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Pandemic Lessons For Supply Chain Leaders

Supply Chain Shaman

The Covid-19 pandemic tested the global supply chain. With the contraction of air capacity and the unprecedented level of imports to the United States from Asia, logistics constraints grew in importance in the pandemic. Air expediting took on a new meaning in January, with air capacity down 18% and escalating prices. Next Steps.

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11 Ways Tech Will Change Logistics in 2017

Freightos

Reducing excess capacity and making trucking more efficient has been a hot topic. Freight Booking Is (Slowly) Going Online. For years, online freight was limited to US domestic trucking. For decades, freight was about bigger ships. Today, there’s global recognition that digital freight is the future.

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Supply Chain Trends for 2022: Answers to Your Top Questions

CH Robinson Transportfolio

event of 2022, my colleagues, Christina Carroll, vice president of LTL, Alan Rowlett, director of global operations and strategy, and I set out to offer exactly that. The second is transit time, which has the potential to return to pre-pandemic levels if volumes drop significantly or if there is more investment in capacity. How is C.H.

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How Auditing Invoices Reduces Total Container Shipping Costs

Intelligent Audit

The state of ocean freight continues to evolve in the wake of peak season, approaching holiday shipping deadlines , and ongoing disruptions. The Freightos Baltic Index has slipped slightly to $9,351 per container as of this writing, but looking at the bigger picture over time raises even more concern.

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Freight Innovation and the Lesson from a Dead Remote Control Tech Play

Freightos

In this article, we review how carrier and forwarder fragmentation remains one of the most significant hurdles for modern freight, how freight standardization and platformification are posed to change that, and why innovation we can’t even imagine might be around the corner. But as a freight technology junkie, it made sense.

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Adoption of Digital Platforms by SMEs & MSMEs in Supply Chain Post COVID-19

Shipsy

Global Supply Chain is the backbone for every nation’s growth as it is a sum of all the processes & operations from procurement of raw materials, through the manufacturing & ends at the sale, transport & distribution of these products. Container Crises: The pandemic made a severe impact on the global supply chain.

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

ShipBob

This allows you to plan the loading space of your containers, trucks, and trailers so you can make the most of the available space while considering the maximum weight that each vehicle is capable of carrying. Transportation management systems also enable you to automate your freight tendering process. Tracking and visibility.