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Shipping Containers and Supply Chain Snarls: Is There a Way Out?

Enterra Insights

Much of the finger-pointing involved the movement of shipping containers into and out of port facilities. For the supply chain to work smoothly, a complex and highly choreographed dance, involving both full and empty shipping containers, must be performed. More than 80 ships stretched to the distance — a new record. ”[1].

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Is Google the most innovative supply chain company in the world?

Freightos

The UPS Store (@TheUPSStore) July 31, 2013. million units shipped. In 2013, UPS became the first logistics provider to offer 3D printing services at select UPS Stores. The service was originally launched in the Netherlands and Belgium in early 2013 and called “Staples Easy 3D.” billion by 2018 with 2.3

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Doing Business in Spain

QAD

Regardless of your need to ship by air, water, road or rail, Spain’s infrastructure can support it, so it’s easy to make decisions that meet both cost and speed criteria. as of 2017, but that is down from a high of 26% in 2013. Primary import partners were Germany, France, China, Italy, Netherlands, and the U.K. Taxes equal 37.9%

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Ready For the Next Port Crisis?

Talking Logistics

It said that if it takes two months for the ports to become fully operational, the window for shipping this season’s crop will have closed. In 2013, the average moves per-vessel, per-hour for ports in Asia was about 90, while European ports averaged 67 and ports in the Americas averaged 62. Productivity at U.S.

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Doing Business in Brazil

QAD

Economists consider Brazil to be one of the strongest countries in emerging markets despite the recession of 2013 to 2016. As you would expect of a country whose coastline stretches for more than 7,000 km, Brazil excels at ocean shipping, but most inland waterways are remote from populated and industrialized areas.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2017

Material Handling & Logistics

Supply Chain Innovators of 2013 : paperless food chain, VLMs, cold chain fleet management, and more. GEODIS, a third-party logistics provider (3PL), is using exoskeletons to support and protect employees’ backs at its warehouse in Venlo, the Netherlands. Content Summary: First Self-Sailing Electric Cargo Ship Set to Launch.

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AIMMS in 2016: what’s in store for this year

AIMMS

We also grew as a team and have expanded to a new office in The Netherlands. Air Liquide – Air Liquide, the world leader in gases for industry, health and the environment, successfully implemented AIMMS technology in 2013 for closed-loop real time optimization purposes following an extensive research and development phase.

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