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Achieving Agility When Shipping Food Around the World

NFI Industries

Guest Post: Shubh Mann, VP of Sales Food is shipped from all over the world. In 2015, North America exported a total of over $2 trillion dollars worth of products to other countries 1 , which consisted of mostly ingredients and food. READ MORE.

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Lingering Port Congestion with Paul Brashier

The Logistics of Logistics

Paul Brashier and Joe Lynch discuss lingering port congestion and other issues causing shipping delays. Joining ITS Logistics in 2015, Brashier created and elevated the drayage and intermodal division to #11 in the United States to over $300 million in revenue. Tusk save Shippers 40% or more on small parcel shipping.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 12-16, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Cosco, China Shipping Group in Advanced Merger Talks (WSJ – sub. August 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). The post This Week in Logistics News (October 12-16, 2015) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. In the darkness, in the silence, I missed my dad, again. UPS Sets 2016 Rates.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 22-26, 2015)

Talking Logistics

April 2015 North American Freight Numbers. World trade registers modest growth in first quarter of 2015. April 2015 North American Freight : “U.S.-NAFTA billion in April 2015 as all modes but air carried less U.S.-NAFTA per cent in the first three months of 2015, based on seasonally adjusted data.

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Farm-to-Table: How to Safely Transport Food so it Stays Fresh

Freight Center

billion tons of food is wasted every year globally, which equates to $1 trillion wasted US dollars. As the harvest season ramps up, those in the food industry face several challenges in keeping food safe. As with all things shipping, proper packaging is a must. A Standout in Food Logistics. Keep it Fresh.

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The 8 Personas of Highly Effective Leaders

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

We were expected to stay in our silos and focus on ‘making, packing, shipping’ flawlessly. When I joined the profession 3 decades ago, as a newly minted engineer, supply chain folks were seen as ‘backroom boys’ (yes, there were virtually no women then). But took the blame when supply disruptions affected the business.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

billion) and food ($7.3 The point is to stop shipping small online orders in boxes that are ridiculously oversized. The made-to-fit boxes, along with other efforts to reduce the use of cardboard, have cut the average weight of packaging used per shipment by 38 percent since 2015. billion), gifts ($3.8 billion on flowers and $1.7