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Rail 101 with Ian Jefferies

The Logistics of Logistics

Ian is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Association of American Railroads (AAR) which is the world’s leading railroad policy, research, standard setting, and technology organization that focuses on the safety and productivity of the U.S. freight rail industry. freight rail industry. About Ian Jefferies.

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Searching for Sustainability: Balancing Economics and Environmental Objectives in Logistics

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

A new study by the Center for Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chains (CSLS) at Kühne Logistics University, in cooperation with the European Freight & Logistics Leaders’ Forum, clearly shows that environmental and economic objectives are not in conflict and often well aligned. This is now changing. Alan McKinnon. Professor of Logistics.

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Considerations for Expanding Your Supply Chain to New Countries!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Consider investing in insurance policies that cover these types of global risks, and diversify your business to other suppliers and partners to avoid a total standstill in the case of an unforeseeable event. Air freight shipping is significantly more expensive than oceanic freight, but it takes far less time.

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Added Evidence of Emerging Regionalization of Global Supply Networks

Supply Chain Matters

Prediction Ten indicated that: Government incentives tied to industrial policy are leading to the eventual regionalization of component supply and end production capabilities for deemed essential industries. In the latter, the report indicates a fourfold increase in companies assembling Apple hardware products.

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Who said supply chains are boring?: Introducing the 10PL

Supply Chains Rock

Tuesday, April 03, 2012. After integrating a few services like freight forwarding, warehousing, inventory management and IT, these “alleged” logistics providers stopped there. Public Policy & Sustainability Blog. Introducing the 10PL. A hysterical video from Dedola for April Fools Day. Latin American Logistics.

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Identity Theft, Trucking Style

Talking Logistics

The fraud often includes paperwork such as insurance policies, fake driver’s licenses and other documents. . Then the con artists offer low bids to freight brokers who handle shipping for numerous companies. That lets them pretend to be a long-established firm with a seemingly good safety record.

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Reverse Logistics – What Happens to Stuff We Return?

Operations and Supply Chain Management

That policy, backed by intensely personal customer service, was so popular that the company’s revenues grew more than sixfold in four years. Twenty-two years later, Walton founded his own chain, Walmart, and adopted a similarly generous return policy, which is still in effect.