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Why Containerised Freight Shipping is Daunting for SMEs

Logistics Bureau

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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Digital Transformation and Business Development After the COVID Pandemic

MTS Logistics

While some parts are still struggling with higher case rates and lockdowns, some parts of the world are reopening now, in July 2021. Working and studying from home decreased the usage of paper documents and increased the need for electronic documents. We must still follow the COVID-19 prevention measures to stop the spread.

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Online Learning is Growing Exponentially—And it’s Here to Stay

Logistics Bureau

Big business from about 2011 onwards started realising the value of adding e-learning to staff training programmes. Corporate training is now a $200 billion USD industry, with e-learning taking up more than half of this amount. Because they are expensive, however, they are mainly used as training tools by large corporations.

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Top 6 Supply Chain KPIs: Keep Your Dashboards Simple

Logistics Bureau

Accurate documentation: This metric tracks the percentage of sales orders accompanied by accurate documents throughout the process. Documents included in the metric can vary but usually include advance shipment notifications (ASNs), labels, and invoices. For example, suppose you can see the cycle time reducing.

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Six trends impacting the warehouse automation industry

Logistics Business Magazine

For those further down the path, integrating these technologies into operations means trained coordination between workers, automated systems and software to drive high-speed, high-volume warehouse execution. For example, a recent Interact Analysis report showed the mobile robot market is expected to grow from $3.6bn in 2021 to $18bn in 2025.

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Protecting the World’s Vaccine Supply Chains from Cyberattacks

Now, That's Logistics

More threats could emerge in 2021 as countries around the globe rush to get their citizens vaccinated against the persistent, pervasive virus (and the new variants that continue to surface). “As Nuspire’s John Ayers points to security awareness training, proper data classification (i.e.,

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Land Transport Outlook for the Year Ahead

Now, That's Logistics

of the nation’s freight by weight , representing roughly 11 billion tons of freight (primary shipments only) in 2021. As far back as 2005 the American Trucking Associations (ATA) was documenting a shortfall that the Great Recession erased but that quickly resurfaced as the national economy recovered. According to the ATA, 38.9