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Molex Prizes Agility

Logistics Viewpoints

This involves a lot of long-haul transportation.” Based upon the complexity and interdependencies of this supply chain, “we had an intense need for in-transit visibility”, Mr. Eberle said. There was no air freight possible then into Europe,” added Gerald van den Eijnden. The Advantages of Agility. Keys to Success.

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Automating Arrival Notifications with AIS & Artificial Intelligence

Supply Chain Network

See below aerial shot of the Port of Pasir Panjang, Singapore where the red dots indicate a vessel stop at berth. Already, users of this new supply chain visibility solution have been able to see reductions in these port related fees of 20 to 50% which can represent millions of expense dollars currently allocated to the landed cost of goods.

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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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Current State of International Transportation Industry – LogiSYM October/November 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Our vision at TRAMES, is to reduce global trade barriers through digitalizing international freight and transportation. Doing so significantly reduces physical paperwork, as well as the number of manual touchpoints in any supply chain resulting. TRAMES is all about International Freight Orchestration (IFO).

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The Beginning of the Beginning: A Progress Report on the Digitisation of Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

An indication for this belief is the level of fundraising reached by digital players like Flock Freight, a trucking platform and project44, a supply chain visibility platform, which reached US$113.5 All parties along the transport chain need to be well joined up. million and US$100 million respectively.

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Supply Chains Continue to Be Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered

Enterra Insights

They explain, “A supply chain crunch that was meant to be temporary now looks like it will last well into next year as the surging delta variant upends factory production in Asia and disrupts shipping, posing more shocks to the world economy. ”[4]. Most of the markets have been fortunate in managing Covid well so far.