Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The years 2020 and 2021 have not been easy for any company engaged in shipping containerised freight internationally. That’s a massive problem for SMEs, for example, that last year might have been paying $4,000 to $5,000 (USD) to ship a 40-foot container from Asia to North America, and now face rates of $20,000 and above.

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MTS Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2020

On a sunny Sunday afternoon, while I was jumping from one news feed to another, I saw an article about Mercy ships and the latest news about Global Mercy, which will be the world’s largest civilian hospital ship. She is still under construction in Xingang, China and she’s being planned to be ready in 2021.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 18, 2022

But supply chain impacts like the rising cost of gas, or the inability of a train to cross Siberia to bring goods from China to Europe, or the increased congestion this would cause at China ports, was not the supply chain impact I feared most. The book won the FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award in 2021. This took days.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2021

In this article, Botond Kovacs-Mate (pictured), Branch & Country Manager in Hungary AsstrA-Associated Traffic AG , analyses the ramifications of Hungary’s current infrastructure projects for trade between China and Europe. For now, the vast majority of trains from China to Hungary cross the EU border at the Polish town of Ma?aszewicze

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Kanban Logistics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

In this article, we’ll tell you about the recent award the Terminal has received as well as everything you need to know about the intermodal facility. The terminal enables rail containers to be offloaded from freight cars arriving at the terminal and then loaded onto another train or truck for final distribution.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

MARCH 8, 2022

A record number of ships were lined up outside many US ports for a berth for many months in 2021 increasing the port and yard congestion across the country. Given China’s systemic production cost advantage, which now averages 30% to 35% even when shipping costs are included, ” says a recent article from the Harvard Business Review.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 19, 2021

Well, imagine you are training for a 100 metre sprint in your district. If, for example, you are concerned about the pick rates in your warehouse, or your transport costs, or your inventory accuracy, benchmarking can help you because it can show you exactly where your performance is compared to others in your industry.

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Now, That's Logistics

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

of the nation’s freight by weight , representing roughly 11 billion tons of freight (primary shipments only) in 2021. With the national labor shortage also expected to continue into 2023, expect to see companies getting more creative in their driver recruitment, training and retention strategies. According to the ATA, 38.9

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 20, 2021

As an example of how illuminating the perfect order KPI can be, let’s look briefly at damage-free delivery as an example. For example, if the on-time percentage is 98%, the in full is 93%, the damage-free is 99%, and the orders with correct documentation is 96%, the calculation will look like this…. x 0.96 = 0.8661.

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Conger

JULY 28, 2022

In this article, you’ll: Learn the top safety guidelines for warehouses. We’ll talk more about specific risks later in the article, but briefly, warehouse workers commonly face hazards associated with: Forklifts and other material handling equipment. Reduced spending on warehouse safety training programs. Let’s dive in!

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Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

In the case of my example above, 20% of the time they didn’t have the stock available. In the case of my example, Company A was getting 90%. The one thing that stands out in this example is inventory availability—and that is exactly where this company’s management team trained their focus. What do I mean by this?

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

However, achieving major growth was not possible with just ironing articles alone. Today, the company from Hilden near Düsseldorf offers more than 5,000 articles from the areas of lingerie, bathroom, living, kitchen, and leisure – with patents or property rights for around 1,500 products. Business boomed.

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WorkWave

AUGUST 31, 2021

The New York Times published an article acknowledging that “veterans are working, but not in jobs that match their advanced training.” . For example, a majority of veterans possess skills that would be perfect for a career in truck driving. As of 2021, the average annual salary for a freight hauler is about $40,000 or $19.23

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 15, 2018

For example, DHL analyzes 58 different parameters of internal data to create a machine learning model for air freight. The most well-known examples are Transmetrics and ClearMetal , which were both mentioned in the latest DHL’s Logistics Trend Radar. billion by the end of 2021. GET YOUR FREE WHITE PAPER. DOWNLOAD WHITE PAPER.

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Logistics in War

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

ULAC are used by artillery soldiers in the field for the safe transport and storage of propellant and projectiles in training and operational environments. So too have a range of commentators, in an array of articles and across different media. The containers were designed and produced in BAE Systems? South Australian workshop.

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Conger

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Because in this article, we not only discuss the top operations management problems. Investing in worker training. For example, you can automate a lot of material handling tasks now. The American Trucking Association reports that trucking companies were short over 80,000 drivers in 2021. Training workers.

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Conger

JULY 28, 2022

The types of cold storage warehouses (with examples). 5 Cold Storage Warehouse Examples. billion in 2021. 5 Cold Storage Warehouse Examples. So let's go over a few common cold storage warehouse examples. This is your ultimate guide to cold storage warehouses. In it, you'll learn: What cold storage warehousing is.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 31, 2022

One example is the expansion of the automated warehouse at Hase Safety Gloves GmbH. Realisation Phase: From: 2021-05-31. To: 2021-10-30. It houses new logistics areas, an innovation centre for customer training, product development and product presentation. IFOY category : Integrated Warehouse Solution. Description.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 18, 2022

I moved to the US in December 2021 right in Chicago. Before these for a few years, we were training students into robotics. How was that organized, the training of robotics? The next thing we know, there was an article we read in the newspaper which says, “Three guys trying to solve the problems of common men and women.”

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 11, 2023

For example, if your ecommerce business processed 5,000 orders last month for a total of $300,000, the average order value for the month was $60. Sometimes the vendor can give projections of when the item will be back in stock and shipped, for example: “Won’t Ship Until July,” “Won’t Ship for 10 Business Days,” etc.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Many times during those long training rides, which I have done mostly by myself, I thought about giving up or taking a shortcut back home. As the company stated in the press release, “parcel volume has increased 48 percent globally over the past two years and is expected to grow another 17 to 28 percent between 2017 and 2021.”

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 18, 2018

Lagos-based Andela trains programmers and facilitates their placement with software companies around the world. Although the Dubai example is perhaps a long shot, the promoters of Smart City Lagos are right to aim that high. The state government has also started training its staff to align them with its smart city vision.

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