MIT Supply Chain

AUGUST 28, 2014

UPS collected the pallets on August 18 for Air Freight Consolidated service. Normally this means airport-to-airport delivery within three to five days with UPS acting as a “freight forwarder” to transport the goods using space available on commercial (passenger) airlines or dedicated cargo flights to the destination.

Sierra Leone 81

Sierra Leone Liberia Guinea Massachusetts 81

BlueYonder

AUGUST 6, 2013

The trade imbalance this causes is an interesting case study for the economists no doubt, but what about the transportation and logistics that will be needed to sustain this trade over the coming years? Any impartial observer will agree that the logistics infrastructure needed to capitalize on this increased trade does not exist.

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Africa South Africa China Nigeria 66

20Cube Logistics

DECEMBER 29, 2019

The most important job of a freight forwarding company is to deliver the consignment on the agreed date. Well, some cargos’ are special and require an eye for detail and prior planning to implement the whole operation. Such special deliveries are known as ‘Project Cargo’. What’s Project Cargo? What’s Project Cargo?

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Cargo Price Reduction Uganda Cost Reduction Strategies 74

Talking Logistics

MARCH 10, 2017

Anyway, I’m on borrowed time again this morning, so let’s go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Kewill and LeanLogistics Rebrand as BluJay Solutions, Unveil World’s First Global Trade Network. January 2017 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). What’s wrong with this picture?

Logistics Network Optimization Software 101

Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Planning Software Long Beach Modeling Software 101