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Navigating the Waves: Exploring Digital Booking in Ocean Logistics at TPM 2024

Freightos

White opened by explaining that for some BCOs, like Fiji Water, ocean needs are fairly straightforward: they move containers from a single origin, and making bookings directly with carriers can simplify their logistics operations process by reducing the number of people that need to be involved.

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The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF): What Is It and Why Does It Matter?

Resilinc

As of negotiations on May 27 , the IPEF includes the US and 14 Asia-Pacific nations: Australia, Brunei, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam—that together represent 40% of the world’s GDP.

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Gartner’s Women in Supply Chain Survey 2016

Supply Chain Movement

Gartner’s first Women in Supply Chain Survey, conducted with AWESOME, an executive women’s leadership group, compares the representation of women in supply chain leadership roles. It also identifies practices that are increasing the engagement with and success of women in supply chain organizations. Key Findings. â–  Czech Republic.

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Gartner’s survey analysis: Women in Supply Chain 2016

Supply Chain Movement

Gartner’s first Women in Supply Chain Survey, conducted with AWESOME, an executive women’s leadership group, and supported by Supply Chain Media, compares the representation of women in supply chain leadership roles. Key Findings. â–  The percentage of women in leadership positions decreases as the corporate ladder rises.

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Gradual changes in the European supply chain consulting market

Supply Chain Movement

Firstly, in May 2015, it acquired the Javelin Group, specialised in transforming end-to-end supply chain and retail operations for the digital era and with offices in the UK and France. Czech Republic. Dominican Republic. El Salvador. Equatorial Guinea. Falkland Islands (Malvinas). Faroe Islands. French Guiana. French Polynesia. Guadeloupe.

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10 questions about supply chain optimisation

Supply Chain Movement

The software must be sufficiently flexible and scalable for it to be extended to other product groups, everlarger geographical regions and other opportunities for optimisation within the company. Czech Republic. Dominican Republic. El Salvador. Equatorial Guinea. Falkland Islands (Malvinas). Faroe Islands. French Guiana. French Polynesia.

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FedEx Announces New March 2022 International Shipping Surcharges

Intelligent Audit

Obviously, no shipper can really remember every country listed in all the fine print above for each grouping of services. Increased Complexity of International Shipping Surcharges by FedEx Highlight the Need for Expert Help. However, the takeaway is still the same. 3 All LAC except Mexico and Puerto Rico. Virgin Islands).