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Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society (LSCMS), Supply and Distribution Group Launches Global Logistics Service Provider Benchmarking Index

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Singapore 12th August 2021: Recognising the heightened focus on overall supply chain performance due to increased disruption and challenges, shippers, manufacturers and beneficial cargo owners (BCO’s), are increasingly faced with soaring freights rates and what they, correctly or otherwise, perceive to be sub-standard or inferior service.

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The Green Corridor: Cures from the Sky! Healthcare Distribution is Driving Itself Into a More Environmentally Friendly Direction

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Early Adopters Making Gains A Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation survey which looked at effects of drone delivery on healthcare showed that Ghana was able to decrease stockouts of vaccines in general by 60%. Singapore for example has allowed for delivery to ships in its waters.

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Addressing the Talent Gap in Logistics and Supply Chain

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A global survey led by the World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index, has identified logistics workforce shortages at four levels – operative workforce, administrative workforce, logistics supervisors and logistics managers. The survey concluded that these skill gaps were prevalent in both developed and developing countries.

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

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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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Get Green – Our Future Workforce Demands Action

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In “The Deloitte Global 2022 Gen Z and Millennial Survey” we have a taste of what our future workforce values. The survey shows that the young workforce currently moving up the ranks see climate change as its second largest concern after cost of living. Think about that? Unemployment and health are lower than climate change!

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The Dispatch Report + Full Product Launch | January 2019, Issue No. 10

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Dear Community, If you care about our company and/or the freight and logistics industry (which we really hope you do!), Our community of passionate freight and logistics leaders is the backbone of our company – and the reason why we are so excited about this news. The two largest ports in the world are in Shanghai and Singapore.

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

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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 In a survey by the Institute for Supply Management released March 10, 2020, almost 75% of companies reported supply disruption due to Covid-19.