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A Supply Chain Christmas Carol

Freightos

Production Freight Receiving Purchasing Retail Logistics Production: Santa’s little helpers. Production Freight Logistics Retail Purchasing Receiving Freight: Dasher, Carrier, Forwarder (and Rudolph). There is certainly demand for better freight. Source: Soar Boards, via Flickr. importers brought in 1.86

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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

15 countries, Austria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Uruguay and Wales declared that they will collaborate towards realizing 100 percent zero emission new trucks and bus sales by 2040. MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

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Thanksgiving: 3 Reasons We’re Thankful For Freight

Freightos

At their first Thanksgiving meal in 1621, pilgrims and local tribes members dived into a turkey and pumpkin pie, caught a football game and woke up early the next day to catch some Black Friday sales. Not even the turkey and pumpkin pie part. So here are three changes that freight has given to us on Thanksgiving.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 23-27, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Latest Use for a Bitcoin Technology: Tracing Turkeys From Farm to Table (WSJ sub. On the software front, Kuebix announced a free transportation management system (TMS) “for unlimited rating, booking, tracking and management of shipments across LTL, truckload and parcel carriers.” UPS announces U.S. How will Kuebix make money?

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The Holidays and The Logistics Crunch: It’s all about the Planning & a Fun Comparison of Logistics & A Successful Turkey Day!

GlobalTranz

As we see this year, there are more cars on the road (meaning carriers want that attractive freight), and we are also seeing tight capacity. Don't let the bird not be the star of the show, make sure your freight is ready to go! That’s not just good news for consumers; capacity is opening up for freight carriers.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

This is due in part to the chokepoints they cause in the flow of global freight as well as the fact that they give people access to resources and commercial activity more effectively. Due to the extra time required to wait for a transit slot when there are no bookings, the trip takes an average of 35 hours.

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