Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Supply chain executives are braced for a global slowdown and see a threat to emerging markets, according to Agility’s annual survey. Sixty-four percent of industry professionals surveyed for the 2020 Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index say a recession is likely in the next 12 months. 2020 Index and Survey Highlights.

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RPA Labs

JULY 22, 2021

To maintain a competitive edge in the shipping and logistics industry, businesses must follow a few best practices to improve freight forwarding customer service. Streamline Payment Management by Auto-Auditing Freight Invoices. Freight invoicing involves maintaining the checks and balances of the shipper.

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RPA Labs

JULY 22, 2021

To maintain a competitive edge in the shipping and logistics industry, businesses must follow a few best practices to improve freight forwarding customer service. Streamline Payment Management by Auto-Auditing Freight Invoices. Freight invoicing involves maintaining the checks and balances of the shipper.

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3PL Links

APRIL 26, 2023

Revolutionizing the Industry: Discover the Top 3 Logistics Trends for 2023! Image source: Pixabay Everyone who is familiar with the transportation industry understands that things do not always go as planned. The latter is concerned with implementing industry-proven technologies.

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Freightos

JULY 24, 2024

In July, Freightos conducted a survey of over 100 small business importers and exporters, primarily from the United States, who utilize the Freightos.com marketplace for international freight. The survey aimed to explore the impact of these changes on their operations.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2023

Container xChange has released a Container LogTech predictions report for 2023, which highlights important global trends that the shipping and supply chain industry will witness in 2023. Most of the experts surveyed foresee that inflation and recession will have a greater impact this year and will be the biggest driver of disruptions. ‘‘Due

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Freightos

MAY 22, 2017

Freight Forwarding And Digital Customer Service Five Years From Now. And it does it by going straight to the forwarders. What do forwarders think will happen to freight service by 2022? In a newly-published survey, nearly seventy freight forwarding managers gave us their thoughts on that.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 29, 2020

Shipping and freight professionals want to change their supply chain strategies post-Covid, according to a recent survey. Answered by over 300 Shipping and Freight Professionals across the world, the survey brought out some key indicators that will inform the future course of global supply chains. Find more details here.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 30, 2020

Recognising the enormous pressures facing the logistics sector, skills specialist Seetec Outsource is urging businesses to recruit freight forwarding apprentices to build capacity and start equipping a new generation with the knowledge and skills to face the challenges ahead.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Flexport – a logistics service provider whose services include order management, delivery, trade financing, insurance, freight forwarding, and customs brokerage – raised $260 million on an uncapped convertible note from Shopify. Skydio, an intelligent drone technology, received $230 million Series E fundraising.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 25, 2020

A Gartner, Inc, survey of 260 global supply chain leaders in February and March 2020 found that 33% had moved sourcing and manufacturing activities out of China or plan to do so in the next two to three years. Survey results show that the COVID-19 pandemic is only one of several disruptions that have put global supply chains under pressure.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 13, 2024

The automotive industry’s reliance on its supply chain running smoothly is important to ensure the consistent production of vehicles for consumer and corporate demand, especially considering that most vehicles can contain between 15,000 and 25,000 component parts. How does the industry respond to these challenges?

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Zebra Technologies Corporation has announced the results of its ‘Food Safety Supply Chain Vision Study’ The study highlights the views of consumers as well as food and beverage industry decision-makers worldwide from distribution and warehouses to grocery stores and restaurants around safety, traceability and transparency.

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The Logistics Academy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

The global freight forwarding market has grown by 2.7% in real terms since this time last year, but owing to a continuation of excess capacity issues and lower average oil prices, rates continue to fall in both air and sea freight. Top 25 Global Freight Forwarders. DHL Supply Chain & Global Forwarding.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Supply chain industry executives do not foresee a global economic recovery until 2022 or beyond, despite an expectation that Asia, North America and Europe will rebound this year from the downturn triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Of 1,200 industry professionals surveyed for the 2021 Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index, 51.5%

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Forto

JULY 15, 2019

In this article, you will learn to recognize and identify the signs that indicate you need to change your freight forwarder, what to consider when changing freight forwarders or logistics service providers and how long it can typically take to successfully implement the change. . Signs you Need a New Freight Forwarder.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 20, 2023

A larger share of freight forwarders and supply chain professionals this year in 2023 are expecting disruptions owing to COVID outbreaks in China and the Chinese New Year factory closures as compared to the last year (2022). “We We also asked how the industry is planning for the closures.

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247 Customs Broker

MAY 8, 2018

Say “freight forwarder” and the first thing that might come to mind would be “forward-thinking,” a market run by visionary leaders who can use predictive analytics to forecast and deliver on new shipper demands. Furthermore, 72% of those forwarders surveyed failed to quote, thereby missing out on digital business.

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RPA Labs

MARCH 3, 2022

When asked about this for the 2021 MHI Annual Industry Report , 53% of the supply chain professionals surveyed said they are investing in robotics and automation technologies, while 54% are investing in cloud computing and storage. Create a Better Freight Document Processing Strategy With RPA Labs.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The survey, undertaken by Sapio Research on behalf of IMHX 2019, also revealed that 44 per cent of respondents are planning some form of warehouse infrastructure expansion within the next year. The post “Positive Outlook Across 3PL Sector”, says IMHX survey appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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MTS Logistics

OCTOBER 10, 2022

We have witnessed the greatest transformation to logistics and the supply chain the industry has ever seen over the past few years. Considering the past two years have been extremely profitable in shipping overall, this resulted in an increased interest in the industry by venture capital firms. Conclusion.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

As noted by DC Velocity , “ most freight forwarders, traders, and shippers expect more disruption in the 2022 third-quarter peak season than they felt last year. The survey also found that although many companies have arranged international shipments early this year, most continue to rely on the spot freight market to move goods.”.

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247 Customs Broker

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

imports in 2017 – the fastest rate of growth in more than seven years; yet the industry remains siloed and outmoded. Eytan Buchman, a Freightos vice president, told Logistics Management in an interview that survey responses confirmed what the compnay had long suspected. Department of Commerce data reports a 6.7% Only 11.7%

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 14, 2024

With a detailed analysis of current challenges, including capacity constraints and the need for greater operational efficiency and transparency, this report is grounded in insights from 106 industry professionals. Key Findings from the Report 1.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

ABP owns and operates 21 ports and hubs dotted around the UK, plus the Hams Hall rail freight terminal, east of Birmingham, which is leased to Maritime Transport. Henderson’s role at ABP is to manage and optimise the strategic direction of property including building surveying, estate, asset management initiatives and master-planning.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 29, 2019

The future of the UK’s fast expanding subscription box market (subcom) looks bright if trends in the US are anything to go by – according to a new State of Subscription Commerce survey. The industry is growing at a healthy rate with 65 per cent of enterprises predicting at least doubling sales over the next five years.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Last month, Adrian Gonzalez’s blog post on value-added services for third-party logistics providers (3PL) provided statistical evidence from a survey that supports the transformational trend in the trade and logistics space.

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Freightos

JULY 23, 2019

This year alone, Maersk has accelerated its direct-to-shipper strategy, digital forwarders have raised massive rounds (like Flexport’s billion-dollar injection), and platforms for forwarders and carriers – big and small – have continued to pop up almost daily, at least that’s how it seems. SOURCE: Ti GLOBAL FREIGHT FORWARDING 2019. “We

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20Cube Logistics

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Why Digital Freight Forwarding Increases Supply Chain Efficiency. Technology is changing the freight forwarding industry by streamlining processes that previously took many people and many hours to complete. The Bottom Line is Streamlined.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 30, 2019

These were two of the key findings from Paragon Software Systems’ annual UK customer survey, which was completed by more than 100 industry professionals. The 2019 survey results showed that technology is now playing a critical role within road transport to gain added visibility and control.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 6, 2018

More than 500 qualified respondents to our “34th Annual Salary Survey” report that their salaries moved up only incrementally last year. This year’s survey again draws the most feedback from successful logistics managers who have been climbing the executive ladder for some time. Respondents reflect. Avoiding burnout.

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247 Customs Broker

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

These were two of the key findings from Paragon Software Systems’ annual UK customer survey, which was completed by more than 100 industry professionals. The 2019 survey results showed that technology is now playing a critical role within road transport to gain added visibility and control. Compliance to U.S.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 26, 2018

INTTRA, a neutral electronic transaction platform for the ocean cargo industry, maintains that the ocean cargo industry has moved beyond the “digitization tipping point,” and is on the verge of advancing from innovation to action. Importing and managing the logistics of your precious freight is no easy task. Subscribe today.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 26, 2018

INTTRA, a neutral electronic transaction platform for the ocean cargo industry, maintains that the ocean cargo industry has moved beyond the “digitization tipping point,” and is on the verge of advancing from innovation to action. Importing and managing the logistics of your precious freight is no easy task. Compliance to U.S.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The seven industry bodies dedicated to container safety, collaborating as the Cargo Integrity Group, highlight an independent study carried out by researchers at Italian University Politecnico di Torino into shipper and forwarder application of the CTU Code.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Agility conducted a transport route survey to identify any routes that might be risky or challenging for drivers. It is one of the world’s top freight forwarding and contract logistics providers, and a leader and investor in technology to enhance supply chain efficiency. Agility is a global logistics company with $5.2

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247 Customs Broker

MARCH 1, 2018

If there were one clear-cut conclusion to be drawn from our “2018 Warehouse and Distribution Center (DC) Equipment Survey,” it would be that the outlook for spending is bullish. At the same time, the survey revealed growing interest in the use of relatively new types of technology, including robotics, drones and smart glasses.

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