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‘Supply Chain Opportunities in China’ – 24 juni 2015

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What service levels can be realistically expected and how to manage reliability in such a fragment road freight market? Freight forwarding specifics to China. Is the trade imbalance between China and Europe going to keep freight costs towards Asia low for the foreseeable future? Rietdijk, SVP Global Sourcing – Vestas.

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Complex costs of transportation

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10 questions about Freight Spend Management. There are numerous ways a shipper can reduce freight spend. And freight costs are continuing to rise, pushed upward by factors such as globalized distribution and unpredictable fuel prices. This is an important aspect of managing freight spend. Martinique. Mauritania.

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Mindmap for Global Logistics Integration

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Third, it is essential the system generate pre-invoices to reduce carrier invoice uncertainties, eliminate fraud, and manage freight spend. Finally, the system should enable intelligent inventory location management to ensure optimal on-shelf availability for the end customers. Martinique. Mauritania. Micronesia, Federated States of.

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3PL Subway 2015: Strategic movements among logistics providers

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The 2015 Annual Third Party Logistics Study also reveals that both sides regard themselves as being successful, and shippers are seeing positive results again this year: an average logistics cost reduction of 9%, an average inventory cost reduction of 5% and an average fixed logistics cost reduction of 15%. Martinique. Mauritania. Montenegro.