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The Global Trade Compliance Market is Crazy!

Logistics Viewpoints

A TMS helps companies move freight from origin to destination efficiently, reliably, and cost-effectively. Goods that look like they are 25% cheaper, may be 6% more expensive once special tariffs and international freight costs are factored in. Secondly, one core supply chain application is a transportation management system.

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National Logistics Day™ 2022

Enterra Insights

One of the persistent questions asked in the supply chain sector is what is the difference between supply chain management (SCM) and logistics? For example, supply chain academics at Michigan State University write, “The terms logistics and supply chain management are sometimes used interchangeably. ”[6].

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Guest Post by Mike Challman: How to Measure & Improve Freight Management Performance: 6 Critical Key Performance Indicators

NC State SCRC

Optimizing Freight Management with TMS. Logistics providers often create these intelligent software platforms to enhance supply chain visibility and optimize freight management. These programs are increasingly popular amongst the supply chain management (SCM) and logistics community. In fact, the TMS market was valued at $6.85

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Self-Storage Has Become Big Business! (Infographic)

Supply Chain Game Changer

While immensely popular in the United States, self-storage solutions have remained pretty uncommon throughout Europe… that is, until now. This super informative infographic from 2Flow examines in-depth the rise of the self-storage industry in the United States and looks at the growth of this emerging business in Europe.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 29 – November 2, 2018)

Talking Logistics

UPS Tells Shippers to Prepare for Freight Strike (WSJ – sub. Through the deal with its largest partner, Ocado will ratchet up its delivery business by building robotically operated warehouses for Kroger in the United States, raising the stakes in the battle with Amazon.com Inc.,” reported Reuters.

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Whitman School Collaborates with Staples to Analyze Supply Chain Management Opportunities Sparking Millennial Interest

GlobalTranz

Staples already has an excellent distribution system, with the capability to deliver next-day to 96 percent of the United States’ population,” said Burak Kazaz, PhD , executive director of the Center, The Laura J. The Whitman School is home to the nation’s first supply chain management program (SCM).

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This Week in Logistics News (October 5-9, 2015)

Talking Logistics

MercuryGate Offers Leading TMS Solution to Freight Forwarders. Con-way Freight Announces Fall 2015 General Rate Increase. In global trade news, after years of negotiations, the United States and 11 other countries reached a deal on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. Washington Post).