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How Good is Your Logistics Service Provider?

Logistics Viewpoints

Other sub-groups of LSCMS include LogiSYM, a leading event platform in the Asia region for the dissemination and sharing of trends and best practices in logistics, and the CargoNOW industry news website and magazine.

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Is your freight invoice accurate? A new study claims it might not be.

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Shipping freight across the world is a complex matter. But what is even more complicated is freight billing and handling freight payments: what a cargo owner is initially quoted is often different from what he later is asked to pay. A 2021 Cargo Owners and freight forwarders survey, confirms this. Lack of trust.

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How Shipping Can Help Save The Planet

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

How Shipping Can Help Save The Planet. But to be honest, the shipping industry is as much of a culprit. If we take a closer look, we can see that global aviation, including domestic and international; passenger and freight accounts for 2.5% First of all, the shipping industry today is enormous. Size Matters.

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How to Successfully Integrate an E-Commerce Shipping Plan Into Your Traditional Shipping Practices

GlobalTranz

E-commerce value will exceed $4 trillion by 2025, and demand for e-commerce requires seamless integration between traditional shipping practices and an e-commerce shipping plan. Its global nature makes conventional shipping strategies inefficient and utterly unworkable. Access to multi-modal shipping and drop shipping options.

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Greener Shopping and Shipping: The Rise of Carbon Neutral e-Commerce Delivery

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Greener Shopping and Shipping: The Rise of Carbon Neutral e-Commerce Delivery. There is a long way to go, particularly for brands whose products are shipped thousands of miles to reach overseas customers, requiring air freight transportation to keep within acceptable delivery times.

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Are Ocean Freight Prices Absolutely Broken?

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

But decisions about how many barrels to produce or how many ships to sail have to be made in advance. Is ocean freight pricing broken? As ocean carriers were just signing checks to build massive ships, the global financial crises hit and shipment volumes sunk like a Led Zeppelin. Was it profiteering? And it can be fixed.

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Steel Fabrication and General Manufacturing Tips and Tricks for 2015

GlobalTranz

By employing proper freight accounting , through freight payment, auditing, and consolidation services, within a TMS solution, a shipper can go from paying $11 per freight invoice, all the way down to only 5 to 10% of the $11, according to Inbound Logistics magazine. Manufacturing manufacturing tips'