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Modeling Piece Price Comparisons for Local and Regional Suppliers Versus Low-cost Country Initiatives

SCMDOJO

Hard costs: Piece price Tariffs Shipping cost Cost of additional inventory to support longer lead times and supply variability The additional cost of maintaining suppliers in a foreign country Supplier quality (cost of inspection, sorting, rework, returns and scrap) Additional supplier delivery (cost of expediting and premium freight charges) Environmental (..)

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What’s the Difference Between a Freight Broker and Freight Agent?

Supply Chain Game Changer

10 Tips To Be A Successful Freight Broker! The terms freight broker and freight agent are often confused in the cargo and shipping sector. Freight brokers and agents contribute significantly to optimizing the shipping process. So, what are the differences and similarities between a freight broker and freight agent?

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Transportation in the Americas: A Cross-Country Comparison

MIT Supply Chain

Truck transportation comprises 75% of all freight in Latin America. Mendonça, Villena, and Ruiz interviewed professionals from three distinct areas of the freight world: trade associations, multinational companies, and carriers?—?including including owner-operators.

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Unlocking Digital Efficiency in Logistics – Data Standards and Integration

Freightos

The increase in the volume and use of digitized freight data has made the need for – and lack of – industry data standards all the more acute. Here’s How We Get There Part of the frustration stems from comparisons to other, similar industries including air travel for passengers. are growing too.

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The Importance of Sustainability Benchmarking

Logistics Viewpoints

The dashboard is part of a broader Sustainability Hub, which allows companies to collaborate and access freight emissions from FourKites tracked freight. FourKites Sustainability Dashboard also enables companies to identify the highest source of freight-related emissions across the supply chain.

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Freight Benchmarking: What Is It? Why Do It?

Logistics Bureau

Whether your company is a big or small player in terms of shipping volumes, and regardless of your chosen transportation modes (road, rail, ocean, air), the health of your bottom line depends in no small part on the competitiveness of your freight prices. So how can you be sure you’re getting the best freight rates possible?

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Supply Chains (And Freight Rates) Crank Up Again: Freight Rate Update W1

Freightos

Supply Chains (And Freight Rates) Crank Up Again: Freight Rate Update Wk 1. As supply chains crank back into action following the vacation, the January ocean freight GRI (General Rate Increase) stuck, with China-US rates increasing by 27%. The situation is better for air freight. Air Freight Pricing. TRADE LANE.

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