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Easing Freight Transportation in ASEAN Requires Major Investment

Emerging Southeast Asian nations need to pour $300bn into transport links to help ease freight bottlenecks. That just got harder as the prospect of reduced Federal Reserve monetary stimulus pushes up borrowing costs.

How to Stop Cargo Theft From Stealing Your Profits

Movie heists often involve sophisticated tools and brilliant plans that depend on crack timing in order to succeed. Not so in real life.

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Food Processor Snaps to It, Cuts Delivery Time to the Military

Reducing delivery time and meeting stringent labeling requirements of the military caused food processor American Bounty some indigestion until it found the right logistics partner.

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Enhancing the Supply Chain in South Africa Through Mobility

In his 1999 book, "Business at the Speed of Thought", Bill Gates wrote: "How you gather, manage and use information will determine whether you win or lose." The book may be more than 10 years old, but this statement has never been more relevant to today's complex supply chain environment in South Africa.

Is There a Return to Focus on Core Services by Ocean Carriers?

A mixture of financial necessity and commercial reality is further forcing ocean carriers to return to providing core services only. Shipping lines are still being squeezed out of providing home-grown integrated logistics services. This is evidenced by Maersk's recent news that it has entered into an agreement to sell the assets of its U.S. trucking subsidiary, Bridge Terminal Transport.

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Keeping Cool in the Consumer Products Supply Chain

California Innovations, inventor of the collapsible cooler, works with Weber Logistics to minimize shipping costs and meet the demanding specifications of its retailer customer base.

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All-Terrain Vehicle Parts Supplier Zips Through U.S., Canada Customs

Consolidating multiple shipments of vehicle accessories and replacement parts, some quite heavy, into one movement has saved a U.S. distributor a lot of money and really given the gas to its business growth in Canada.

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How Sweden's Procurator Got a Handle on Its Inventory

The manufacturer of industrial safety products and cleaning supplies "didn't have a clue" about what was in its warehouses - until it implemented a new system for forecasting, purchasing and inventory control.

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The ABCs of Sales & Operations Planning

John Boyer Jr., president of J.E. Boyer Co. Inc., explains the basics of sales and operations planning, and details the benefits to be obtained from embracing the process within the organization.

A 3PL Copes With Complexity as Wine Retailer Goes Online

When a key customer opted to embrace the internet, the U.K.'s Europa Worldwide Logistics had to step up with new software to manage the intensified demands for order management and customer service.

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Study Finds 66 Percent of Warehouse Professionals Plan to Expand Technology Investments by 2018

The role of technology in warehouses has shifted from purely reducing costs and has increasingly expanded into benefits that can drive differentiation and profitable growth for business, according to a study by Motorola Solutions Inc., which provides communication solutions and services for enterprise and government customers.

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Canada 'Missing Out' on Arctic Shipping Lanes

Canada may be missing the boat on using Arctic shipping to encourage development at the same time Russia steams ahead on its own northern waters.

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