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E2open’s 22.4 Technology Update Deepens Network Coverage Across All Supply Chain Ecosystems to Minimize Disruption Risks

E2open

In transportation and logistics, carrier discoverability and enhanced visibility into late deliveries enable shippers to mitigate transportation risks and avoid on-time-in-full (OTIF) penalties. Channel partners visit multiple sources to build a complete view of sales leads, which is a time-consuming and inefficient process.

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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

US Army uses the “Transporter” container, developed four years earlier for removals, for Korean War supply movements. McLean purchases a steamship and a railroad terminal company. First intermodal cargo transportation (containers are stacked on deck). Export manufacturing starts moving away from ports.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

As a logistics service provider, focusing on over-the-road surface transportation management solutions via technology and managed transportation services, we find the following information on the history of shipping containers of great significance to the logistics and supply chain community at large. The Early Days: 1956-1960s.

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How the Bakken Oil Boom Impacts U.S. Supply Chains

CH Robinson Transportfolio

For those of us in neighboring states, North Dakota is the source of a clichéd “giant sucking sound,” the likes of which this generation has never experienced. The oil and gas industry impacts freight transportation in four significant areas: Diesel Prices. And it has all happened incredibly quickly.

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Podcast: Roberto Reichard on Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Capital Projects

Requis

I had the opportunity to work in Turkey, Egypt and in Venezuela. The pressure to be more sustainable also comes from outside sources like governments, banks and customers. Sustainability should impact procurement choices, such as favoring lower embodied carbon products over higher embodied carbon products.

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Mindmap for Supply Chain Execution 24/7

Supply Chain Movement

Sourcing from far-flung countries such as China is leading to growing uncertainty about the actual supply of purchase orders. Turks and Caicos Islands. United Arab Emirates. United Kingdom. United States. United States Minor Outlying Islands. Uzbekistan. Virgin Islands, British. Virgin Islands, U.S. Wallis and Futuna. Western Sahara.

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

Purchasing and supplier management. Production/manufacturing. Transportation. Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe. So that unfortunately means that many of your supply chain KPIs may not be stock-standard ones. Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe. Download Now. Inventory management.

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