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Supply-Chain Transparency Starts With This Basic Relationship Advice

Supply Chain Brain

Fuel and freight make up nearly two-thirds of logistics costs. Supply-chain and logistics managers need to optimize those costs to improve the bottom line.

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Trends 2020: An Overview

Enterra Insights

To really know what’s happening in a given arena of human or economic activity, you must take a deep dive. The platform off of which you dive, however, is the broader world stage. An understanding of larger global trends (i.e., trends driving the world into the future) is essential to making informed decisions. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton once stated, “Follow the trend lines, not the headlines.” For business leaders, following trend lines rather than headlines is good ad

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The 10 Best Apps to Have While Travelling!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Article and permission to publish here provided by Harry Poulson. Although it is a fun and refreshing activity, the planning process in traveling can be a chore. You need to find reasonable flights, accommodation, activities, means to travel around and make many other decisions. For this, plenty of your hours can be taken from your time.

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Convey’s Top Six Supply Chain Blogs of 2019

Convey

With both peak season and Returns Day gone, retailers are finally ready to focus […]. The post Convey’s Top Six Supply Chain Blogs of 2019 appeared first on Convey.

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Scaling Logistics for Success: A White Claw Story

Speaker: Scott Campbell and Molly Feller

As the demand for your products skyrockets 🚀, you're likely experiencing logistical challenges that are preventing you from scaling your business. The sudden surge in demand can be exciting, but it can also put a strain on your supply chain and logistics operations. In this webinar, join Scott Campbell, Vice President, Logistics & Demand at Mark Anthony Services and Molly Feller, VP Logistics as a Service Operations at e2open, as they explore the challenges that arise when companies expe

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The Best of Sustainability Content in 2019

EcoVadis

Now that 2020 has arrived, it’s time for us to look back and reflect on the content we produced last year. We sifted through our analytics to gauge which topics were piquing the interest of our audiences in 2019 and discovered some interesting trends. Above all, our readers showed an interest in original research related to sustainable procurement: They wanted to know how the field was changing, what their peers were doing to drive innovation, and which best practices were being standardized on.

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The Most Listened To Freight and Logistics Podcasts of 2019

GlobalTranz

Today’s post will cover the top 10 podcasts of “The Freight Project Podcast” in total listens that were published in 2019. This year’s freight and logistics podcasts featured fantastic thought leaders from all around the industry who were guests in a Q&A type format with Cerasis Marketing Manager – Adam Robinson as the host. The.read More.

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Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (January 3, 2020)

Talking Logistics

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing holiday. We’re just three days into the new year and we already face a growing risk to supply chains around the world: an escalating conflict between the U.S. and Iran. Let’s hope it doesn’t get worse. It was a relatively quiet week for supply. Read more Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (January 3, 2020).

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New California owner-operator law on hold for now

DAT Solutions

One day before California's AB5 law was to take effect, a judge granted a temporary restraining order that prohibits enforcement of the law.

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UK ethical consumer spending hits record high, report shows – The Guardian

Provenance

“Twenty years ago, the total Fairtrade market was worth £22m, whereas today the Co-op estimates that UK consumers shell out almost £290m a year on Fairtrade bananas alone, with the total retail Fairtrade market now worth £1.6bn.” – The Guardian. “Ethical” shopping is on the rise. In the UK, it’s outgrown all household expenditures – increasing the average spend from £202 a year in 1999 to £1,278 in 2018.

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2024 Annual T&L M&A Report

Tenney Group, an industry specialized M&A Advisory firm in the T&L space, produced the 2024 Annual M&A Report. The report contains an in depth overview of 2023 notable deals and the market, while also providing the outlook for 2024 M&A.

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Supply Chain by the Numbers for Jan. 3, 2020

Supply Chain Digest

Expect to Spend a Lot More to Ship Heavy Parcels, US Stores Closures Set Record in 2019, Delivery Van Orders Soaring, December PMI Falls Yet Again

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The year’s biggest hits: Top 10 blogs of 2019

FLEXE

In case you missed them, here are the top articles from FLEXE over the last 12 months

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The Belt and Road Initiative: Rail Service between Europe and Asia

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Have you ever considered changing your traditional mode of transportation? Or are you still moving products by air or ocean? As demands change, so must our supply chains. Now is the time to utilize all modes of transportation in the most efficient way possible. For example, you might be surprised how beneficial rail service between Europe and Asia can be for your business today. .

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