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Embracing Digital Hazmat Training

Supply Chain Brain

Safely and compliance in shipping and handling dangerous goods and hazardous materials have become increasing complex and challenging. This makes DG compliance across the supply chain a moving target, one that requires proper training.

Training 101
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Amazon’s Freight (Train) Is Coming

GlobalTranz

Amazon announced that it shipped 5 billion items through Prime alone in 2017, and some analysts estimate it will ship over 4 billion packages in 2018. Shipping Costs Are A Thorn In Amazon’s Side At its core, Amazon is a logistics company. They’d never need to drive to a FedEx store to ship a package.

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Who is Responsible for the Wellbeing of Crew on a Ship?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Working hard on a ship should be under safe conditions that help productivity. You deserve a safe workspace on your ship, especially considering the weather conditions. Your ship should be safe when there are rough waves, storms, and other dangerous weather. Why The Wellbeing Of The Crew on a Ship Is Important.

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Outside-in Process Q&A

Supply Chain Shaman

In today’s training class, we focused on determining the balanced scorecard. They implemented a simple planning technology with an outside-in channel-centric model (Ship to model definition). Model Comparisons Ship from model: A ship-to model: Another example of bi-directional orchestration is meat packing.

Modeling 206
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Why Containerised Freight Shipping is Daunting for SMEs

Logistics Bureau

However, freight shipping is the one activity that presents significant barriers to overseas-market entry, as you may have discovered if your business is starting to look across international borders for its next step in expansion. Container Shipping Can be Tough for SMEs. Challenge #1: High Costs and Confusing Pricing.

Freight 76
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Shipping Containers and Supply Chain Snarls: Is There a Way Out?

Enterra Insights

Much of the finger-pointing involved the movement of shipping containers into and out of port facilities. For the supply chain to work smoothly, a complex and highly choreographed dance, involving both full and empty shipping containers, must be performed. More than 80 ships stretched to the distance — a new record. ”[1].

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Winning in a Down Freight Market with Nick Dangles

The Logistics of Logistics

Nick is Co-founder of Sync Logistics Training is a joint venture between Metafora + Kinetic, a Learning Management Software that gives brokerages the power to transfer years of industry knowledge to new hire employees in an engaging and effective platform. With Sync Logistics Training companies can: Reduce the burden on management.