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Risk Management in Global Ocean Context

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Written by logistics leaders who are practitioners in their respective companies, it aims to stimulate thinking on how shippers or BCO’s could view business continuity and risk in the current environment. We can observe this quite clearly in the growth experienced in countries like Vietnam, India as well as Hungary and Mexico.

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Shipping Container Shortage–Another Bullwhip Example

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Chinese tech giant Alibaba’s logistic arm Cainiao launched a container booking service last week in response to the global shortage. Compared with last March’s low prices, freight rates from China to the U.S. and Europe have surged 300%, Mark Yeager, chief executive officer of Redwood Logistics, told CNBC.

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One belt, one road, and one very blurry supply chain benefit

DELMIA Quintiq

Would a multi-user logistics center qualify? While the countries, developers, and the construction companies test the waters and work through the application processes, the shippers and their logistics partners need to consider how to weave those new facilities and links into the fabric of their supply logistics networks.

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Körber Elevate 2023: Find your Rhythm

Logistics Viewpoints

Körber acquired enVista’s Enspire Commerce platform and its Freight Audit and Payment (FAP) service in 2022. Boxy, a 3PL in Hungary providing fulfilment services for e-commerce, is the first user of Körber’s UCS. The post Körber Elevate 2023: Find your Rhythm appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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New download: SCM Map Europe 2014-2015

Supply Chain Movement

But the world of logistics has not changed radically compared with last year,” says Patrick Haex from Buck Consultants. However, the main growth in freight flows lies on the periphery of Europe and the Middle East is also continuing to develop, both for domestic supply and for distribution to Africa. Slight shift in European networks.

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Blockchain and the Law of Unintended Consequences

Enterra Insights

Freight Tracking. “Cargo Volume often defines the cost of shipping freight. “Some companies are already implementing Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V) Communications, which essentially allow for multiple freight vehicles to form a platoon and communicate, improving fuel efficiency and safety. Increased Efficiency.

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Mindmap for Global Logistics Integration

Supply Chain Movement

To manage this logistics complexity while adhering to customer service standards and incurring reasonable costs, companies need Global Logistics Integration. Mindmap for Global Logistics Integration. The main challenge in logistics is an increasing complexity of trade-offs in transport planning. Choose country.