Logistics

GAC USA Acquires U.S. Customs Broker's License

July 9, 2013

GAC USA, a global provider of shipping, logistics and marine services, has obtained a customs broker's license.

Aftermarket Sales Have Been an Afterthought for Too Long, Study Suggests

July 9, 2013

The aftermarket has long been just an afterthought to the sales and marketing processes, but today more and more OEMs have finally begun to realize its strategic importance as a competitive differentiator.

How Demand Modeling Can Improve Your Forecast

July 9, 2013

Patrick Smith, General Manager, North America, ToolsGroup, Inc.

The Survival Guide for Sourcing Professionals

July 8, 2013

Roger Blumberg

Critical Business Intelligence

Just How Much Inventory Is Out There, Anyway?

July 8, 2013

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Hamish Brewer, chief executive officer of JDA Software, was giving a speech at the Economic Club of Phoenix last year, when the topic of global inventory levels came up. The question he posed: How much stuff is currently in transit or socked away in warehouses the world over? The answer: Nobody really knows.

ALK Releases New Version of PC-MILER Truck Routing Software

July 8, 2013

ALK Technologies

ALK Technologies has released a new version of PC-MILER, the vendor's truck-routing, mileage and mapping software.

Crowley Launches LCL Service From Chicago to Caribbean, Central America

July 8, 2013

Crowley Maritime Corp.

The logistics group of Crowley Maritime Corp. is launching a weekly less-than-containerload (LCL) service from Chicago to the Caribbean and Central America.

Uncertainty Impacts Shippers with Volatility in General Rate Increases

July 8, 2013

The Loadstar

A series of general rate increases on the Asia-North Europe trade have gone into effect as container shipping lines once again attempt to force freight rates up to break-even levels, amid warnings from shippers and analysts that pricing volatility is set to continue - and possibly worsen.

How Realistic Is Nicaragua's Plan for Inter-Ocean Canal Like Panama's?

July 3, 2013

Business Week

In a placid lagoon about a mile inland from the Atlantic coast in southeast Nicaragua, the mast of Cornelius Vanderbilt's dredge boat rises out of the water. The railroad tycoon abandoned it along with his dream of building an inter-oceanic canal in the 1850s. More than 160 years and several failed plans later, Wang Jing, a 40-year-old Chinese telecommunications billionaire, has emerged as the next mogul to give it a go.

Proponents Go on the Road to Promote Adoption of E-Air

July 3, 2013

Air Cargo World

Momentum seems to be surging for the multilateral e-Air Waybill with the recent endorsement by the Airforwarders Association and the Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America.

Logistics

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