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Ocean Freight Procurement and Going with the Stream

Freightos

Not that long ago, they were the only way people listened to music, peaking at 23 million units sold in Q1 2009. The annual fixed-price contract is the current go-to for ocean freight procurement. Just like streaming replaced that iPod as a better way of listening to music, ocean freight procurement now has a better way.

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How Freight Disrupted Itself: The View From Within A Changing Industry

Freightos

How Freight Disrupted Itself. In the last year, a new dynamic has begun to reshape the freight industry. Phil knows his (freight) stuff. In his PhD thesis he developed a product to secure ocean freight rates with financial derivatives. Declining Freight Rates. Suddenly the freight industry is not so opaque.

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Top 10 Logistics Companies in India!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Featuring Our Top 16 Articles on Freight and Logistics! These companies stand apart from the others because of the value they provide using their innovative solutions backed by modern technology, and an eager and efficient workforce. Blue Dart caters to India’s evolving delivery trends with innovative logistics solutions.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 26-30, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Another Friday where I have limited time, so let’s go straight to this week’s supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention: Uber to move freight, target trucking for the long haul (Reuters). Global Container Volume on Track for Worst Year Since 2009 (WSJ – sub. According to Reuters : Uber Technologies Inc.

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Reasons For Logistics Pros to Be Thankful this Season

Supply Chain Collaborator

Freight Volumes Up and Rising. According to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics, “For-hire freight shipments in August 2017 were 38.0 percent higher than the low in April 2009 during the recession.” And this year alone “for -hire freight shipments measured by the index were up 4.9

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Associated Grocers of New England Selects HIMPACT

Herlitz Inventory Management

October XX , 2021, Cambridge, MA – Herlitz Inventory Management , leading innovator in scientific demand forecasting, replenishment and optimization, announced that Associated Grocers of New England (AGNE) has selected HIMPACT as its new purchasing system. About Herlitz Inventory Management.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 16-20, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Amazon Looking to License or Acquire Freight-Management Technology (WSJ-sub. Kewill Introduces SOLAS-Compliant Freight Forwarding Solution by Integrating INTTRA eVGM Service. Five years later in 2009, I also predicted that a leading logistics service provider would acquire a leading logistics software company.