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Strategically Managing Your Spend: An Infographic

Talking Logistics

The combination of inclement weather, capacity shortages, and stiff marketplace competition had many companies spending more than budgeted. Those organizations that look to spend less on their supply chain in today’s market by focusing on transportation rates may miss out on the opportunities that arise tomorrow.

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New Report Unveils Top 5 Transportation Issues Expected in 2014

Tompkins Blog

RALEIGH, NC — Shippers and carriers this year can expect to see many new trends related to transportation, as well as a continuation of several critical challenges from 2013. Trends in the Transportation Industry , a report by Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium, pulls back the curtain on today’s hottest transportation issues.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 22-26, 2019)

Talking Logistics

Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Transportation. It plans to begin routine deliveries of small consumer items in two rural communities in Virginia within months, the company said. Speaking of Amazon, the company reported a record $3.56 req’d) UPS’s $20 Billion Tech Bet Was Scorned by Wall Street.

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Tompkins International Selects 3G Continental from 3Gtms

Tompkins Blog

SHELTON, CT, and RALEIGH, NC — 3GTMS , Inc., SHELTON, CT, and RALEIGH, NC — 3GTMS , Inc., The company delivers leading-edge supply chain solutions by optimizing the Mega Processes of PLAN-BUY-MAKE-MOVE-DISTRIBUTE-SELL. Headquartered in Raleigh, NC, USA, Tompkins has offices throughout North America and in Europe and Asia.

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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

US Army uses the “Transporter” container, developed four years earlier for removals, for Korean War supply movements. McLean purchases a steamship and a railroad terminal company. First intermodal cargo transportation (containers are stacked on deck). Containerization is driving technology in other transport modes.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

As a logistics service provider, focusing on over-the-road surface transportation management solutions via technology and managed transportation services, we find the following information on the history of shipping containers of great significance to the logistics and supply chain community at large. The Early Days: 1956-1960s.

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Webinar On Demand Archives - Tompkins International - Tompkins.

Tompkins Blog

Webcast – “Supply Chain Control Towers: Separating Fact from Fiction” With the overwhelming complications faced by today’s supply chain managers, companies are searching for the best solutions to combat complexity and create supply chain excellence with the consumer-driven approach. 6870 Perry Creek Road, Raleigh, NC 27616. |.