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The State of Digital Freight: The 4×4 Blueprint for Freight 2020

Freightos

The journey to digitize freight, while initially off to a slow start, has gained momentum in the last two or three years. They’re licensed to be an ocean freight forwarder, and they’ve bought some aircraft and an airport; and of course they are a huge warehousing player. Online freight booking. They’re coming.

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Customs Duty De Minimis Thresholds: A Guide for SMEs

Unleashed

In general the customer – or the importer – is liable to pay certain costs including any taxes or duties payable in their jurisdiction, along with freight, insurance and other handling costs. There are also waivers you can apply for in the UK when you bring in goods to certain jurisdictions, such to Northern Ireland.

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YARD MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Questionnaire

The Lean Supply Chain

The benefit of having real-time electronic data for asset-location yard activities extends beyond improving supply chain visibility at a particular locale. It helps eliminate “Dead Heads” or trucks leaving or coming back without freight aboard the truck, which is very costly to a company. YMS vendors : High Jump. Red Prairie.

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Another Load of Malarkey

Tailwind

I work for Shenanigan Express Freight out of Mulligan, you know near the port. This one company Tailwind Transportation Software even has this free phone app called ‘P O’D Complete’ where with one click of a button you can complete the dispatch and send a signed POD electronically right into the system. No sir, you are in Ireland.”.

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A World in Flux: Global Supply Chain Predictions for 2021

ToolsGroup

If you’re in the high tech and consumer electronics sector and you’re looking at all the geopolitical dimensions of what’s going on in China, one of the really strong signals that are going on here is that there is movement to a decoupling of high tech supply networks. Let me give you a couple of examples.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 31 – November 4, 2016)

Talking Logistics

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association lost its case in federal court to put the brakes on the Electronic Logging Device mandate. For related commentary, and to learn what the next hot topic in trucking will be, see What’s Next After Electronic Logging Devices?

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Expand Your Business to Europe: How to Do It Successfully With an Online Shop

ShipBob

The fastest-growing vertical market in Europe is housewares and home furnishings, followed by food and beverage (22.9%), apparel (18.9%), consumer electronics (17.5%), and health and beauty (16.7%). Housewares and home furnishings online retailers grew 25.8% billion in 2019. 3 ShipBob customers who succeeded after their European expansions.

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