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This Week in Logistics News (November 26 – December 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

FedEx Express Europe debuts renewable diesel in Netherlands. The application then maps the information, highlighting current inventory selection and quantity at each location, the Amazon unit said. Ninety-six hours before a strike date, chemicals are no longer transported. IBM and Maersk abandon ship on TradeLens blockchain.

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How to effectively control your transport costs.

ModusLink Corporation

It is no secret that transport costs have been rising across all different modalities. Carriers must enforce measures such as peak surcharges, and records are being broken in terms of transport costs throughput. Inflation puts immense pressure on many businesses and forces them to reevaluate their current transport operations.

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The Ultimate Guide to Contract Logistics: What You Need to Know

SCMDOJO

It involves outsourcing logistics activities, such as warehousing, transportation, distribution, inventory management, and order fulfillment, to a dedicated logistics service provider. The Netherlands: The Logistics Hub of Northern Europe The Netherlands stands as a logistics hub for the whole of Europe due to several factors.

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A Tale of Two Industries: Surprising Demand Spikes amid Supply Chain Disruption

ToolsGroup

sells and deploys ToolsGroup software to companies in The Netherlands, Belgium and Turkey. As people in highly populated cities were very reluctant to use public transportation, many used savings or low-interest financing to buy second-hand cars for family members. My company Advancetics B.V.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 1 – 7)

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For those unaware of the term, shrink is an accounting term used to describe when a store has fewer items in stock than in its recorded book inventory. The six areas are energy use, nature, waste, packaging, transportation, and product use and design. This is putting the squeeze on small businesses. Robots are everywhere these days.

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American Fox Head relocates logistics hub in Europe

Supply Chain Movement

Menlo Worldwide Logistics (Menlo) has recently established a new distribution centre for the company at its Eersel, (Netherlands) Logistics Centre. Menlo will provide transport management services for inbound product and distribution to the Fox dealer network; inventory and warehousing management and order fulfilment and dispatch.

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Ease the Burden of Labor Shortages and Increase Supply Chain Resiliency 

Logility

These include transportation and material moving, warehouse and fulfillment center workers , truck drivers, call center agents, delivery services, and manufacturing workers. It’s not just skilled, semi-skilled, and manual labor that’s lacking.