Elementum

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

When it began in the late 90s, Amazon was exclusively selling books. The Kindle’s popularity was usurped by the iPad release in 2010— but Amazon quickly partnered up with Apple (and later, Android) to release the Kindle App, again widening its market. Co-opetition can Save the Freight Industry. In 2007, it released the Kindle.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 15, 2013

Sterling Commerce was acquired by IBM in 2010 and is now the company lead in order management, transportation logistics, B2B and supply execution via on-cloud technology. IBM Sterling TMS package. The IBM Sterling TMS software package plans and executes inbound/outbound transport structures and automates the entire process.

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Requis

MARCH 10, 2021

Historically, people who know this industry know that it was very much “gut based”, where you would just make a few calls and then set the freight rates. Maersk has been around for 150 years and does most of the shipping worldwide. I also worked all over the world in the shipping and transportation business.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

APRIL 24, 2015

As some readers may remember, back in 2010 I came up with the top 10 supply chain innovations of all-time. Ship sites called in planned shipments, and then carriers and routings were phoned back. Given my focus on this topic here in 2015, I thought it would be appropriate to repost that list, which I think is a good one.

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Global Trade Management

AUGUST 4, 2008

GLOBAL SHIPPING & LOGISTICS - Service provider of freight forwarding, custom clearance, shipping services, transportation, sea transportation, air transportation, India. Friday, December 10, 2010 10:09:00 am. Governments have a responsibility to collaborate in facilitating trade for their economic benefit.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 19, 2023

But with alternative routes and plenty of excess capacity available, operations should continue reasonably well, and freight rates are unlikely to spike to extreme highs. 18th, 2023, Source: Marinetraffic Since mid-November multiple ships have been attacked in the Red Sea by Houthi forces in Yemen.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

million fewer miles in the United States than they did in 2010. Working at a logistics startup means attending a lot of logistics and freight conferences, most with the same technology panels talking about the same technology again and again. Malcom McLean’s shipping container is the best example of that. The result?

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