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How to Plan for Common Disruptors in Ocean Freight

Talking Logistics

There may be instances where you will have to work more closely with carriers and book further in advance to ensure you can meet critical deliveries. If you fail to book in time, you may miss your delivery deadlines, or will have to use an expedited shipping method to meet them. BRICS summit. Yellow: Space is getting tighter.

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How to Plan for Common Disruptors in Ocean Freight

CH Robinson Transportfolio

There may be instances where you will have to work more closely with carriers and book further in advance to ensure you can meet critical deliveries. If you fail to book in time, you may miss your delivery deadlines, or will have to use an expedited shipping method to meet them. BRICS summit. Space is getting tighter.

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Three Reasons Why I Love Hadoop, and You Should Too!

Supply Chain Shaman

Is this a sign of a looming recession or a transportation opportunity? The growth expectations of the BRIC countries is worrisome. Digital manufacturing, cold chain technologies, robotics, transportation telematics have one thing in common. Inventories are high, and we have excessive ocean capacity. Today, companies do not know.

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Why Global Trade Agreements must be part of your supply chain planning: Guest Post by Tim Barnes

NC State SCRC

Tim is a global supply chain executive originally from Australia, who has been studying the evolution of the Trans Pacific Partnership closely, and is writing a book on the subject. Timothy Barnes is the President of Asia Pacific Consulting, based in Chapel Hill, NC and author of an upcoming book on TPP. Email: tbarnes@apac-nc.com.

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The Growing Fragmentation of Global Trade: Guest Post by Tim Barnes

NC State SCRC

Supply chains naturally take advantage of efficiency and cost advantages and over the centuries, as transportation methods, technology and global knowledge improved, there has been a drive to take advantage of each and every step. Globalization and supply chains have been tied at the hip over the course of history. Email: tbarnes@apac-nc.com.

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