chain

Supply Chain Opz

In early 2004, they noticed that customer service was the biggest problem. 3PL will automatically upgrade the service from "ground" to "next day delivery" if cargoes volume of next day delivery in particular day is low (in order to drive the economy of scale). One of the most notable case study is from a company called Zappos.com.