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Air Freight Explained: Calculating Costs and Price Trends

Freightos

As a matter of fact, the largest cargo airplane , the Anatov 225 – can hold an entire train. Steve Jobs famously purchased the entire available air freight capacity along key Asia-US routes to ship the first iMac prior to holiday season. Why Ship Cargo by Air? Airplanes are about 30 times faster than ocean liners.

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3 Ways a Poorly Managed Inventory Can Ruin a Business

RFgen

Ray Panko, a professor of the College of Business Administration at the University of Hawaii, suspected businesses were too confident in their manual data tracking capabilities, and he wanted to test their overconfidence. Employees make mistakes all of the time. But do they always know when they’re making them? It Hampers Productivity.

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3 Ways a Poorly Managed Inventory Can Ruin a Business

RFgen

Ray Panko, a professor of the College of Business Administration at the University of Hawaii, suspected businesses were too confident in their manual data tracking capabilities, and he wanted to test their overconfidence. Employees make mistakes all of the time. But do they always know when they’re making them? It Hampers Productivity.

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Top 20 Verified Supply Chain Experts You Can Hire

SCMDOJO

Expertise: Process improvement, support for procurement capabilities, purchasing management, Procurement Management Consulting, Procurement Strategy, and Procurement Conference Speaker James Meads is an independent consultant and advisor that focuses on working with mid-market companies and startups in the procurement technology space.

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FNAQ – Frequently Not Asked Questions of a SaaS Provider

Tailwind

It’s a monthly subscription so you no longer have to purchase licenses. None of those BIG CAPITAL PURCHASES you have to disgorge from your budget… you know, the ones you have to pay upfront… even before you really know if the software is going to work for you. . What type of Server do I need to buy? No, don’t get that anymore.

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Good News for Holiday Coffee Lovers — More Investment in Responsible Coffee Supply Chains

SupplyShift

As a sign of its commitment to supporting coffee-growing communities across its global supply chain, Starbucks has already invested $100 million in farmer loans and training centers, and a program called Coffee and Farmer Equity (C.A.F.E.) created in partnership with Conservation International. The C.A.F.E.

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Good News for Holiday Coffee Lovers — More Investment in Responsible Coffee Supply Chains

SupplyShift

As a sign of its commitment to supporting coffee-growing communities across its global supply chain, Starbucks has already invested $100 million in farmer loans and training centers, and a program called Coffee and Farmer Equity (C.A.F.E.) created in partnership with Conservation International. The C.A.F.E.