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[WHITE PAPER] SONAR SCI: Holding carriers accountable means knowing the freight market

FreightWaves SONAR

There is a scene in Curb Your Enthusiasm where Larry David, who had never before purchased illegal drugs, asks a dealer, “Is that a fair price you’re quoting me?” In addition to whether shippers are being charged a fair price, there is also the question of whether shippers are getting what they are paying for.

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[WHITE PAPER] 4 Strategic Considerations when Considering Offshoring Parts of your Supply Chain

GlobalTranz

Lured by the promise of cheaper labor ( which is starting to not be the case ), companies are blind to the tactical costs of manufacturing overseas. White Paper: Hidden Risks and Costs in an Offshore Supply Chain. Despite these and other hidden costs, offshore manufacturing has become a fact of life.

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Bonus: Top 11 thru 20 Most Popular Manufacturing Blog Posts

GlobalTranz

Yesterday we had said we concluded our most popular blog posts by category for the blog posts written from our major categories for 2014. We featured out of our 200 plus blog posts in 2014, over 50 blog posts in the manufacturing category. Top 11 thru 20 Most Popular Manufacturing Blog Posts of 2014.

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The Most Popular 16 Transportation Blog Posts from 2014

GlobalTranz

We trudge on with our top posts from our main blog categories by page view for all of 2014 from the Cerasis blog by featuring another area Cerasis is an expert in: Transportation. Top 16 Most Popular Transportation Blog Posts of 2014. Read the Full Blog Post. Read the Full Blog Post.

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From AOL To Online Freight Rates – Blog

Freightos

Same goes for books, groceries, taxis, banking, canoe and even B2B purchases. One tariff with 10 different surcharges and pricing rules is complicated. Prices originate from multiple countries and different agents. They were low-priced, pricing was easier, and parcel shipping was far easier. even IFP.

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The ‘Golden Ticket’ to Improving Manufacturing Productivity

GlobalTranz

Manufacturers are counting the cost of failing to protect capital assets. Granted, we appreciate that cost is always the deciding factor when it comes to big industrial buying decisions… . Cost is no doubt your major sticking point when it comes to a buying decision over hardware protection, right? .

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Top 20: The Ultimate Logistics Technology Roundup

Freightos

This is pushing companies, even competitors, to combine supply chain operations on shared networks in order to reduce costs. [ Next-Shoring, in which products are developed and produced closer to where they are sold, reducing inventory and shipping costs. Download the white paper! Download the white paper!