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What’s Holding Back Customer-Centric Air Cargo?

Freightos

Harnessing cloud-based software to automate freight pricing. It was clear from the speakers that by and large, air freight technology and signs of innovation already here. Other industries have reinvented themselves, or, like e-commerce, grown from nothing by doing just that. The E-commerce Influence On Air Freight.

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Boeing’s Production Quality Crisis Significantly Escalates

Supply Chain Matters

With the latest developments there is a growing sense that the ongoing crisis now has major implications for Boeing along with dependent industry supply networks. They are not good for the industry as a whole. They damage the image of the entire aerospace industry.” All rights reserved.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

From January 28 to February 4, a Chinese-operated high-altitude balloon was seen in North American airspace, including Alaska, western Canada, and the contiguous United States. Some companies expect to cut ocean-freight rates by half or more, which in turn could allow retailers to slow or stop price increases for goods.

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What Are General Rate Increases in Shipping & What Should Enterprises Know?

Intelligent Audit

In modern freight transportation services, GRI stands for General Rate Increase. As a shipper, it’s impossible to avoid rate increases at times, and while freight invoice audits help to catch errors, not knowing the facts behind GRIs will only open the doors to risk. FedEx Freight shipping rates will increase by an average of 4.9%

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How to Figure Out Cost of Freight To …

Freight Center

We aren’t fortune tellers at FreightCenter, but we have been in the logistics business long enough to predict what you’re about to ask: H ow much is the cost of freight to (insert destination) ? We’ll break it down and give you an idea of what’s involved in calculating freight cost wherever you’re shipping. Classification.

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Logistics at BR Williams

BR Williams Supply Chain Management

After being in this industry for the past year or so, if you were to ask me to explain what “logistics” truly means, the best comparison I can articulate would be to the sport of parkour. And believe me, from experience, it takes lots of practice, skill, creativity, and some mental athleticism to get the hang of operating in this industry.

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5 Keys to Effective Expediting with Alex Pavlovic

The Logistics of Logistics

I never used that degree, because shortly after graduating I moved to Alaska to be a cook in a national park. A lot of newcomers in the industry haven’t been trained or haven’t had a chance to feel the equipment. I see a lot of people taking freight without even thinking about if they can make it happen. [23:06]

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