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Logistics, Innovation, and the Future

Enterra Insights

If consumers ever think about supply chains and how the items they desire manage to find their way into their homes, they likely picture fleets of trucks, trains, airplanes, and cargo ships — the logistics part of supply chains. ”[1] He believes all of these innovations are good things. ”[2]. Technology is getting lighter.

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5 Reasons Why Carriers Are Customer-Obsessed

Freightos

In their words: “freight made personal” waves proudly on Air France KLM Martinair Cargo ’s banner. “We Today’s air cargo customers want a quick and fully-digitized sales experience with extensive, agile self-service options”, United Cargo ’s President upon signing up with WebCargo. Here’s what drove this change.

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Make Freight Sourcing More Efficient!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Whether you are a BCO (Beneficial Cargo Owner), Freight Forwarder or NVOCC it is essential that you get this critical component right. The team also needs to understand the characteristics and nature of the cargo. Use of Freight Rate Benchmarking. Negotiation Skills.

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Containerized shipping joins modern financial world with CME futures

Freightos

While this may have been innovative in the 70s, futures are now a central part of how multinationals plan to minimize the risk of price volatility. Conversely in 2021 when rates were sky high, suddenly companies that had negotiated fixed rates couldn’t get their cargo on the ship without paying an extra premium surcharge.

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The conference that business leaders cannot afford to miss

DELMIA Quintiq

Industry experts from companies such as SIG Combibloc , ThyssenKrupp, DB Cargo, Wieland Werke AG will provide answers to the following questions: What’s the next level in planning and optimization? Why are yesterday’s benchmarks no longer useful? And how will advanced analytics help you make better decisions?

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5 Easy-to-Use Ways to Monitor Supply Chain Health

Talking Logistics

What’s your primary carrier’s cargo acceptance rate? Benchmark your operation using the selected metrics. There are two broad types of benchmarking: internal and external. Internal benchmarking refers to activities within the four walls of the enterprise. What is your warehouse fill rates and lead times?

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Top Transportation Management and Transportation Articles of 2015

GlobalTranz

Our (now Army, as our Development Manager, Jerel Byrd calls them) development team are always continually improving the Cerasis TMS, as we know it is vital to have a system that is not only innovative, but sound, secure, and enables those in transportation to do their job all while doing it cost effectively. Read the full article here. .