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Examining the World of Risk Management

September 17, 2015

Dana Martin, product manager of Elementum, offers an overview of risk management, and how far companies have come in integrating the discipline with their global supply chains.

DAT Solutions Launches Freight Market Analytics Service

September 16, 2015

DAT Solutions

DAT Solutions has launched an online analytics service for transportation and logistics professionals to access truck and load data on the 149 key market areas in North America with the highest concentrations of inbound and outbound freight. Through a Tableau web portal, customers access a set of trucking freight data visualizations. Users also have the option of importing data into their own systems.

Eliminating Waste in Supply Chains

September 15, 2015

Ryder

LLamasoft Inks Partnerships for Supply-Chain Modeling

September 15, 2015

LLamasoft Inc.

LLamasoft Inc. has entered into partnerships with three supply-chain companies, to provide detailed data to customers of its modeling applications.

CEVA Launches Weekly LCL Service From Singapore to New York

September 15, 2015

CEVA Logistics

CEVA Logistics has launched a weekly less-than-containerload (LCL) service from Singapore to New York.

Sweden Plans to Introduce Tonnage Tax in Summer of 2016

September 15, 2015

Maritime Executive

The Swedish government has proposed a tonnage tax system that means Swedish shipping companies will operate under competitive conditions similar to companies in other countries in Europe. The tonnage tax would be introduced in summer 2016.

How 3D Printing Promises to Transform Automotive Supply Chains

September 14, 2015

Are Purchasers of Transportation Management Technology Really Using All of That IT?

September 14, 2015

ChainLink Research

Transportation management software providers have been in a race in the last few years to build out their software and capture more business. ERP players have also been building or buying TM. A profusion of new modules, emerging players, new niches and acquisitions are reaching a fevered pitch. And we are certainly not at the heights yet.

Retail Imports Are on Rise as Holidays Approach

September 14, 2015

NRF

Import cargo volume at the nation's major retail container ports is expected to increase 1.2 percent this month over the same time last year as retailers head toward the holiday season, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

Exports From U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Hits All-time High of $99Bn in 2014

September 14, 2015

NAFTZ

The value of exports from America's foreign-trade zones (FTZs) increased by 24.8 percent in 2014, to a record $99.2bn in merchandise exported, according to figures released by the U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Board in its recent Annual Report to Congress. The 2014 export figure also represents a threefold growth of FTZ exports in the five years since 2009.