Food Logistics
APRIL 2, 2024
Sheer Logistics acquired CargoBarn, a tech-enabled third-party logistics provider (3PL) that provides full truckload freight brokerage, expedited, drayage, and other specialized services.
Freightos
APRIL 2, 2024
Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Comments This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. More Resources Home April 2, 2024 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market.
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Supply Chain Brain
APRIL 2, 2024
La Niña is expected to usher in ample rains in a matter of weeks, providing relief after record dryness afflicted the key transit channel in 2023.
Freightos
APRIL 2, 2024
Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Email This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. More Resources Home Ahead of the Curve: How Digitalization Helped Air Cargo Amidst Red Sea Shipping Diversions Joyce Tai April 2, 2024 If there’s one lingering lesson from the supply chain crisis of COVID, it’s that digitization can help organizations navigate crises…but that digitization can’t be put in place DURING that same crisis.
Heico Sandee, CEO of Smart Robotics, explores how automation redefines warehouse culture. By shifting repetitive tasks to skill-based roles, automation improves safety, fosters collaboration, and makes warehousing more appealing to today’s workforce.
Supply Chain Brain
APRIL 2, 2024
Brands, carriers, and third-party logistics providers are rapidly adapting their operations to address a chaotic shipping landscape and skyrocketing customer demands.
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Supply Chain Brain
APRIL 2, 2024
A majority of the vessels permitted in the secondary channel will be ones helping with cleanup efforts for the collapsed Baltimore bridge.
MTS Logistics
APRIL 2, 2024
Today, April 2nd, is World Autism Awareness Day. As many of our readers know, autism awareness and acceptance is a cause near and dear to our hearts at MTS Logistics, the parent company of MoreThanShipping.com. Now in its 14th year, the 14th Annual Bike Tour with MTS for Autism, will take place on June 8th, 2024 in New York City. The event is the shipping and logistics industry’s largest biking event ever.
Supply Chain Brain
APRIL 2, 2024
The two insulin drugs will be temporarily out of stock through the beginning of April, according to Eli Lilly.
Logistics Business Magazine
APRIL 2, 2024
The Chairman of the UK National Association of Pallet Distributors (NAPD) has called for supply chain businesses to ensure they have a ‘reuse first’ policy in place for pallets. As new legislation will be introduced in the UK and EU in 2024, environmental reporting will be mandatory for large businesses and is expected for SMEs by 2026. NAPD Chairman Paul Tait said the many companies that supply products such as food, drink, and pharmaceuticals can make the transition more straightforward by reu
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Supply Chain Brain
APRIL 2, 2024
The growth in e-commerce in recent years has led to a surge in small-parcel volumes. Distributors are struggling to keep up with the deluge of shipments to consumers and businesses.
FreightWaves SONAR
APRIL 2, 2024
You don’t have to use historical data to justify your contracts…or at least you shouldn’t. Transportation pros from the executive seat down to the entry-level analyst have better data to lean on to make their jobs easier. A common way for shippers to run RFPs, annual bids or even shorter projects is to simply rely on pricing data from a core group of trusted carriers and brokers.
Supply Chain Brain
APRIL 2, 2024
Lee Smith, global trade attorney at Baker Donelson, reviews the top economic, regulatory and geopolitical concerns of supply chain executives for the coming year.
Commercial Carrier Journal
APRIL 2, 2024
The CLX makes Quantix one of the largest chemical 3PL companies in its network.
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As early as next year, procurement and supply chain operations will begin to adopt AI agents, often called “agentic AI,” to work alongside employees to make and execute decisions with precision across procurement and even the most complex global supply chains. Unlike LLM-based generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, these AI agents do not require prompts from humans.
MercuryGate
APRIL 2, 2024
Importing and exporting are not without challenges, especially in terms of the complexity of import compliance regulations. The global trade environment is ripe with geopolitical tensions, varying stages of digitization, and a lack of automation. The post Import Compliance Deep Dive: Tackling Tough Questions in Global Trade appeared first on MercuryGate International.
Logistics Business Magazine
APRIL 2, 2024
Stoecklin Logistics, a leading provider of automated material handling and warehouse storage systems, announced the company’s new CEO, Juerg Frefel, at MODEX 2024 in Atlanta recently. Appointed for his expertise as a natural scientist and engineer, Frefel (pictured) is passionate about supporting Stoecklin’s efforts in achieving sustainability and reducing its overall environmental impact.
NGT News
APRIL 2, 2024
Electric vehicle charging network EPassport and community management services supplier Associa have partnered to provide next-generation EV charging stations at Associa-managed communities throughout the U.S. Under the agreement, Associa will implement EVPassport’s infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform across its national portfolio of managed communities, delivering a reliable, frictionless charging experience to over five million residents.
Logistics Business Magazine
APRIL 2, 2024
Descartes Systems Group, a global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that the British kitchen retailer, Wren Kitchens, is using Descartes’ dynamic appointment scheduling, route planning and optimisation solution to improve surveyor productivity allowing them to complete 56% more customer appointments and significantly reduce its overall ‘cost per appointment’, which has saved the company £2million annually.
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Procuring freight can be cumbersome, time-consuming, and error-prone. If you’re frustrated with the complex and manual processes for obtaining bids for your contract and spot freight, you’re not alone. In today’s fast-moving supply chain environment, optimizing these processes is critical to staying competitive and cutting costs. Join this exclusive webinar with experts from Uber Freight to learn how the latest digital tools and automation can transform your freight procurement strategy by strea
Supply Chain Brain
APRIL 2, 2024
The charity announced that it would be suspending its delivery of food aid on April 2, all while experts warn that famine is imminent in northern Gaza.
Logistics Business Magazine
APRIL 2, 2024
Renova, a European consumer products brand in the tissue paper products segment, has automated its intralogistics operations with the opening of a new clad rack high-bay warehouse in Torres Novas, Portugal, where its head office is based too. The manufacture, design, calculation and installation of the structure was the responsibility of the storage solutions specialist AR Racking, who also carried out the project management.
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