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Cargo Divisions of Lufthansa, ANA Expand Joint Service Between Europe, Japan
More and faster connections, more capacity, flexibility and time saving: these are the benefits available to European customers of Lufthansa Cargo and ANA Cargo as of Aug. 3. Both airlines are expanding their joint venture for freight consignments to routes from Europe to Japan.
Subaru Is Incredibly Successful. Would Expansion Change That?
Since 2011, Subaru's global sales have surged 45 percent to 913,100 vehicles, a pace bested only by a few burgeoning Chinese brands and Fiat Chrysler, which has been intent on making Jeep a popular choice in Europe and Asia. In the U.S., Tesla is the only car company that has increased sales as quickly in that period. And Subaru has done all this while cranking out the best profit margin in the industry.
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Internet of Things Gives Companies Opportunities in Customer Service Management
New market opportunities are available to companies in almost every industry from the data that IoT delivers. These new opportunities could be as simple as getting information from sensors about what is happening on the manufacturing plant floor causing automatic manufacturing updates, potential adjustment to customer order delivery dates or even a maintenance work request to handle a detected equipment malfunction. All of these opportunities cause changes to be made to the supply chain.
Reshoring: Reality or Hype?
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AstraZeneca Embraces Supply-Chain Analytics
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ULA: Launching a World-Class Supply Chain
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Launch of SATO Global Solutions Accelerates Auto-ID Industry in North America
North America's expanding automatic identification industry picked up momentum with the grand opening celebration of SATO Global Solutions (SGS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tokyo-based SATO Holdings Corporation.
TNT Launches Air Route Between Liège and Malta
TNT has launched an air route between its main European air hub in Liège, Belgium, and Malta.
L.A., Long Beach Struggle Against Ports That Can Handle Bigger Ships
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach handled 39 percent of U.S. container imports in 2002, but that figure fell to 32 percent by 2013, according to U.S. census data. They have lost business to competitors at a time when, overall, global trade is booming and imports are rising at all ports, including L.A. and Long Beach. And the ports are losing out to others that can handle larger vessels.
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Increase in Airfreight Volume Is Good News for Freight Forwarders
The Stifel Logistics Confidence Index released in May reports the airfreight index increased 2.5 points to 59.5 in May, 3.8 points higher than May 2014 and 10.6 points more than May 2013. This should be good news for air forwarders as they move through the year.
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Omnichannel to Push Annual RFID Revenue to $5.4Bn in 2020, Report Says
A Frost & Sullivan report finds that sales of RFID readers, tags and software to the retail sector will grow from $738m in 2014 to $5.409bn in 2020, reflecting a compound annual growth rate of 38.9 percent.
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Returns: The 'Ticking Time Bomb' of Multichannel Retailing
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