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DB Schenker – Singapore: A Vital Node in Singapore’s Logistics Ecosystem

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Typically, 45% to 50% of cargo is carried in belly holds of aircraft. Continued Innovation even Amidst the Pandemic. The digital twin allows for internal operations as well as customers to view the various processes, along with detailed metrices throughout the facility. Singapore’s Status a Global Hub.

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Pandemic Lessons For Supply Chain Leaders

Supply Chain Shaman

This means building a cognitive engine to sense, learn, and adapt using market data for innovators. More and more cargo shifted to ocean transport until the container imbalances resulted in issues with “rolling the freight” from ship to ship despite confirmed bookings. Watermelon Metrics Don’t Drive The Right Results.

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CSR Initiatives in the Global Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

CEVA Logistics actively reaches out to support social innovations and engage local communities. In addition, we have taken several steps in the past few years to affect industry change, such as being an active member of the Clean Cargo Group and joining the Sustainable Air Freight Alliance (SAFA). Photo Credit: L’Oréal.

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10 Critical Components for Your Freight RFP Checklist

GlobalTranz

A well-constructed RFP provides enough information for the provider to develop a custom, innovative response and outline how they are uniquely qualified and prepared to serve your needs. Growing complexity in the supply chain demands innovative and consultative approaches to logistics management. 10 Freight RFP Components for Success.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

In that spirit, we’ve combed the MH&L archives for the most innovative supply chain developments of the past year, as reported in our print magazine, on our website, in our e-newsletters, or our various social media channels. We hope you enjoy this salute to the best of 2018, and we look forward to even more innovations in 2019.

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Better Ways to Address Trade-Offs with Supply Chain Optimization

Logistics Viewpoints

He had a load full of cotton bales, and while idling away hours at a shipyard watching stevedores load other cargo onto ships he dreamed up containers that transformed global supply chains. Operational innovations like the invention of containers led to the huge growth in global value chains, and today 95% of manufactured goods move on ships.

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The State of the Trucking Market in 2021

GlobalTranz

Port backlogs, cargo limitations on container ships, and a lack of available equipment and port facility staffing.? As the industry evolves and innovations improve, OTR freight management technologies offer?? transportation metrics ?that Why Strategic Partnerships Enable OTR Freight Management. As highlighted by?