Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 14, 2023

Many multinationals have engineered their global supply chains to minimize taxation by creating subsidiaries in low taxation nations like Switzerland, Ireland, and Singapore. The other types of penalties involve not paying a high enough duty by not using the proper Harmonized System commodity classification.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

Additionally, the superior speed vs. ground transportation is unquestioned. Zipline’s fixed wing UAV delivery systems in Rwanda are moving at 100 kilometers per hour with no stop lights. Singapore for example has allowed for delivery to ships in its waters. Because of the flying capability’s, there is no traffic or route issues.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

Singapore is one of the largest fuelling stations of the world (over 20% of ship fuelling happens here), so capacity for sustainable fuels is critical for global sustainability efforts. In Q1, 2023for example an expanded Neste Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) refinery will be coming online in Singapore. Air and Ocean Infrastructure.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The right way” emphasizes that our fundamental relationship with the Earth demands that products be made and transported in ways not harmful to the Earth. To eliminate unneeded transport or unnecessary miles is always something the logistics manager needs to do. The devil is definitely in the details.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 21, 2023

And now for this week’s logistics news: Walmart Adds Truck Powered by Compressed Natural Gas to its Transportation Fleet CMA CGM offers $5.5 The vehicle will make its inaugural trip from Indiana to California, where it will be featured at the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo. CMA CGM is offering 5 billion euros ($5.48

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The Green Corridor: Digitise Wisely to Reduce Emissions by Timothy Foote , Founder of Susymbio Digitisation in the logistics and transportation industry produces efficiency gains for nearly all players in the economy today. The NOTAM (Notice to Air Missions) system had one damaged database file which shut down everything.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 16, 2021

Logistics hubs will re-emerge at the local/mega city level, and sub-system suppliers and component suppliers will source, assemble and deliver from their own backyards. Escalating freight rates and severe capacity crunch. Air freight rates have sky-rocketed to 7-10 times higher during Covid-19. MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 19, 2023

Fortunately, great minds are making progress to capture this energy in ways that could change the transportation and logistics industry. It has not been fast enough in my opinion, but more countries are offering incentives to retrofit existing buildings with tried and tested solar panel systems. Vehicles Also Have Roofs!

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The processes and systems for dealing with carbon numbers are relatively new. Do you transport your products to your customers on the other side of the world in a container ship? In the transport industry one would then simply calculate the tons of carbon emitted per kilogram shipped. Are Ocean Freight Prices Absolutely Broken?

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Molex has more than 80 manufacturing facilities around the world supported by an 18,000 strong supplier eco-system that provide raw materials, electronic components, and services. This involves a lot of long-haul transportation.” There was no air freight possible then into Europe,” added Gerald van den Eijnden. Keys to Success.

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 25, 2015

Or so I thought until I ran into some old and new friends at the recent Payload Asia Conference in Singapore. I decided to attend because one of the topics on the agenda was the impact of e-commerce on the air freight business. The cardinal obligation of the airline is to safely transport people and goods between any two airports.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 14, 2021

One key development is the role of regulation and how it will push forward the change to a carbon-free logistics system. Societies have been paying for health costs linked to industrial and transport pollution, but those costs are paid in taxes that go into healthcare systems. The devil is always in the details though.

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TransAudit

MAY 16, 2022

How Long Has the Freight Audit Company Been In Business? The company’s ability to remain in business usually speaks to its proven ability to audit freight bills and recover lost profits. This is key because technology is the starting point for any freight bill or accounts payable recovery audit.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 15, 2023

It is even larger than the emissions from our own transportation sector. How to Reduce Emissions Outside the Farm Most of us may be off the farm, but we are not out of the system for the sheer fact that we all consume food. As the logistics expert on the team, I work on different projects with South Pole as and when needed.

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QAD

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

In 1963, Singapore, Sabah, and Sarawak joined the Federation. The fledgling country was troubled by an insurgency, confrontations with Indonesia, the Philippine’s claim on Sabah and then Singapore’s withdrawal in 1965. It has 116,169 km of paved roadways, so overland transport of goods is simple. Imports, which reached $160.7

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

In this February 10, 2023 edition of Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech we highlight news related to Shopify and Flexport , as well as Frieghtos , each in the transportation and logistics visibility tech segment. Shopify itself has been growing inherent logistics services by way of acquisition.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

We are pleased to continue our 2021 fire-side chat series with key people in the supply chain industry, and it is with particular pleasure to catch up with Stuart Whiting, Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain, Logistics & Planning at Schneider Electric, based in Singapore but with a global functional responsibility. Green Skies?

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 4, 2016

Second, we just released our second Talking Logistics YOUniversity course, Building a Strong Transportation Management Foundation. MNX Global Logistics Acquires Specialty Aviation 3PL Aero Express Logistics in Singapore. DOT Releases 30-Year Freight Projections. JDA Achieves Key Competitive Wins and Sees Strong Cloud Growth.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 29, 2021

The detection of the UK variant in September 2020 was a big alert to be in guard, but our system was slow in detecting the mutant variants of concern. Singapore donated 4 cryogenic oxygen tanks that were airlifted by the Indian Air Force. We probably took it lightly and got into the celebration mode.

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Freightos

APRIL 16, 2015

Optimized trucking capacity : Technology companies like 10-4 are optimizing capacity usage, closing the loop between truckers, shippers and brokers. [ 10-4 Systems , @10_4systems ]. Faster service, great capacity usage and direct connectivity with freight companies means better access to service providers. ZDnet , @talk19 ].

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 22, 2016

These futuristic driverless pods will run on Singapore’s roads by end of the year ( Mashable ). As the folks on Sesame Street would say, the future of transporting goods and people is brought to you by the letter ‘D’ — as in droids, drones, and driverless. FusionOps Raises $25 Million In Series C Financing.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

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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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Globalization has morphed into a digitally driven system, which is about to be overtaken by a fast-growing digital services market. Imminent fiscal recovery packages could entrench or partly displace the current fossil-fuel-intensive economic system,” states a paper of Oxford Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Our vision at TRAMES, is to reduce global trade barriers through digitalizing international freight and transportation. This problem statement is exacerbated when supply chains are long and complex, with further fragmentation through disconnected legacy systems. TRAMES is all about International Freight Orchestration (IFO).

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Supply Chain Movement

OCTOBER 16, 2017

A system of poor supply chain incentives. The India tax system is a series of complex state taxes based on origin of goods and a central, federal tax. Reddy estimates that this increased transit time by about 50% on a high volume transport lane like Mumbai-Delhi. And it’s a story that begins, funnily enough, with taxes.

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Elementum

OCTOBER 15, 2015

As the event starts to take effect, here are ten things you should know about how different weather systems will impact your supply chain. The fires are causing high levels of haze in Singapore and other countries, where pollution levels are almost unprecedented. Food prices will likely skyrocket. Rice shortages in the U.S.

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MIT Supply Chain

MARCH 5, 2015

But the implications of this standoff between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association go beyond idle ships and stranded freight containers. Strategy Transportation Global Supply Chains ILWU MIT CTL Panama Canal port automation trade unions US ports west coast port stoppages'

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TransAudit

JUNE 22, 2022

Even if you do not currently ship cargo or freight to this area, it can be extremely beneficial to have a service provider who has the functionality and experience of auditing shipments. When it comes to auditable points, there are a vast array of variables that should be considered to perform a viable parcel or freight audit.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 16, 2021

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 It is sensor and system data that are foundational to drive a new quality of collaboration across networks.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2022

Körber acquires enVista’s omni-channel and global freight audit and payment services. They use many of the same components, such as motors and guidance systems, and follow similar designs. Customers in Singapore will also benefit from increased European inbound capacity. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 11, 2019

Robinson, Descartes Systems Group, and MercuryGate. Amazon made a smart bet years ago when it bought Kiva Systems, and the company is placing another bet in BALYO, a warehouse robotics firm that “transforms standard forklift trucks into standalone intelligent robots thanks to its breakthrough proprietary Driven by Balyo technology.”. “The

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 23, 2020

Smart use of Blockchain : Use of blockchain allows organisation to become more compliant, transparent and create traction in new types of services, such as mobile freight brokerage systems, smart contracts to replace service agreements. Taiichi Ohno, father of the Toyota Production System. MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

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Elementum

AUGUST 2, 2017

In 2015, the Asian-Pacific region dominated the industry with significant impact from China, India, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, and Malaysia. Hunt Transport Services, C.H. China’s piggyback transportation route, unlike the US, is operating without a unified system, making rail, road and water transportation difficult.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The continuing lack of labor, equipment and capacity has highlighted systemic issues and the need to create a truly 21st century supply chain to ensure resiliency against the next major disruption.” Supply chain managers are used to confronting the occasional supply chain disruption; however, a systemic disruption is something new.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 17, 2018

BluJay Acquires UK Customs Solution Provider, Grosvenor Systems. BluJay Acquires Grosvenor Systems. Speaking of global trade, BluJay Solutions (a Talking Logistics sponsor) acquired Grosvenor International Systems, “a leading provider of customs and compliance solutions to the UK and European markets.” The fun never ends.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2022

San Francisco -based Onera provides retail technology that connects inventory across siloed systems and transforms them into a single, real-time source of inventory status. A previous edition of this column published in December of 2019 highlighted release of the company’s fulfillment operating system. Oracle announced the roughly $28.3

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

OHL Launches Freight Consolidation Services Offering. As described in the press release: To help accelerate the design and development of blockchain applications, IBM Garages will open in London, New York, Singapore and Tokyo to enable IBM experts to collaborate with developers on the design and implementation of blockchain for business.

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