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The Beginner’s Guide to Bill of Lading Documents

ShipLilly

While you don’t want to forget any of those documents (no matter how numerous or tedious they may be), there’s one you definitely want to become familiar with: the bill of lading. A bill of lading is one of the most common – and important – documents in the shipping and logistics industry. Why are Bills of Lading important?

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Fleet Route Optimisation in the Past, Present, and Future

Logistics Bureau

Over a relatively short period, a transport or fleet manager’s ability to support an efficient distribution network through route and delivery optimisation has shifted from almost nil to almost limitless.

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The History of Fleet Route Optimisation in Logistics

Logistics Bureau

Over a relatively short period, a transport or fleet manager’s ability to support an efficient distribution network through route and delivery optimisation has shifted from almost nil to almost limitless. Back to the Nineties However, it’s not always been like it is today.

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Unmasking the Supply Chain: How Blockchain Brings Transparency and Trust

Logistics Viewpoints

Blockchain presents an opportunity where all companies have influence over data and transactions they receive from partners, which means automation can extend beyond internal systems. ERP & SCM Systems (2000s2015): Centralized ERP suites (e.g.,

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Kimberly-Clark’s Digital Transformation of Shipping

Logistics Viewpoints

One of the speakers was Abby Weisenberger, a distribution consultant at Kimberly-Clark. Weisenberger’s presentation particularly interesting was that while Ms. Weisenberger is leading their digitally enabled shipping initiative, she works in distribution operations rather than transportation. This was an online event.

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Logistics, preparedness and the Defence Strategic Review

Logistics in War

By David Beaumont National Defence: Defence Strategic Review was released to the public on 24 April 2023, to a defence ‘community’ only too eager to scrutinise the document for its consequences on the ADF’s capability mix. Naturally, there is a way to go to realise the intention of the document as many sceptical commentators point out.

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The Past, Present, and Future of Technology in the Warehouse

Logistics Bureau

If it were only possible, such an adventure would really throw today’s distribution center advances into focus. Now imagine what the distribution center of 2045 will look like if technology continues to disrupt logistics as profoundly as it has done since the 1990s. Is your mind boggling yet? Scanning Technologies.