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This Week in Logistics News (July 25-29, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Seattle startup Flexe pulls in $14 million from investors (The Seattle Times). In other technology news, Freightos announced “the launch of the world’s first online marketplace for international freight, providing instant comparison, booking, and management of freight services from multiple logistics providers.” Annual Imports.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 2-6, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Amazon’s robot army grows by 50 percent (The Seattle Times). Maersk, Alibaba team up to offer online booking of ship places (Reuters). Subscribers use Datamyne’s web-based solutions and business intelligence tools to augment, speed up and simplify trade data research, and to shape global marketing, prospecting, and sourcing strategies.

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Webinar Q&A: Answers to 8 Common Freight Market Questions

CH Robinson Transportfolio

As such, vessels for ocean capacity between Asia and the United States are expected to remain fully booked for most/all of 2021. It is not clear yet what 2022 bookings look like. Source: ACT Research April 2021 Freight Forecast report. You can learn more about this topic on Land Line and Transport Topics.

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8 Examples of Kanban in Lean Manufacturing

Unleashed

This is a radical shift from more traditional processes where demand is predicted in advance and materials are bought in bulk to reduce supply chain costs, such as transport. Catmull mentions in his book Creativity Inc. Read more about manufacturing inventory software Sources used Clickup: What is a Kanban Board?

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Stephen Beard, VP at Flexe!

Supply Chain Game Changer

He wrote a book called “The Leadership Challenge”. In that book he broke down the essential elements to leadership. I’ve recently been working on transportation partnerships in same-day courier space and small parcel as we turn the page to 2021 to help us bring more options to market for our clients. I highly recommend it.

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Transloading 101: Logistics Guide to Understanding This Essential Shipping Process

ShipBob

When it comes to the long-distance transfer of goods, you probably want the best of both worlds: economical rail transport and flexible over-the-road trucking. Interested to know more about this form of long-haul transportation ? Transloading is process of moving goods between different modes of transportation.

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Airbus and Boeing Announce 2022 Commercial Aircraft Order and Delivery Performance

Supply Chain Matters

For booked customer orders in 2022, Airbus reported 1,078 net new orders and 820 net orders after cancellations or adjustments, including what were noted as several high profile commitments from some of the world’s leading carriers. Net booked orders for the troubled Boeing 737 MAX reportedly amounted to 561 aircraft orders.