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This Week in Logistics News (May 8-12, 2017)

Talking Logistics

It was a very busy week in the world of supply chain and logistics, so let’s go straight to the news that caught my attention: FLEXE Launches Nationwide Next-Day Delivery. Oracle Optimizes Global Transportation and Trade Compliance Processes. Konexial And Cloud Logistics Partner To Produce Groundbreaking Goload Service.

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The Free TMS with Tim Higham

The Logistics of Logistics

About Tim Higham Tim Higham is a leading visionary in the logistics and transportation field, running the highly successful InMotion Global, Inc. in 1998, he turned to the transportation and logistics field, merging “old school” thinking with “new school” technology. AscendTMS).

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Twitter Insights from GT Nexus Bridges 2015 Conference

Talking Logistics

Author’s Note: I was completely unplugged on vacation last week, so it wasn’t until I returned to the office on Monday that I learned Infor is acquiring GT Nexus (a Talking Logistics sponsor). Brooks Brothers: “SAP is our internal ERP system, @GTNexus is our external (supply chain) ERP system” #Bridges2015 #logistics #SCM.

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Keep Your Cargo Out of Danger: Best Practices for Transportation Risk Management

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Incidents during transportation are common: from severe weather conditions or collisions that result in loss of cargo; to theft, counterfeiting, political unrest, labor disputes, documentation failures, mechanical problems, etc. Any of those circumstances can delay or ruin delivery of the most perfectly planned global shipment.

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Cross-Border Ecommerce: The Future is Here

CH Robinson Transportfolio

In this ongoing evolution, even cross-border logistics is becoming mainstream. The business transaction, cargo shipping, payment wiring and collection, and document exchanges are no longer individual pieces of the chain. Cross-border ecommerce logistics play an essential role by acting as the open logistics resource for each ecology.

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Improving Global Freight Process Management

Talking Logistics

Global freight management success will be contingent on businesses understanding the people, processes, and system integrations needed to compete in the global marketplace. When tasked with improving global freight process management, keeping the following tips in mind will be key. Two issues make this more challenging.

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How is Your Supply Chain Positioned for the Ocean Carrier Mergers?

Talking Logistics

But how do you manage this seemingly daily change in ocean carrier alliances and mergers, especially when coupled with the mergers seen in the logistics service provider markets? A cloud based, global TMS allows logistics professionals to pro-actively deal with the results of these carrier mergers and acquisitions.