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Scaling For 10x Growth and the Complexities of Multimodal Logistics
Challenge: Handling multimodal logistics over a period of rapid growth with spreadsheets and whiteboards. That was the challenge that faced an American crude oil logistics company in 2012, when it grew 10-fold in just six months. It needed a planning solution that could handle the complexities of multimodal logistics, and fast.
TNT Rolls Out Electric Express Delivery Vehicles in Amsterdam, Rotterdam
TNT is deploying seven 3.5-tonne electric express delivery vehicles for its operations in and around Amsterdam and Rotterdam, The Netherlands, as a partner of Freight Electric Vehicles in Urban Europe, an urban e-mobility project supported by the European Commission. FREVUE seeks to demonstrate to industry, consumers and policy makers how electric vehicles can meet the growing need for sustainable urban logistics.
Steady Growth Predicted in Middle East and Africa This Year, Despite Some Troublesome Economic Developments
A robust improvement in consumption demand, generous government support, and rise in public sector infrastructure spending are expected to result in steady growth in the Middle East and Africa in 2015, according to a report from Frost & Sullivan.
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Van, Refrigerated Truck Rates Hold Firm in U.S.
U.S. average rates on the spot truckload market remained elevated during the week ending June 13, according to DAT Solutions, which operates the DAT network of load boards. Rates in all three equipment categories held firm on the heels of big increases during the first week of June.
Money Sought to Train Truck Drivers in UK
Whilst welcoming the positive news of rising employment in the United Kingdom, the chief executive of the Road Haulage Association, Richard Burnett, has warned that a chronic skills shortage continues to affect the UK road haulage industry.
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Upended Business Model Brings New Opportunities to Industrial Distributors, Study Finds
Industrial distributors are facing changing market conditions that are challenging their long-standing business models, according to a study conducted by research firm TNS on behalf of UPS.
For Trade Agreement Backers, It's a Slow Path to Fast Track
On Capitol Hill right now, "fast-track" is the slowest thing going.
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Omnichannel Impact on Warehousing
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Late to the Party: Healthcare Giants Embrace RFID, With Immediate Results
BJC HealthCare joins with Cardinal Health and Cook Medical in a three-way pilot to apply RFID tags to items at the supplier stage. Will their success goad a technologically backward industry to follow suit, and eliminate billions of dollars of waste from the supply chain?
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Procurement Leaders Should Ease Up on Cost Reduction
Globalization and evolving social, economic and regulatory trends have elevated corporate competition to a new level altogether. For procurement departments in particular, cutting costs, doing more with less, and running agile operations are the new standards for success.
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Procurement Aims for Your Trust by Closing Ability Gaps
With their operating budget expected to grow by just 2.7 percent this year, procurement leaders are focusing their transformation efforts on cultivating procurement's role as a trusted advisor, investing in next-generation training and development, and harnessing big data.
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