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The Global Trade Compliance Market is Crazy!

Logistics Viewpoints

Many multinationals have engineered their global supply chains to minimize taxation by creating subsidiaries in low taxation nations like Switzerland, Ireland, and Singapore. Secondly, one core supply chain application is a transportation management system. That approach to taxation engineering is less potent than it used to be.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 1-5, 2017)

Talking Logistics

I’m still catching up from my week on the road, and getting ready to head out again next week to speak at the Manhattan Associates conference (I’ll be speaking on “A Brave New World: Transport to the Future”), so I’ll just share some of the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week without commentary.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Selecting & Managing Logistics Companies & Emerging Logistics Tech Trends

GlobalTranz

The rationale for outsourcing certain manufacturing and supply chain processes, such as transportation management, fulfillment, and more to logistics companies is evident and clear. 80 percent of manufacturers or shippers in the US use a a logistics company for domestic and international transportation. We hope you enjoy it!

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Doing Business in Belgium

QAD

Typical manufacturing products made in Belgium include engineering and metal products, automobile assemblies, transportation equipment, scientific and precision instruments, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, textiles, glass, petroleum and food and beverages. Belgium’s transportation and communication pathways are robust. percent, France 9.5

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This Week in Logistics News (December 10-14, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Economic misery, gridlocked ports, shortages of medicine and food, disrupted flights and a potential rekindling of violence in Northern Ireland are all very real threats. As summarized by NBC News: If [British politicians] can’t come up with a plan, the default scenario is that the U.K. will crash out of the E.U.

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YARD MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Questionnaire

The Lean Supply Chain

The standalone Yard Management Systems (YMS) market is approximately $ 35.000,000 US which includes C3, Pinc, Navis and Yardview software solutions. About 50% of companies still use clipboards, spreadsheets and walkie-talkies to manage their yards. The vertical for YMS is Warehouse and Transportation markets. Labor Management.

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Another Load of Malarkey

Tailwind

No, that’s Scottish, not Irish, and it stands for Transportation Management System. This one company Tailwind Transportation Software even has this free phone app called ‘P O’D Complete’ where with one click of a button you can complete the dispatch and send a signed POD electronically right into the system. “I

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