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The New Definition of Supply Chain Agility and Resilience in an Unpredictable World

Logistics Viewpoints

The definition of agility and resilience will continue to evolve. The creation of a new digital ecosystem has enabled these and other changes that will shape the definition of supply chain agility and resilience in the 2020s and beyond. There are Also Commercial Reasons. The Road to Agility and Resilience.

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The Definitive Guide to Transportation and Logistics Terminology

GlobalTranz

The following is a list of widely used terms that will help you with deciphering freight bills, articles, comments, and communications made by transportation professionals and the mainstream media about everything transportation. Commodity: Any article of commerce, including raw material, manufactured, or grown products.

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The Freight Forwarder’s Era: The Top Advantages of Working with a Freight Forwarder

MTS Logistics

Let’s start with some definitions of what a freight forwarder is. A freight forwarder is a person or company that coordinates and organizes the movement of shipments on behalf of a shipper by partnering with carriers who transport cargo by ships, airplanes, trucks, and railroads. It will be efficient.

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How to Ship: Oversized Cargo, Containers, and Parcels

Freightera

Streamline Your Oversized, Undersized, and Container Cargo Shipping Processes by Following These 6 Tips. It’s not easy to move oversized cargo. That’s why, in this article, we want to focus on all three and make sure to give you all of the information you’ll need in order to ship any of them. Oversized Cargo Shipping Tips.

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What’s Holding Back Customer-Centric Air Cargo?

Freightos

What’s Holding Back Customer-Centric Air Cargo? . As the cream of air cargo’s innovators held turns on the floor, this question came up time and again. The industry’s mindset is holding customer-centric air cargo back. That was my big take from Elevate , presented by Air Cargo World earlier this month.

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Is there a connection between Incoterms® and the shipping line.??

Shipping and Freight Resource

Welcome to the last article of “annus horribilis” = 2020. Let’s analyse the questions starting with the definition of Incoterms®. First published in 1936, Incoterms® rules provide internationally accepted definitions and rules of interpretation for most common commercial terms.

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Delivery In Incoterms

Globalior

The term “delivery” has an important definition when it comes to Incoterms. For CPT and CIP terms however, the seller is responsible for paying for transport although the delivery is made when cargo is handed over to the carrier. Do not rely on the default definitions as these may not suit your model. Freight hub?