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National Logistics Day 2024

Enterra Insights

From the origin of logistics — with the first efforts made to transport goods and supplies — to today’s most complex management and distribution systems, logistics has become a pillar of the business world. To put that in context, we employ more people than the population of Denmark, which only has 5.8 million people. 3] They are: 1.

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Building Profitability with Agility while Digitally Transforming the Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

From an upstream point-of-view, raw material availability, visibility, sourcing and timing will continue to be the primary areas of focus, particularly with organizations looking to mitigate any new market disruptions. From an inbound operations perspective, visibility continues to be a common thread in facilitating this convergence.

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Supply Chain Movement issue 26 – Logistics Strategy

Supply Chain Movement

the fifth edition of supply Chain Movement’s 3pl subway Map of europe doesn’t appear to show many changes in the competitive landscape, but start-ups – both from the netherlands and abroad – are the source of the real innovations in logistics nowadays. 30 | Top 25 SCM Executives Denmark 2017. 36 | Visualization: logistics 4.0.

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If You Spend a Week with a Carrier’s Driver

Talking Logistics

He moves goods for Ikea around Western Europe, and had been in Denmark most recently. is not as bad as in Europe (there isn’t a similar source of “cheap labor” drivers here — or you can argue that all drivers are equally underpaid here), but drivers in the U.S. Apparently, those audits aren’t working very well.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 15-19, 2013)

Talking Logistics

As I’ve commented in previous postings, if you are a 3PL or transportation company and you’re not involved in cross-border shipping with Mexico, then you are missing out on a growing business opportunity (see Reuters article from December 2012). And with that, have a happy weekend! Song of the Week: “Safe and Sound” by Capital Cities.

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

The following is a 5,000 word exploration of Maersk’s strategic shift to end-to-end logistics services, based on open sources. Maersk would split into two divisions – a Transport & Logistics division, and an energy division. Other sources reported that DB Schenker was not the only forwarder making this shift.

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The Smart Shipping Container Revolution

GTG Technology Group

Each container has a different barcode, which is scanned upon entering and exiting transport. Transportation management systems (TMS) use this information in combination with cutting-edge software solutions to monitor shipping times, routes, and logistics. Live information feeds significantly improve transportation management.