A freight carrier should serve as a trusted transportation partner that works in alignment with your team to meet the needs of your customers. For that reason, among others, they need to be an organization that you know will get the job done. Aside from security, your company undoubtedly has unique standards and requirements in …
Supply chain visibility remains a hot-button topic for supply chain executives. When executed correctly, it can open the door to new efficiencies, contributes to higher profitability, and reduces risk. Meanwhile, the premature launch of systems and processes can dramatically add to costs. As Halloween approaches, poor implementation of visibility-gaining systems will reveal a monster. This …
A Standard may be defined as a repeatable, documented and harmonized method of doing something, whether it relates to the manufacturing of an item or managing a process, quality of material etc.. Standards contain technical and documentary specifications or other information required to be used consistently as a rule, guideline, or definition.. The use of …
A supply chain is defined as an end to end process involving a network of people, resources, activities, organizations, technology, information, etc. that provides a path to the movement and, the flow of goods and services from the supplier to the end-customer. Now, this doesn’t sound troublesome when it’s carried out at a smaller level. …
The maritime sector is a major global industry. In fact, an article published by the World Bank reports that shipping accounts for 80% of all world trade’s total volume. However, like other lucrative industries, it doesn’t only deal with accommodating a high demand for services, but also constantly faces numerous environmental issues. Shipping companies have …
Can you think of the most important aspect of your e-commerce store that you are in complete control of? Well, some would say all of it but that’s not the case for lots of e-commerce business owners. Some business owners only focus on the financials of their business while they hire others to focus on …
Climate change has been and is at the heart of many initiatives within the shipping and freight industry.. Whether it is IMO’s proposed implementation of IMO 2020 regulations 98 days down the road, or the use of bio fuels to run ships or the use of scrubbers or LNG powered ships, there are several initiatives …
Shipping from China has been an issue for many traders and countries, ever since China opened up for global trade around 1980 and became an economic superpower in the 2000’s. On the back of some dramatic growth in the last 30 odd years, China has grown into one of the most significant financial and economic …
An efficient supply chain is known to provide a great competitive advantage over competition and make the process of supply chain seamless.. But to improve the efficiency of supply chain management and create effectiveness, companies need to create and improve predictability, optimize the supply chain costs, reduce or minimize working capital, do due diligence and …
(Paris(CA) – 12 September, 2019) – CargoX, the public blockchain logistics document transaction platform which was built on a public blockchain, has been integrated into RoadLaunch, the private blockchain-based digital freight management platform. This is the first publicly available integrated product in logistics of this kind, which merges the strengths of public and private blockchains …