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“2013 Outlook – New Supply Chain Strategies for The Asia Era” – Mark Millar

By: 3plwire Post Date: January 22, 2013 2 comments
“2013 Outlook – New Supply Chain Strategies for The Asia Era” - Mark Millar
As a result of recent and rapid developments in worldwide commerce, we have seen supply chains evolve into complex international networks, which can no longer adequately be described using the linear concept of a ‘chain’. The depth and breadth of complexity, connectivity and inter-dependencies involved in today’s international commerce has resulted in the emergence of [...]

Streamlining the Employee Assessment Process – Easy, Low Cost Fixes

By: 3plwire Post Date: March 20, 2012 1 comment
Streamlining the Employee Assessment Process - Easy, Low Cost Fixes
Streamlining the Employee Assessment Process – Easy, Low-Cost Fixes One of the most complicating problems with an employee assessment system is that it becomes so darn bureaucratic over time. Paper-reliant approaches teach managers to rely too much on forms to communicate supervisorial desires rather than just communicating them directly to employees. Supervisors learn to hide [...]

Press Release – Source Consulting

By: Post Date: February 29, 2012 0 comments
Press Release - Source Consulting
Source Consulting Strengthens Sales Operations with Appointment of Kenneth Epstein as Managing Senior Consultant Epstein joins Source Consulting after 17 years of successful executive leadership at UPS Irvine, Calif. — Source Consulting, a privately owned logistics consulting and solution provider, is pleased to announce the appointment of Kenneth Epstein as Managing Senior Consultant. Epstein will be [...]

Selecting your 3PL Provider – By Mark Millar

By: 3plwire Post Date: February 16, 2012 5 comments
Selecting your 3PL Provider - By Mark Millar
Outsourcing More to Less Recent studies confirm that companies are now outsourcing more of their logistics activities – and they are outsourcing to a fewer number of service providers. Therefore, the selection of your Third Party Logistics (3PL) provider is becoming increasingly important to empower effective and efficient supply chain ecosystems that are essential for [...]

Ocean bid tip: diversify your carrier alliances!

By: SwizStick Post Date: December 29, 2011 3 comments
Ocean bid tip: diversify your carrier alliances!
With so many container lines out there to choose from it’s easy to forget that despite their numbers there really are fewer choices than it seems when you consider carrier alliances and vessel sharing partners. If you are large enough to deal in direct carrier contracts with container lines, then you would be wise to [...]

Understanding Bunker Fuel: is there a relationship to crude prices?

By: SwizStick Post Date: December 29, 2011 3 comments
Understanding Bunker Fuel: is there a relationship to crude prices?
Unless you work for an ocean container line, there seems to be a lot of confusion regarding bunker fuel costs and how they play into ocean container costs and BAF (Bunker Adjustment Factor – fuel surcharge for container lines).  This is especially compounded when folks look at the headlines in regards to crude oil prices [...]

Exploring Logistics in Developing Markets of China, India and Vietnam – By Mark Millar

By: 3plwire Post Date: November 18, 2011 3 comments
Exploring Logistics in Developing Markets of China, India and Vietnam - By Mark Millar
In developing markets, logistics activities involve a range of challenges and opportunities: Opportunities revolve around the fact that the developing markets are experiencing rapid economic growth and the resulting increase in trade and commerce drives increasing demand for logistics services. Challenges are many and varied, with the top three consistently being limitations in infrastructure, bureaucratic [...]

Hong Kong – Leading Global Logistics Hub – By Mark Millar

By: 3plwire Post Date: August 15, 2011 5 comments
Hong Kong - Leading Global Logistics Hub - By Mark Millar
Hong Kong is one of the world’s leading logistics hubs. Its strategic location makes it both the Heart of Asia – half the world’s population are within a five hour flight, and China’s Gateway – providing access into and out of the world’s second largest economy and fasting growing consumer market. Business Confidence is High [...]

Asia Air Cargo Demand Declines 9.8 Percent

By: Splatty Post Date: June 30, 2011 2 comments
Asia Air Cargo Demand Declines 9.8 Percent
According to a press release from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines, air freight volume in May declined 9.8 percent when compared to the same time last year.  Despite a 4.7 percent reduction in freight capacity, the average international freight load factor fell by 3.9 percentage points to 68.8 percent for the month. Commenting on [...]

Zepol Reports January Containerized Imports Rise 8.86%

By: Post Date: February 10, 2011 0 comments
Zepol Reports January Containerized Imports Rise 8.86%
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Zepol Reports January Containerized Imports Rise 8.86% Total container trade stops four month back slide MINNEAPOLIS, February 8th, 2011 — Zepol Corporation, the leading trade intelligence company, reports that import shipment volume for January, measured in TEUs, increased 8.86% from December and 17.64% over January 2010. The total number of shipments also [...]

Zepol Releases “2010 U.S. Export Review”

By: Post Date: January 14, 2011 1 comment
Zepol Releases “2010 U.S. Export Review”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Chelsea Craven Zepol Corporation Tel: 612.435.2179 chelsea.craven@zepol.com www.zepol.com Follow Zepol on Twitter @ZepolCorp Zepol Releases “2010 U.S. Export Review” Report analyzes exporting trends for 29 major U.S. industry sectors from January through October 2010 MINNEAPOLIS, January 10th, 2011 — Zepol Corporation, the leading trade intelligence company, announced the release of a [...]

2011 Freest Economies: Heritage Foundation Report

By: Splatty Post Date: January 14, 2011 0 comments
2011 Freest Economies: Heritage Foundation Report
The Heritage Foundation has recently released their 2011 Index of Economic Freedom report which details the world’s freest economies. The report covers 183 countries across 10 specific freedoms such as trade freedom, business freedom, investment freedom, and property rights. For the 17th year in a row, Hong Kong assumed the top spot in the rankings. [...]
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