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The RocketFuel Story with Josh Beatty

The Logistics of Logistics

As Josh and his partner scaled Launch Fulfillment , they encountered some cash flow issues inherent in high volume parcel shipping that their ecommerce customers required. Client Access & Transparency: Provides client access to their shipping data for increased transparency and decreased administrative overhead.

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Key Takeaways from SAP Spend Connect Live

Logistics Viewpoints

For example, a buyer might say, “You only shipped me 800 of the 1000 products I ordered.” And the supplier might reply, “I only agreed to ship 800.” For example, a pallet supplier in the United Kingdom would be able to look at the analytics and see what their market share in the UK is.

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The ShipBob Story with Dhruv Saxena

The Logistics of Logistics

Dhruv and co-founder Divey Gulati founded ShipBob from their apartment, going to extreme lengths to get the startup off the ground in 2014 – including marathon coding sessions and poaching their first ShipBob customers while they waited in long lines at post offices to ship their packages! About ShipBob.

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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

This year the annual United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP26) was held at the SEC Centre in Glasgow, United Kingdom, from 31 October to 13 November 2021. The second Z – Zero emission shipping routes: the Clydebank Declaration. degrees Celsius,” states the Climate Action Tracker.

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The BoxC Story with Chad Schofield

The Logistics of Logistics

Chad is the Co-founder and Chief Digital Officer of BoxC , a logistics startup out of 500 Startups Batch 6 that simplifies the complexity of international parcel shipping by bringing together logistics and compliance resources from around the world into a single platform. It’s frictionless. It’s flexible.

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Freight Market Snapshot: Houthi Attacks in Red Sea and Suez Canal News Updates

Freightos

Suez Canal News Update The Suez Canal is a crucial lane for global shipping, with 50-60 vessels of all types transiting each day for about 19,000 per year, including about 30% of global container traffic and more than a million barrels of crude oil per day. What to expect from shipping in the Suez Canal & Red Sea?

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Ransomware Attack Involving Blue Yonder Hosted Software

Supply Chain Matters

and United Kingdom based retailers. According to a published report by The Wall Street Journal ( Paid subscription ), the attack im pacted retailers such as Starbucks and United Kingdom grocery chains Sainsbury’s and Morrisons. operations, and specifically the Stop & Shop grocery chain.