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FedEx Partners for Visibility, New CEO Focuses on Quality

Intelligent Audit

The following seven stories will recap business moves, innovative ideas, and industry insight to guide supply chain professionals into the launch of the next quarter. In a continued effort to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, UPS has chosen to test out an electric cargo bicycle within crowded urban cities.

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New Year, New Horizons: Transportation Industry Gets Ready to Take On 2023

Intelligent Audit

As the transportation industry waves goodbye (and good riddance) to 2022, innovative logistics professionals are already working hard to make 2023 a banner year for the global transportation industry. As inflation soars, supermarkets look for innovative solutions to lure cash-strapped customers into the aisles.

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Snapshot of 2023 Predictions for Industry and Global Supply Chains- Part Four

Supply Chain Matters

In this update, we focus on our fifth prediction which is focused on global transportation and logistics services sectors. 2023 Prediction Five: Global Wide Transportation, Logistics and Brokerage Services Sectors Will Face a Challenging Year With Significant Consequences. Technology where it existed is quite dated.

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Cross-Border Ecommerce: The Future is Here

CH Robinson Transportfolio

The business transaction, cargo shipping, payment wiring and collection, and document exchanges are no longer individual pieces of the chain. You can expect these connections based on customer needs, service quality improvement, and flexible production to further transform industries and make them more customer-centric in all aspects.

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Freeports: The 2022 Guide

Unleashed

Singapore’s status as a global transport hub makes it naturally suited to hosting freeports, with over 100 airlines accessing its airport and 200 shipping lines passing through its port Singapore’s freeport Singapore was established as a freeport in 1819. Freeports can become easy conduits to and from other free trade zones.

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The Top Logistics and Supply Chain Journalists & Thought Leaders to Know for 2020

Shipchain

He’s also the author of the blog, Critical Cargoes, where he encourages the industry to upgrade systems and leverage new technology to improve supply chain processes and reduce unnecessary freight spend. . Recent articles highlight the innovations in global supply chains in use by major retailers, including Target, DollarTree and more.

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Do Americans Really Want Splendid Isolation?

Enterra Insights

” • Global transportation remains vital. Beattie writes, “Despite the popular image of cargo ships being huge carbon emitters, transport is generally a pretty small share of the carbon footprint for traded goods.” ” • Geopolitics has yet to segment globalization.