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Top Transportation Management and Transportation Articles of 2015

GlobalTranz

We continue our series on the most read articles from the Cerasis blog for 2015 today by featuring any of the blogs in the transportation management or transportation categories. . Top 10 Most Read Transportation Management and Transportation Articles of 2015. We list them in order of the tenth most read to the most read.

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The Approach to Effective Freight Procurement

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

It serves as the compass guiding shippers toward efficient, economical, and dependable cargo transport. By crafting a well-defined strategy, businesses can mitigate transportation costs, mitigate supply chain disruptions, and uphold customer satisfaction.

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COP21 – Freight and Climate Change

Freightos

Transportation ’s share of global emissions: 14%. Aviation share of total emissions (EU): 3% (most movements are passenger transport). International shipping share of global GHG emissions: 2.5% (cargo ships are 67% of the world’s fleet). Freight was on the agenda, as part of the 15 transport initiatives up for discussion.

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Experts Discuss How to Streamline Global Supply Chain

Supply Chain Opz

Therefore, a firm would be well served to develop a supply chain strategy as described in my book: Supply Chain Transformation. Research from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking in procurement shows that organizations without formal SRM programs report 121 percent longer supplier lead times.

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Freight Audit Advisor: How an Expert Amplifies Value in Perpetuity

Intelligent Audit

They will use this loss leader to get you (the shipper) to act on the problem, and then rebalance your strategic goals across your transportation network. It also ensures that your network partners are not double-billing for the same freight or undercharging, lowering transport spend along the way.

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Cutting Motor Carrier Costs, One Line Item at a Time

DAT Solutions

I'm also trying to read as many books as I can about that topic. For example, insurance on my truck and trailer, plus $100,000 in cargo insurance, came to $6,209 together in 2017. Almost all tax preparers understand Quickbooks, so this change might help improve accuracy, if I decide to continue to use a CPA.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 25-29, 2019)

Talking Logistics

are set to launch on Friday [March 29, 2019], testing whether an old-school industry will embrace a new financial tool designed to protect cargo haulers and shippers against swings in freight rates.” and one will track a national benchmark. A New Market Seeks to Draw Freight Bets (WSJ – sub. For Power Tools Sold In Iran.