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The 7 Best Events For Freight Shipping in 2015

GlobalTranz

FTR Transportation Conference 2015 Indianapolis, Indiana; September 15-17. Early bird registration is already open for 2015’s FTR Transportation Conference, which dubs itself “The Premier Forecasting Event of the Year.” 2015 Surface Transportation Summit Toronto, Ontario, Canada; October 14.

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CSR: Small Is Beautiful

EcoVadis

Nonetheless, this initial assessment was useful as it enabled us to formalize our CSR approach as well as our existing policies covering human resources, environmental practices and business ethics. We realized that we had a lot of initiatives in place but nothing was formalized. As a result, the score was not what we expected.

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CSR: Does Size Really Matter?

EcoVadis

Nonetheless, this initial assessment was useful as it enabled us to formalize our CSR approach as well as our existing policies covering human resources, environmental practices and business ethics. We realized that we had a lot of initiatives in place but nothing was formalized. As a result, the score was not what we expected.

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Trade Acronyms as a Second Language

CH Robinson Transportfolio

USTR negotiates directly with foreign governments to create trade agreements, resolves disputes, and participates in global trade policy organizations. They also meet with governments, business groups, legislators, and public interest groups, gathering input on trade issues and discussing the President’s trade policy positions.

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Top Ten Tips to Boost Supply Chain Performance to Best in Class

Logistics Bureau

I’ll also be providing some step by step guides and tools on these at our Free Seminars Series in February and March, but more on that later. Transport Service Selection. Tell tale signs of a network problem will be increasing inventory, warehousing and transport costs, stock outs and rising customer complaints.

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TIA adds VPs to enhance membership and government affairs

DAT Solutions

The Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) has appointed three new vice presidents to enhance its new membership and government affairs efforts. Burroughs has 11 years of Congressional affairs experience and serves as the staff liaison on several policy committees that affect freight brokers. will affect their businesses.

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Common Supply Chain Mistakes to Avoid

Logistics Bureau

Among the most important elements of good Supply Chain management, are an understanding of customer needs , development of appropriate customer service offers and policies, and effective management of the service offer. At our seminars I often share case studies demonstrating the impact of not getting this right.