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Container Freight Costs and Forecasting: Intrinsically Linked & Frustratingly Challenging

Logistics Bureau

Does your supply chain depend on container freight shipping? At Logistics Bureau, we have supply chain consultants available to help you improve volume forecasting and attain the most favourable container freight rates possible, even during this period of pandemic-induced turmoil. Adjust to a Carrier-centric Freight Market.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

These plants produce various food products, and these new projects’ technologies can be replicated across a wide range of food and beverage manufacturers. The drone delivery partnership with Wing was born out of DoorDash Labs, DoorDash’s robotics and automation arm, and builds on a similar pilot launched in Australia in 2022.

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Now Is the Right Time for Supply Chains To Do the Right Things

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Without a doubt 2020 will be etched in our memories as the year of multiple disasters, with the Covid-19 pandemic, trade issues between the US and China, wildfires in Australia, social unrest in Hong Kong, drastic declines in oil prices, turbulent financial markets and other politically dominated issues in emerging markets.

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Episode 89 - Quirks of Australian Logistics

Freight Plus

In this conversation they will discuss: Shipping Challenges in Australia. The distance is the biggest thing you learn when looking at logistics in Australia. When setting up freight solutions you really have to think about not only the metro but also what the cost and the challenges are going to be for that distance.

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Quirks of Australian Logistics

Freight Plus

In this conversation they will discuss: Shipping Challenges in Australia. The distance is the biggest thing you learn when looking at logistics in Australia. When setting up freight solutions you really have to think about not only the metro but also what the cost and the challenges are going to be for that distance.

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Doing Business in Thailand

QAD

Manufacturing in Thailand. In addition, manufactured products in Thailand include textiles, beverages, tobacco products, cement, jewelry, appliances, computers automotive parts and agricultural equipment. . Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing. Japan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Australia and Malaysia. of the workforce.

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The Cash Flow and Overstock Report: Potential USD$142,000 windfall from tighter stock control

Unleashed

New research suggests that manufacturers will be able to significantly improve cash flow as they recover from the inventory crisis of 2022. Last year, data from 4,500 manufacturers using Unleashed inventory management software revealed firms were typically spending twice as much on stock as they were before the pandemic.