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Adapting Manufacturing Strategies for Distribution Center Management

The new global marketplace has brought many benefits for consumers, while also ushering in new levels of expectations for manufacturers, which can complicate the delivery of products.

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Real-Time Tracking Said to Be Coming to Postal Service by Year's End

The United States Postal Service expects to see real-time tracking in all 67 of its districts by the end of 2013.

UPS Launches Monitoring Service for High-Value, Temp-Controlled Shipments

UPS has launched a monitoring and risk-management service for high-value and temperature-sensitive shipments.

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GAC USA Acquires U.S. Customs Broker's License

GAC USA, a global provider of shipping, logistics and marine services, has obtained a customs broker's license.

Aftermarket Sales Have Been an Afterthought for Too Long, Study Suggests

The aftermarket has long been just an afterthought to the sales and marketing processes, but today more and more OEMs have finally begun to realize its strategic importance as a competitive differentiator.

How Demand Modeling Can Improve Your Forecast

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Just How Much Inventory Is Out There, Anyway?

Hamish Brewer, chief executive officer of JDA Software, was giving a speech at the Economic Club of Phoenix last year, when the topic of global inventory levels came up. The question he posed: How much stuff is currently in transit or socked away in warehouses the world over? The answer: Nobody really knows.

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ALK Releases New Version of PC-MILER Truck Routing Software

ALK Technologies has released a new version of PC-MILER, the vendor's truck-routing, mileage and mapping software.

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Crowley Launches LCL Service From Chicago to Caribbean, Central America

The logistics group of Crowley Maritime Corp. is launching a weekly less-than-containerload (LCL) service from Chicago to the Caribbean and Central America.

Uncertainty Impacts Shippers with Volatility in General Rate Increases

A series of general rate increases on the Asia-North Europe trade have gone into effect as container shipping lines once again attempt to force freight rates up to break-even levels, amid warnings from shippers and analysts that pricing volatility is set to continue - and possibly worsen.

How Realistic Is Nicaragua's Plan for Inter-Ocean Canal Like Panama's?

In a placid lagoon about a mile inland from the Atlantic coast in southeast Nicaragua, the mast of Cornelius Vanderbilt's dredge boat rises out of the water. The railroad tycoon abandoned it along with his dream of building an inter-oceanic canal in the 1850s. More than 160 years and several failed plans later, Wang Jing, a 40-year-old Chinese telecommunications billionaire, has emerged as the next mogul to give it a go.

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Proponents Go on the Road to Promote Adoption of E-Air

Momentum seems to be surging for the multilateral e-Air Waybill with the recent endorsement by the Airforwarders Association and the Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America.

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