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The Green Corridor: Resilience from Diversification

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The Green Corridor: Resilience from Diversification by Timothy Foote, Founder of Susymbio Access to Sustainable Power is the Challenge of Our Time, but when clean power sources are diversified it promises more stability for our future. The government simply ran out of foreign currency to buy imported fuel.

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Blockchain Comes to the Freight Industry

Supply Chain Brain

Fuller, who is also chief executive officer of freight market analytics provider FreightWaves , saw the suitability of a technology that originally was created to support the trading of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. As it stands today, however, blockchain isn’t a solution that can be instantly embraced by the freight industry.

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Blockchain for Supply Chain: A Comprehensive Guide for Businesses

SCMDOJO

One such technology that has had a significant impact on the financial industry is blockchain, which is the underlying technology of digital currency or cryptocurrency. They collaborated to trace a bundle of sliced mangoes back to its source, with traditional paper documents taking nearly seven days to complete the task.

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Guest Blog – How To Identify Supply Chain Barriers To Boost Efficiency?

Gravity Supply Chain

This includes everything from sourcing raw materials to ensuring that products are delivered on time and in good condition, which means short lead times, minimal customs paperwork, adequate transportation infrastructure, etc. Image source Also, numerous regulatory requirements must be met when transporting goods across borders.

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Five Tips on Sourcing Products From China

EMERGE App

Google a phrase like “sourcing products from China” and you’ll instantly be faced by almost 39 million results! You need to source for products to sell at wholesale prices to your retail customers. And the place to source for most, if not all, of your products is in China. Introduction.

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Strategic Transportation Spend Management: How FAP + Historical Data = Actionable Insights

Intelligent Audit

Aside from labor costs and freight payments , transportation and logistics management—including paying carriers and sending freight—can eat up budgets and add to fees. Freight audit and payment (FAP) service providers can assist with data collection and application regarding transportation spending.

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6 Questions to Ask Your Recovery Audit Company Before Hiring

TransAudit

Your recovery audit company can function as a valuable source of savings and business intelligence. How Long Has the Freight Audit Company Been In Business? The company’s ability to remain in business usually speaks to its proven ability to audit freight bills and recover lost profits.