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This Week in Logistics News (February 5-9, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Our guinea pig Cow died this morning. What do you do with a deceased guinea pig? Unless, of course, the shared data is crappy, inaccurate data. The kids named him Cow when he was born. He was a tiny little thing when he was born, smaller than the palm of your hand. And with that, I’m out of space and time.

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Freight Rate News November 2015

Freightos

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE COURSE 6. A Fijian canoe paddled 1 tonne cargo of cocoa beans all the way from Papua New Guinea to New Zealand. This academic innovation is nod to the importance of the industry and it’s increasing sophistication. Logistics managers of tomorrow will need to be more skilled. It started as a dare.

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Talking Turkey for Thanksgiving

Enterra Insights

Europeans confused this bird with the guinea hen (an African fowl) that had been imported via Ottoman Turkey. ” Of course, turkeys aren’t the only food holding pride of place on the dinner table, and many of those other foods come (or originated) from abroad.

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Top eCommerce Influencers to Follow

EMERGE App

Amy uses her blogs, online training courses and podcasts to teach others how to sell their products effectively. Interestingly, he is also a self-proclaimed human guinea pig! In addition, he also highlights important strategies to successfully run eCommerce stores. Amy Porterfield. Twitter: @AmyPorterfield.

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20 Ways to Build a Successful Relationship with Your Warehouse

FLEXE

Don’t be the Guinea pig. It’s a simple step that will save you time and headaches over the course of your relationship. It’s true that more simple business needs usually means cheaper warehouse costs, but a lack of transparency when setting price will come back to haunt you in the end.

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3PL Subway 2015: Strategic movements among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

Equatorial Guinea. Guinea-bissau. Papua New Guinea. Europe can expect to see more activity from large logistics service providers on the back of XPO’s acquisition of ND, and this will of course be reflected on Supply Chain Movement’s 3PL Subway Map Europe in the years ahead. El Salvador. Falkland Islands (Malvinas).

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

Of course they need to be SMART. It’s an issue I see again and again in the course of my consulting activity. Many people get really confused about KPIs or Key Performance Indicators in Logistics and Supply Chain operations. Which ones to use?… … How many to use? Sadly it’s not such an easy question to answer.

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