Publication: Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies

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Indonesia's Waters Have Become the Most Pirate-Infested Area in the World

Somalia and Gulf of Aden still have pirate-infested waters, but over the last five quarters, a new country’s national waters have become the most heavily pirated on earth, according to data from the International Maritime Bureau’s Piracy Reporting Ce ... [Published Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies - 11 hours ago]
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Railroads Promote the Mode as More Environmentally Friendly Than Trucking

Freight that moves by rail instead of highway is estimated to reduce emissions by two-thirds, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. If just 10 percent of the long-haul freight currently moving by truck could be switched to rail, it would ... [Published Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies - 11 hours ago]
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Keeping It Cool: Challenges in Temperature Controlled Transportation

By: Chris Taylor, Director of Sales and Marketing, RWI Transportation | May 24, 2013RWI, an asset-based 3PL specializing in temperature-controlled transportation, recently conducted a survey of shippers with cold supply chains to better understand their ... [Published Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies - 11 hours ago]
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Insights on Transportation Spend Management

Functional silos and lack of visibility across an organization are two factors that contribute to sub-optimal management of transportation spend, says Richard Erickson of Syncada. He discusses how to overcome these and other barriers. [Run Time (Min.): ... [Published Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies - 12 hours ago]
Entities: Transportation
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In April, Class 8 Net Orders Up 36 Percent Year Over Year

Class 8 orders remained above 20,000 units for a seventh consecutive month in April, rising to their second-highest volume in sixteen months. April Class 8 net orders totaled just over 23,200 units.Medium duty net orders totaled 16,740 units, the best ... [Published Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies - 12 hours ago]
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Supply Chain Asset Monitoring Has Wide Application in Healthcare Arena

Real-time monitoring already happens in intensive care healthcare settings, where patients’ vital signs are constantly monitored. Now, use of the technology is being extended to less intensive settings, like remote at-home monitoring of the elderly or ... [Published Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies - 12 hours ago]
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The Value of Freight Bill Auditing

Auditing freight bills not only prevents overpayment, but also helps ensure adherence to contract terms and identifies market trends, says Allan Miner, President of C.T. Logistics. [Run Time (Min.): 9 ... [Published Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies - 12 hours ago]
Entities: Logistics
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

SaaS-Based TMS Fits the Bill for Large Grocery Co-op

A large retail grocery cooperative in the U.S. was looking to reduce freight costs and improve service levels with their existing transportation team. In a short video, learn how LeanLogistics addressed these issues and helped the grocery co-op gain visibility ... [Published Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies - May 23 2013]
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Preview of the 18th Annual 3PL Study

By: C. John Langley, Supply Chain Professor, Penn State University | May 23, 2013Prof. John Langley of Penn State gives a preview of the 18th Annual 3PL Study, to be released in October 2013, and discusses the methodology and analysis behind the now global ... [Published Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies - May 23 2013]
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Supply Chain Excellence Brings Resilience, Helps Balance Supply and Demand

For most companies, growth has slowed. Profits are sluggish. Complexity reigns and cycles are longer. The challenges and opportunities of business are greater. Supply chain excellence helps a company to better balance demand and supply. It also helps ... [Published Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies - May 23 2013]
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With Risk Management as Their Mantra, Workforces Gear Up to Handle Disruptions

Eighty-five percent of companies with global supply chains experienced at least one supply chain disruption in the previous 12 months. Risk is inherently unpredictable. Fortunately, the current workforce is undergoing its own transformation to be able ... [Published Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies - May 23 2013]
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Port of San Francisco's FTZ No. 3 Expands to Neighboring Counties

The Port of San Francisco's Foreign Trade Zone No. 3 has won approval from the U.S. Department of Commerce to expand its service area.The FTZ now includes Contra Costa, Marin and Solano counties, as well as portions of Sonoma and Napa counties. The previous ... [Published Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies - May 23 2013]

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...ATA have given me many opportunities to demonstrate leadership," said Kevin Burch, ATA vice chairman and president of Jet Express, Dayton, Ohio. "Participants in LEAD ATA will be given important leadership tools that they can use to guide this association and industry into a promising and prosperous future."
ATA Introduces Program Encouraging Young Executives [Published Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies - May 21 2013]
...proud of our newest and the largest of UTi's five logistics centers in Taiwan," said Brian Dangerfield, UTi president for the Asia Pacific region. "The 42,900-square-meter (461,000 square feet) facility features a 'green building design including an LED lighting system and rain water collection and recycling which meets UTi's 'ThinkGreen' initiative."
UTi Unveils New Logistics Location in Taiwan [Published Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies - May 20 2013]
The challenge is doing the right thing in the supply chain at the right time. "We have to get security right, and apply it across the supply chain. We need to think end-to-end. Introduce a security model that moves away from the endpoint. We need to capture failures within the supply chain, so the customer is never affected."
Preventing Vulnerabilities in the Supply Chain [Published Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies - May 20 2013]
...challenges, India provides strong growth opportunities across segments, including infrastructure," said Naveen Mishra, research director at Gartner. "The nexus of forces – big data, cloud, social and mobility – are finding real-time business-driven use cases, which is bringing a paradigm shift in the way IT is delivering business impact and hence, changing the role of an Indian CIO" he said
Infrastructure Investment of $2.9bn in India Predicted by 2017 [Published Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies - May 18 2013]

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Indonesia's Waters Have Become the Most Pirate-... [Published Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies - 11 hours ago]
Railroads Promote the Mode as More Environmenta... [Published Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies - 11 hours ago]
Keeping It Cool: Challenges in Temperature Cont... [Published Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies - 11 hours ago]
Insights on Transportation Spend Management [Published Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies - 12 hours ago]
In April, Class 8 Net Orders Up 36 Percent Year... [Published Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies - 12 hours ago]
Supply Chain Asset Monitoring Has Wide Applicat... [Published Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies - 12 hours ago]
The Value of Freight Bill Auditing [Published Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies - 12 hours ago]
SaaS-Based TMS Fits the Bill for Large Grocery ... [Published Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies - May 23 2013]
Preview of the 18th Annual 3PL Study [Published Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies - May 23 2013]
With Risk Management as Their Mantra, Workforce... [Published Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies - May 23 2013]
Supply Chain Excellence Brings Resilience, Help... [Published Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies - May 23 2013]
Stifel Logistics Confidence Index Stays Positiv... [Published Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies - May 23 2013]
Port of San Francisco's FTZ No. 3 Expands to Ne... [Published Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies - May 23 2013]
Initiatives in Florida to Enhance the State's P... [Published Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies - May 23 2013]
LTL Industry Outlook [Published Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies - May 23 2013]
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