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How the New UPS and FedEx Pricing Formula Is Affecting Shippers
We've had a few weeks to assess the impact on shippers of FedEx and UPS's adoption of dimensional weight pricing for all ground packages. What's the picture look like now?
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Has Container Shipping Become a Commodity?
There was a time when ocean carriers fashioned themselves as providers of premium, door-to-door transportation. Not anymore.
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Container Shipping Today: Mega-Ships and Mega-Problems
If we're to believe the big container lines, ever-larger ships are the remedy for their financial woes. Why, then, are so many of them still losing money?
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Waking Up From the West Coast Port Nightmare: Where Do We Go From Here?
Assuming that the rank and file of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) ratifies the new five-year contract negotiated with terminal operators, West Coast ports can finally focus on getting container-handling operations back to normal. So is everyone happy?
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Demand Planning at Coca-Cola: What's the Secret Formula?
The sign in the elevator banks at Coca-Cola Refreshments reads: "There is a person at the end of our supply chain." Well, that's a start.
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In Retail Demand Planning, The Numbers Can Lie
Retail demand planning is, to a great extent, a game of numbers. But the store that relies entirely on hard statistics is likely to be in for an unpleasant surprise.
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Food Supply Chains in 2015: A Banquet of Risk
The food industry has a lot on its plate these days.
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Why Procurement Is No Longer Just a Numbers Game
We've heard it before: chief procurement officers aren't just cost-cutters. They're contributing real value to the organization. But is that really true?
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For Supply Chain, the Cloud Is Still on the Horizon
For all its promise of lower cost and easier management of software applications, cloud technology has yet to be fully embraced by supply chain managers.
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Manufacturing Capacity Is Leaving China. But Where's It Going?
We've heard it before: manufacturing is leaving China and coming back to the West. But the reality isn't that simple.
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Why Delivery Drones Aren't Quite Ready for Takeoff
Expecting all that stuff you ordered over the internet to come to your doorstep by drone? Don't look up just yet.
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The 'Single Window' for Trade Filing Is Finally on the Way
It's a government program. It involves technology. And it's a good thing.
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