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Improved Supply Chain Visibility Requires an End-to-End Solutions

Logistics Viewpoints

The world’s fleet consists of approximately 6,000 ships. These ships carried nearly 150 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers last year. Last October, over 100 ships, including 70 container ships, were waiting at anchor or in drift zones to unload at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

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RFID: The Key to Improving Visibility

20Cube Logistics

In a warehouse. Use of RFID is most effective in warehouses and distribution centres (DCs) by improving efficiency and productivity. . Outbound activities : Before shipping a consignment, it becomes easy to identify errors at the carton level before moving it to pallets. . RFID for container tracking.

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Transportation Management System: What is a TMS in Logistics? [+ Top Companies Compared]

ShipBob

Transportation management systems also enable you to automate your freight tendering process. By automatically dispatching carriers, you can significantly expedite steps such as booking and tendering of freight. You can use it to quickly generate bills of landing, conduct freight auditing, and create invoices. TMS vs WMS.

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Why Logistics Management is the Need of the Hour in the Middle East?

Shipsy

The global pandemic has caused a ruckus in the economy but logistics has risen as an efficient place of access for consumers with doorstep deliveries and minimum human interaction. For this, it is necessary to have a proper tracking of the product from the customer’s place to the warehouse. June 4, 2020.

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Steering the Path to Ports & Container Optimization with AI

ThroughPut

The pandemic has further weighed down the performance of ports worldwide, with minimal workforce available at terminal hubs and fewer shipping containers on the move, thus bringing global port operations to an abrupt halt. . The maintenance and repair costs can easily reach 12% of a shipping line’s operating costs. .

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11 Ways Tech Will Change Logistics in 2017

Freightos

Tracking Freightos’ LogTech summaries showed one overarching trend: logistics companies are eyeing tech solutions; tech companies are eyeing logistics markets. We’re wrapping up 2016 with a recap of eleven logistics technology trends that shaped the year; and will change how goods are produced, shipped and consumed in 2017.

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Why Logistics Management is the Need of the Hour in the Middle East?

Shipsy

The global pandemic has caused a ruckus in the economy but logistics has risen as an efficient place of access for consumers with doorstep deliveries and minimum human interaction. For this, it is necessary to have a proper tracking of the product from the customer’s place to the warehouse. June 25, 2020.