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Knowing Whom to Bill for Rental of Chassis Is Critical for Port
When ocean cargo lines decided to divest their chassis, Hampton Roads Chassis Pool had to take on the equipment leases. The challenge was determining whom to invoice for the use of the 'wheels.'
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Tackling the Special Challenges Confronting the Industrial Supply Chain
A conversation with Richard Jennings, vice president and general manager of Ryder Supply Chain Solutions.
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Market for Commercial Fleet Telematics Could Be Worth $26.8Bn by 2018
ABI Research forecasts that revenues in the commercial fleet telematics market will increase from $7.25bn in 2012 to reach a total of $26.8bn in 2018, with North America closely followed by the Asia-Pacific region as the largest markets and Western Europe in third position.
Organization Tasked with Putting Some Pep in Britain's Automotive Industry. It Just Might Succeed.
The UK car industry is on a global charm offensive to rebuild the shrunken supply chain behind Britain's auto business, targeting 15,000 new jobs and almost 200 fresh projects over the next three years.
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Telogis Launches Enhanced Route Planning Suite
Telogis Inc. has developed the Telogis Route Planning Suite. The tool is an extension of the company's location-intelligence platform, delivered in a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model.
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Small Firm Takes on Big Job of Optimizing Military Inventories
Gleason Research Associates blends its proprietary software with the mobile computers of Intermec to help the U.S. Army track and audit everything from desks to tanks. Efficiency soars, and errors plummet.
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Static Pricing Models Are Out of Synch with Today's Transportation Market
I don't know anyone who would argue with the assertion that supply chain operations must be highly dynamic and adaptable in order to succeed in today's fast-changing markets. Why is it, then, that pricing of transportation and other supply chain services remains a largely static process, based on annual bids and static routing guides that can never do more than reflect a single snapshot in time of a company's freight volumes and flows?
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In The World of Medical Procurement, Good Isn't Good Enough
The Medical University of South Carolina, in a bid to slash more than $64m from its budget, embraces procurement automation. In the process, the facility goes from survival mode to ranking among the nation's top medical centers.
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Five Reasons Why Demand Is So Great for 'Big Box' Distribution Space
Demand for U.S. industrial distribution centers, larger than 300,000 square feet, is high and rising, according to real estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle's first "Big Box Velocity Index". Improving economic conditions, the continuing growth of e-commerce and a deep bench of tenants seeking space have all created this highly competitive fight for industrial and warehousing space. As a result, there is 96.7 million square feet of industrial construction under way, with nearly half speculative, with an average building size of 360,000 square feet.
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TermSync Adds CARE Package to Invoicing and Collection App
TermSync Inc., a software vendor offering a communications platform for post-sales activities, has unveiled a new feature it calls the CARE Package.
Lufthansa Cargo Adding Lima to Latin American Network
Lufthansa Cargo is adding the Peruvian capital of Lima to its global route network, as of Oct. 27, 2013.
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Argentine Sea Terminal to Launch RFID-based Reefer Management System
Argentinean container-terminal operator TecPlata is installing an RFID-based solution to track and manage conditions within the refrigerated containers (known as reefer units) stored at Buenos Aires's La Plata Port, making it one of the early adopters of a new system provided by Identec Solutions. The terminal is scheduled to open at the end of this year.
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