Supply Chain Movement

MAY 16, 2019

According to recent research, for example, labour shortages are standing in the way of growth for a third of the logistics companies in the Netherlands. During a recent conference in Helsinki, Finland, a board member at DB Schenker revealed that his company has launched an online platform for booking ocean freight shipments.

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Kinaxis

APRIL 15, 2016

Rather than having to wait for a specialized part, companies can now print the part they need right on site. This can be a huge time and cost saver for companies involved in projects, but when looking at the overall supply chain worldwide, 3D printing is a pretty niche example. But the story doesn’t end there.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

The Kingdom of Belgium achieved its independence from the Netherlands in 1830, and has become an admired modern country, well-known as the home of international organizations such as NATO and the EU. The seven registered air freight carriers in Belgium carried 1.4 percent; Netherlands 12 percent and the U.K. leaving the EU.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 15, 2016

“Logistics in Motion” was the theme of Descartes’ Evolution 2016 Global User & Partner Conference , and it adequately describes the dynamic nature of the logistics industry as well as the company. Addressed customs initiatives in the United States, Canada, The Netherlands, Cuba and Paraguay.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 8, 2016

It was a relatively quiet week for supply chain and logistics news, with robots and weak freight demand dominating the headlines. Air cargo firms feel the pressure from plunge in freight prices (Reuters). This acquisition fits with our vision for a connected industrial company and a connected worker.”. percent from 3 percent.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 20, 2016

You get on the M25 and before long you have a front seat view of the biggest transportation challenge facing companies in England and many other countries around the world: traffic congestion. Amazon Looking to License or Acquire Freight-Management Technology (WSJ-sub. Mention the M25 to anyone there and you get the same reaction: Ugh!

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ThroughPut

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

companies with global operations, one of the most effective global value chain strategies and supply chain strategies is to mitigate risk by shipping smarter. companies should be looking to partner with more stable countries where tariff changes aren’t expected. Take the Netherlands, for example. In 2017, the U.S.

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QAD

AUGUST 8, 2019

Spain has 99 airports with paved runways, most of which can handle freight planes. billion mt-km of air freight in 2015. In addition, the country has 10 heliports, making air travel and freight delivery a relatively simple matter. Primary import partners were Germany, France, China, Italy, Netherlands, and the U.K.

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Logistics service providers can of course play an important role in the consolidation of freight flows, but the most successful collaborative projects are initiated by shippers themselves. So claims the Smart Freight Centre, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), based on the International Transport Forum’s figures.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2017

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 12, 2014

October 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Back in June, Descartes acquired Customs Info , and the company has made several other acquisitions in this solution space over the past few years. The total upfront cost was under $12 million for both companies, which were owned by common investors.

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 13, 2015

What service levels can be realistically expected and how to manage reliability in such a fragment road freight market? Freight forwarding specifics to China. Is the trade imbalance between China and Europe going to keep freight costs towards Asia low for the foreseeable future? Rietdijk, SVP Global Sourcing – Vestas.

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Speaking from Seed Valley in the Netherlands, Global Head of Supply across Syngenta, Scott Kuhn, describes some of the challenges in evolving to a more customer-focused operating model. Control towers enable companies to centralise their transport planning and to reduce the number of empty kilometres their delivery trucks travel.

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Freightos

JUNE 6, 2016

Is The Freight Industry Ready For SOLAS? In the run up to the July 1, 2016 requirement that there must now be a verification of the gross mass of packed containers, Freightos research has determined that only one third (36%) of FCL freight quotes are still being saved with a weight. But the range balloons out when comparing companies.

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

So much so that it is split into seven topics – aircrafts, airports, capacity and demand, carriers, freight trends, traffic and viewpoints. With over 60,000 monthly viewers, Transport Topics is a prime destination for freight buffs, especially those who specialize in trucking. Ocean freight is split into 14! @ACWmagazine.

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Supply Chain Movement

APRIL 22, 2015

However, the main growth in freight flows lies on the periphery of Europe and the Middle East is also continuing to develop, both for domestic supply and for distribution to Africa. The world-renowned American designer Michael Kors plans to build a large European distribution centre in Venlo, The Netherlands. By Martijn Lofvers.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Click the links below to compare this year's innovations to those from previous years: Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2016 : robot pickers, bridge-inspecting drones, autonomous freight shuttles, and more. Content Summary: Tech Company Implants Chips in its Own Employees. workspace://SpacesStore/97ff7543-621d-4fe3-97c8-2d962dfb02da.

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QAD

APRIL 11, 2019

Brazil has nearly 700 airports with paved runways, most of which can handle large capacity airplanes for moving freight quickly to and from all parts of the globe. Argentina and the Netherlands. Brazil recently enabled organizations to file company registrations, licensing and employment notifications online.

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ThroughPut

DECEMBER 3, 2019

companies with global operations, one of the most effective ways to mitigate risk is to ship smarter. companies should be looking to partner with more stable countries where tariff changes aren’t expected. Take the Netherlands, for example. companies to do business in their lands. In the current political climate, U.S.

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Freight Plus

JUNE 26, 2020

I'm originally from India where I worked for a company called Unilever. I worked my way through the company eventually to work in their international branch of marketing and exports. From there I moved to a large dairy conglomerate called Friesland Coberco Dairy Foods in the Netherlands.

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Freight Plus

JUNE 26, 2020

I'm originally from India where I worked for a company called Unilever. I worked my way through the company eventually to work in their international branch of marketing and exports. From there I moved to a large dairy conglomerate called Friesland Coberco Dairy Foods in the Netherlands.

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Freight Plus

JANUARY 14, 2022

acquired the Netherlands’ Kloosterboer. Food Logistics Predicts that these occurrences will only increase in 2022, as many companies will look to expand and take advantage of competitive sectors to help combat the labor shortage. More specifically, "Lineage Logistics . took over Choptank Transport. Read the full article.

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ThroughPut

OCTOBER 28, 2019

companies with global operations, one of the most effective ways to mitigate risk is to ship smarter. companies should be looking to partner with more stable countries where tariff changes aren’t expected. Take the Netherlands, for example. companies to do business in their lands. In the current political climate, U.S.

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Freightera

APRIL 28, 2020

BM: For society, the Physical Internet (PI) enables order-of-magnitude improvements in the efficiency, sustainability, security, trustability and resilience of supply chains, logistics, and freight transportation, all around the world, within each company and across industries. China is moving very quickly now.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 9, 2014

If freight demand grows as it is projected to, the driver shortage could balloon to nearly 240,000 drivers by 2022.” Here are a few excerpts from the article (emphasis mine): Copeland Trucking, a family-owned company with about 50 trucks, is turning away business because of unfilled openings.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 28, 2022

Companies need to re-evaluate their supply chain strategies, if they are still most optimal. Companies are realising that high dependency on global sourcing from the cheapest source is a dangerous strategy in securing supply and continuity of manufacturing operations. Sea freight and airfreight costs have become very expensive.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 25, 2022

Europe is a fragmented market, and maintaining visibility over a vast multimodal freight ecosystem throughout the continent is no mean feat. Some key findings: Most respondents (67%) cited end-to-end freight traceability as their biggest pain point when transporting goods. For the UK, it’s 71%. For Germany, it’s unanimous at 100%.

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MIT Supply Chain

MARCH 5, 2015

It appears that ports on the US West Coast are back in full swing after a protracted labor dispute delayed cargo worth billions of dollars and caused untold reputational damage to the companies caught in the crossfire. Managers move on and take their experiences with them; companies are forced to march to Wall Street’s quarterly drumbeat.

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Cathy Roberson

OCTOBER 9, 2021

Photo courtesy of GLS UK-based postal operator, Royal Mail further expands its international operations through its subsidiary, General Logistics Systems (GLS) with the acquisition of Canadian freight operator, Rosenau Transport, announced on Oct 8. How does this all benefit postal operator Royal Mail? International cross-border.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 28, 2022

The trial, which is expected to conclude within a month in Bengaluru, will test the vehicle technology within FedEx Express operations, assessing the vehicles’ operational effectiveness on a standard route fully loaded with packages, the company said in a statement. GE Appliances is piloting an autonomous electric vehicle for material runs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2022

While some Santas are returning after a multi-year hiatus, the demand this year is driving companies to recruit new Santas. Tech companies begin rerouting critical chip supplies to trucks. Tech companies begin rerouting critical chip supplies to trucks. FedEx Express Europe debuts renewable diesel in Netherlands.

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The Lean Supply Chain

JULY 7, 2015

The other software companies that sell YMS below, sell it in conjunction with a Warehouse Management System (WMS) and Transportation Management System (TMS) so there is no way to gauge those YMS sales as they could be with, or without, the YMS system depending on the customer’s needs. Cloud (the Internet) is what most every YMS user wants.

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Supply Chain Trend

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Few companies, in even fewer countries, own or have access to most of the consumer data generated in this world. In the digital winner-take-all markets, we have two mobile operating systems, owned by two companies: Apple and Google. Worldwide digital advertising revenue is shared among a handful of companies.

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EcoVadis

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

On October 2, 2019, EcoVadis and Nexio Projects held the B2B Sustainability Forum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, bringing together 80+ attendees to learn how companies are moving their CSR program beyond compliance and into maturity. Our keynotes and panelists from ING Wholesale Bank, McKinsey & Company, Atlinks Holdings Ltd.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 8, 2016

MercuryGate Launches Global, Omni-modal Freight Procurement Solution. McLeod Software Unveils New Business Process Automation Solutions for Logistics Companies. downgraded the stocks of four trucking companies earlier this week — USA Truck Inc., Swisslog acquires Power Automation Systems (PAS). Analysts at Stifel Inc.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 10, 2017

CX North America Integrates Its Freight Collaboration Platform With Active Aero Group’s Technology. January 2017 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). I wondered aloud a few weeks ago whether IBM is the only company working on blockchain solutions for supply chain management.

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E2open

OCTOBER 22, 2018

More than 70,000 partner companies and 200,000 users, many of the biggest brands and manufacturers across a range of industries, use the E2open network and platform to orchestrate their supply chains, creating efficiencies measured in the billions.

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