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Improved Supply Chain Visibility Requires an End-to-End Solutions

Logistics Viewpoints

Last October, over 100 ships, including 70 container ships, were waiting at anchor or in drift zones to unload at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. China accounts for about 12% of global trade. China’s stringent COVID lockdown in critical port cities has impacted global supply chains.

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11 Ways Tech Will Change Logistics in 2017

Freightos

Freight Booking Is (Slowly) Going Online. For years, online freight was limited to US domestic trucking. International freight quoting is moving online too, with major progress by enterprise providers, like Kuehne + Nagel , and startups (like the Freightos Marketplace ). For decades, freight was about bigger ships.

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Why Logistics Management is the Need of the Hour in the Middle East?

Shipsy

The global pandemic has caused a ruckus in the economy but logistics has risen as an efficient place of access for consumers with doorstep deliveries and minimum human interaction. You can track the location of the package throughout the entire route. Track Products Within A Container through Shipsy. June 4, 2020.

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Tackling Drug Counterfeiting — Barcodes vs. RFID vs. Blockchain

Roambee

One of the major worries for the global pharmaceutical industry around patient safety is counterfeit drugs. Although most industries are focusing on supply chain efficiency, pharma supply chains bring a bigger worry into the picture: patient safety.

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Here’s Why Vaccine Cold-Chain Transportation Network Issues Highlight Sound Logistics Capabilities

Turvo

Logistics managers must be proactive and put the right processes in place to ensure loads get packaged securely for transport. In particular, drivers and managers need to work together to track shipments in real-time, using the best in automation technology, to protect vaccine loads’ viability.

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Transparency and integrity for your supply chain

Global Trade Management

The package delivery turns out to be a wrong delivery, the new LCD TV screen ordered remains black, the auctioned designer piece turns out to be plagiarism - in everyday life, we are often suffering the effects of improper handling of goods. With the deployment of the right monitoring technology you have your freight better under control.

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Unlocking Customer Experiences in Logistics

Shipsy

The answer has to do with the deluge of global products that today’s buyer is exposed to. Using Customer Experience To Your Advantage Less than a decade ago, receiving a delivery package within a few days of ordering was unthinkable. Manage your Container Gate In Timelines and Reduce VIA charge incidents using SHIPSY EXECUTION.