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This Week in Logistics News (August 29 -September 2, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Robinson Expands Global Network, Acquires APC Logistics. Online freight marketplace Freightos acquires Spain’s WebCargoNet (TechCrunch). DHL to trial vision picking in the UK (Logistics Manager). ports and beyond, said shippers, importers and freight forwarders. Help With Shipping Crisis (WSJ – sub. Rate Changes.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 3-7, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Delivery Connect is designed to manage the movement of freight from the shipper to the end receiver, including scanning, proof of delivery (PoD), exception management, cross dock and in-depot activities through to job dispatch, customer service and reporting. Finally, more news this week related to self-driving trucks and vehicles.

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Employing this S.M.A.R.T. Technique with a Logistics Company to Create Total Stakeholder Satisfaction

GlobalTranz

Today we continue our series on successfully working with a logistics company, often called a third party logistics company by focusing on how to properly understand the success of the engagement by knowing all the key performance indicators that a shipper could put in place.

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Why Large Companies Increasingly Opt for 4PL Services

Logistics Bureau

SUMMARY: Because 4PL providers handle a company’s entire chain, including challenges that are thrown up by advances in technology, they are increasingly being favoured over third-party logistics (3PL) providers, especially by big companies with complex supply chains. Phoenix Freight: 3PL and 4PL Provider. What is 3PL?

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3PL Subway 2015: Strategic movements among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

New Caledonia. New Zealand. Papua New Guinea. In the 19th Annual Third Party Logistics Study published earlier this year, the survey results show the continuing, positive overall nature of shipper-3PL relationships. Micronesia, Federated States of. Moldova, Republic of. Montenegro. Montserrat.