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This Week in Logistics News (November 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

UPS Sets 2014 Rates. The company will offer the HighJump® Supply Chain Advantage suite to customers in the region. The functionality accounts for all applicable national tolls in France, Germany, Austria and Slovakia. By now, most companies should have their transportation budgets in place for 2014.

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Anita Arts: “A supply chain manager can no longer sit in an ivory tower

Supply Chain Movement

That has been changing rapidly, not least due to the recruitment of Arts to shape the supply chain centralisation process. Anita Arts, vice president of global supply chain at Liberty Global (UPC). ‘A A supply chain manager can no longer sit in an ivory tower’. By Caroline Linssen.

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Three Months after Tianjin, the Area is Still Reeling.

Elementum

China’s Tianjin port suffered a devastating explosion in August which left many manufacturers, insurers and shipping supply chains crippled. Carmaker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) recently reduced its pre-tax profits forecast , claiming it cannot match the £2.61bn pre-tax profit earned in 2014/15. Supply Chain and Shipping.

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Jungheinrich aiming for Europe’s number 1 position

Supply Chain Movement

Jungheinrich sold around 20,000 of them in 2014 and demand continues to rise, which is why the production capacity in Dresden must be doubled by 2018. “We’re already market leader in 19 European countries,” said Lars Brzoska, sales director at Jungheinrich, during an update at a press conference in Hamburg on 28 January 2015.

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3PL Subway 2015: Strategic movements among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

After years of declining revenues in European logistics services, the business started to stabilise in 2013/2014. For the third consecutive year, Supply Chain Movement has put together a 3PL Subway Map Europe showing the specific services of the most important logistics service providers which have offices in several European countries. >>Please