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How currency changes are affecting logistics providers

The Network Effect

This means more air and sea freight on Europe-North America lanes, cross border feeds from Mexico and Canada, and increases in domestic North American transportation and warehousing for imported products. Therefore, world currency changes do affect logistics providers.

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12 Freight Charges and Freight Fees: A Guide to Common Freight Shipping Costs, Charges, and Fees

Intelligent Audit

Freight managers have a lot to track and keep up with when it comes to logistical planning for shipments within the supply chain. Of all these, freight fee considerations are among the important but most overlooked. All shippers provide clients with two important documents: the bill of lading and the freight bill. “All

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Why You Need an International Freight Audit Software

Intelligent Audit

The complexity of the transportation and shipping market continues to complicate even the most basic of transport services. International freight audit software can make it easier to manage freight costs, profits, and budgeting concerns. . from 2021 to 2028. New Systems Aren’t Necessarily Designed to Share Data.

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

Intelligent Audit

Shippers regularly spend up to 10 percent of gross expenses on transportation spend management and related shipping expenses. 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.

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11 Things to Know About International Shipping!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Medium Of Transportation. The time spent in transit and the cost of shipping your goods depends on the transportation medium. It’s up to you whether you want to freight by air or ship by sea, depending on how much time you need your goods to be in transit and how much you can afford. Exchange Rates.

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Blockchain Comes to the Freight Industry

Supply Chain Brain

Just look at some of the names that have joined the Blockchain in Transportation Alliance (BiTA) since the group’s formation last August: FedEx , BNSF Railway , C.H. There was a perfect storm in terms of interest in the technology and how it would potentially impact the freight industry,” Fuller says.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 21-25, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Omnitracs’ Roadnet® Transportation Suite 3.7.4 January 2016 North American Freight Numbers. Speaking of cross-border trade, “all five major transportation modes – truck, rail, pipeline, vessel and air – carried less U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics. in February.