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Keep Your Cargo Out of Danger: Best Practices for Transportation Risk Management

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Omnichannel business models often lead to more complicated global supply chains. With the main focus on maximizing time and cost efficiencies, cargo risk management is often skipped over despite being a critical step in protecting your company. . The risk of delays and lost cargo are real. What risk does your cargo face?

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What’s Your Plan if There’s a West Coast Port Strike?

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Consider moving critical products via air freight and/or using a sea-air option to minimize the impact of increased costs. Think about advancing critical purchase orders so product arrives at destinations in a timely manner before June 30 (the end of the ILWU contract). USWC Vancouver or Prince Rupert. appeared first on Transportfolio.

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The Ultimate Global Shipping Guide: Everything You Need to Know

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Your global vendor management strategy should revolve around purchase order (PO) management of global vendors, typically through technology. As POs come in, the provider calculates the dates for cargo to be picked up and continues to verify as the delivery dates approach. Each method has its advantages and disadvantages.

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The Ultimate Global Shipping Guide: Everything You Need to Know

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Your global vendor management strategy should revolve around purchase order (PO) management of global vendors, typically through technology. As POs come in, the provider calculates the dates for cargo to be picked up and continues to verify as the delivery dates approach. Each method has its advantages and disadvantages.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 30 – February 3, 2017)

Talking Logistics

billion on air cargo hub, fans talk of bigger ambitions (Reuters). 3Gtms Announces Freight Claims Management Partnership with TranSolutions. billion to build a large air cargo hub in northern Kentucky. OK, it operates flawlessly on routine stuff, but I need to train it for new tasks. — Amazon to spend $1.49