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World Shipping Body Toughens Their Emissions Targets

Logistics Viewpoints

A key question for hitting these targets is whether nations like Panama, the Marshall Islands – and other leading shipping nations including Liberia, Malta, Greece and the Bahamas – will actively monitor, encourage and penalize companies not on track to meet the new standards. Other technological hurdles remain.

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Hurricane Harvey Updates

Elementum

This has alerted shipping lines and prompted some to entertain rerouting cargo to New Orleans and Alabama, and even as far away as the Bahamas and Mexico. has committed US $1M in cash and transportation support to deliver critical medical aid and supplies in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. FedEx Corp. Brown Convention Center in Houston.

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

It might help to think of a KPI as something like an instrument on a car dashboard—a speedometer for example. Later in this article we’ll look at some examples of functional and cross functional KPIs. Transportation. Against a required standard of performance. Inventory management. Purchasing and supplier management.

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