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This Week in Logistics News (April 16-19, 2018)

Talking Logistics

I am in Minnesota today, at the CSCMP Twin Cities Roundtable Annual ½ Day Seminar , where I am participating in a keynote session with Rick Blasgen (President & CEO of CSCMP) and Steve Raetz (Director Research & Market Intelligence at C.H. Shipping firm CMA CGM to buy 25 pct stake in Ceva Logistics (Reuters).

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Contracts, Cancellations, and Closures: Persistent Trends Leave a Pre-Peak Season Logistics Industry on Edge

Intelligent Audit

With peak shipping season just around the corner, the logistics industry is looking forward to a smoother supply chain than previous years have provided. However, transportation management experts caution logistics providers not to get too excited. Having spent nearly $10 billion transporting letters and packages in 2021, the U.P.S.

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Getting the Education and Experience to Land a Job in Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

List all classes or seminars you’ve taken in the subject area as well as any paid or unpaid jobs. Likewise, any military service looks great on a resume, particularly if it’s related to in-service duties in inventory management or dispatching. Expect to be asked in detail about your IT skillsets when interviewing.

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26 warehouse pros reveal the most important factors to consider when moving to an automated warehouse

6 River Systems

Warehousing consists of multiple processes including receiving/documenting incoming products, storing products based on specific warehouse design criteria, picking orders, documenting parts picked, packaging, shipping and documenting damaged/returned parts. The latter question is especially pertinent for B2B environments.

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Distribution in China takes a detour

Supply Chain Movement

Hence the companies Bugaboo and Foss have both faced considerable challenges, as they revealed during the recent ‘Supply Chain Opportunities in China’ seminar in Amsterdam on 24 June 2015. The roundtable discussions during the seminar confirmed that it’s a familiar problem. By Marcel te Lindert. The nation has close to 1.4

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50 expert tips on improving warehouse efficiency & productivity

6 River Systems

After all, if you don’t have a product to store and ship, you don’t have a business. Offer cross training and provide continual training seminars on new procedures to improve productivity.” It helps them learn the products, customers and paperwork (or electronic inventory) system. Focus on employee retention.

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Top 25 Supply Chains of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

Department of Transportation to ban the product from air transportation. The company is also exploring the idea of using blockchain technology to reduce global shipping costs by as much as 20%. Printer-friendly version. Media Type. Media Credit. Privacy Settings. anonymous user. DataTable subpages. Media Image. transactionID.

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