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Freight Forwarding Basics with Miles Varghese

The Logistics of Logistics

Freight Forwarding Basics with Miles Varghese. Miles Varghese and Joe Lynch review and discuss freight forwarding basics. A freight forwarder is an agent in the supply chain whose objective is to organize a shipment, acting as the intermediary between the exporter or importer and transportation companies. About Miles Varghese.

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The Connected Ecosystem with Bill Vitti

The Logistics of Logistics

Bill has experience working on the carrier, shipper, and broker side, as well as in 3PL and freight software, giving him 360-degrees of visibility of the marketplace. Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, USA, Transflo has set the pace for innovation in transportation software for over 30 years. million downloads of the Mobile+ app.

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I am MAD!

Supply Chain Shaman

We can connect through EDI, but a document has latency and limitations for unstructured data. There is no system of record for data over time, and the use of a portal gives the posting company a false sense of effectively communicating. There are other options, but each has limitations. The solutions to close the gaps are not so easy.

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Identity Theft, Trucking Style

Talking Logistics

The fraud often includes paperwork such as insurance policies, fake driver’s licenses and other documents. . Then the con artists offer low bids to freight brokers who handle shipping for numerous companies. Significant fictitious pick-up activity has also been reported in Florida, Texas and New Jersey.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 7-11, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Hundreds of Cafe Bustelo cans washed ashore in Florida this week. MercuryGate extends invoicing and document management solution with HubTran integration. October 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Establishing new hours-of-service supporting document (shipping documents, fuel purchase receipts, etc.)

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2016 : robot pickers, bridge-inspecting drones, autonomous freight shuttles, and more. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has implemented a new process to allow shippers to submit original vehicle export documentation electronically in lieu of delivering physical copies to their local CBP trade office.

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Delivering Green: Three Case Studies in Low-Carbon Logistics

MIT Supply Chain

The goal was to document the projects, and illustrate to other companies that it is possible to reduce cost and become more environmentally friendly. Prior to the collaboration, these boxcars were returning empty to the Florida region. Here is a summary of each project. Ocean Spray: Leveraging Distribution Network Redesign.