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7 Ways to Strategically Elevate Freight Procurement

Talking Logistics

Transportation has followed the same evolutionary pattern, moving upstream from day-to-day freight transactions to an integral component of top-level corporate planning and procurement strategy. It is easy to understand why strategy is often set aside to meet immediate needs of getting product shipped out the door. Be demand driven.

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CSR Initiatives in the Global Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

To help our customers keep track and make informed decisions about their freight transportation options, we have developed “ a logistics eco-calculator” hosted on our website. For example, some of our warehouses around the world produce more energy than they consume, using solar panels, wind power, LED technology and efficient equipment.

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Top 15 Logistics Blog Posts of 2014

GlobalTranz

To that end, every warehouse manager’s role is to manage the physical environment, loadshifting equipment and people, to decrease the chances of collision and accidents, and often, to help the flow of freight via outbound and inbound freight management; an entire process known as warehouse traffic management. Read the full Post.

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How Machine Learning Is Redefining Supply Chain Management

IQMS

Reducing freight costs, improving supplier delivery performance, and minimizing supplier risk are three of the many benefits machine learning is providing in collaborative supply chain networks. The machine learning algorithms in IBM’s Watson platform were able to determine if a shipping container and.or no opt-in). Preston, D.

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7 Freight Costs Considerations That Will Have Shippers Rethinking In-House Transportation Management

GlobalTranz

Freight costs are eminently controllable, however, efficiently managing this major budget item requires expertise. In the complex world of modern transportation, companies lacking the experience to professionally handle the intricacies of transportation management are sure to find controlling shipping costs an extreme challenge.

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Doing Business in Belgium

QAD

Belgium is bordered by France, Germany, Luxembourg and Netherlands, and has a robust shipping infrastructure including multiple ports, making it a perfect location for trade both within the EU and with other geographic regions. The seven registered air freight carriers in Belgium carried 1.4 billion metric tons of goods in 2015.

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Parcel Shipping: Dimensional Weight and the Post-GRI Blues

Talking Logistics

Prior to the 2015 GRI, Ground DIM weighting applied only to packages whose volume exceeded three cubic feet. However, this “DIM Threshold” was removed by both UPS and FedEx with the 2015 GRIs. If you ship printed matter, hardware, or any other products with high density, you may not be impacted at all. So who pays the price?