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The Freight Broker’s Secret Weapon with Nick Schrock

The Logistics of Logistics

Nick Schrock and Joe Lynch discuss the freight broker’s secret weapon. Valoroo offers affordable, talent solutions offshore in the Philippines and Latin America. He previously worked at Flock Freight, Ungerboeck Software, O’Brien Associates Food Brokerage, and Northwestern Mutual.

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The Competitive Advantage with David Bell and Peter Rentschler

The Logistics of Logistics

Passionate about the future of freight, Peter and Metafora are moved by the impact people and technology have on businesses, and the ability each have to make substantial impacts tomorrow. LSG helps its clients set up and establish satellite offices in beautiful countries like Colombia, Guatemala, and the Philippines. based companies.

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Selling in Tough Times with Nick Strober and Melanie Flores

The Logistics of Logistics

LSG helps its clients set up and establish satellite offices in beautiful countries like Colombia, Guatemala, and the Philippines. Benefits include improved quality, reduced training time and training resource costs, increased speed to efficiency, and an overall improvement in the key metrics that matter most to clients.

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How to Be a Successful Importer! (Infographic)

Supply Chain Game Changer

Imported products tend to be available for a cheaper price, and usually in high quality. From your supplier, freight forwarder, customs broker, carrier company and even the customs authority, you must treat them with utmost professionalism and respect. You also have to make sure that the products are allowed to enter the country.

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“Too Big to Fail”: 10 Things you Need to Know About El Niño

Elementum

A shorter monsoon season in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia will help miners procure more materials, used heavily in the electronics industry. Burning rainforests in Indonesia are wreaking havoc to Southeast Asian economies and air quality, impacting numerous industries. Food prices will likely skyrocket.

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Asia Supply Chain Excellence Report: Issue, January 2013

Tompkins Blog

In such industries, failure to monitor materials, quality and packaging can result in the product being detained and the supply chain being disrupted. China does not have the coastal exposure that countries such as Japan and the Philippines have, so the impacts of typhoons are generally limited to delays in ocean and air freight.

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A Chat with Katie Kinraid

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Katie describes herself as “ passionate about driving efficiency & innovation in Supply Chain through technology” – a quality that is very relevant to face-up to the many supply chain challenges in our path ! The key is in the quality of our collaboration. TMS solutions are moving beyond being just a freight management tool.