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Summary: On January 26, 2010, U.S. importers of ocean freight will not be permitted to load cargo onto a vessel at a foreign port without completing a properly executed Importer Security Filing (ISF). Some may view this as another added level of complexity contributing to a slowdown in supply chain velocity.
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Summary: How to use supply chain management as a competitive weapon.
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Summary: Okay, so the term “supply chain management” is foreign to you, right? When an anticipated bestselling novel is released, how is it that the book arrives at residences and retailers across the world in synchronized fashion? Think about the swine flu vaccine and the challenges of transporting millions of doses around the U.S. in time to avoid a further pandemic. What about the hot, new video game, the latest fashion, or the groceries at the local supermarket? The answer to all of these challenges is “supply chain management.”
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Summary: We’ve all heard the definition of insanity, “Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.” Apart from describing my golf game, this definition also hits home for many shippers who understand that the downtrodden economy requires different strategies for survival and yes, even growth.
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Summary: It's not so hard getting a tuba from Maryland to California. It's a little harder shipping five tubas to Texas, one flute to Florida and three sets of bass drums to Kansas. And don't forget the box of guitar picks. But when you have 96 stores selling instruments, sheet music and more, 16 warehouses, 400 mom-and-pop retail affiliates and a primary chunk of your business is renting goods to schools across the country - even Patrick Wiegand needs help.
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Summary: Read the latest issue of TBB Navigator.
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Summary: As hard as we try, freight claims will occur and are a cost of doing business. Loss and damage claims are the result of an alleged failure of the carrier to fulfill its contractual obligations as provided on the bill of lading. In order to minimize your exposure to a loss or damage claim there are certain procedures that you must follows. The shipper should insure that the freight is properly packaged and that the package(s) are properly marked. It is essential that the minimum packaging requirements, as outlined in the National Motor Freight Classification and the Hazardous Materials Regulations of the Department of Transportation, be followed.
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Summary: Transportation has changed dramatically over the last 50 years. But it's not only technology that has driven that change. It's ingenuity as well.
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Summary: Mom always taught us that the easy way isn't always the best way. With this tried and true philosophy in mind, ask yourself, "Do I let my suppliers control the freight cost because it's easy to do so?" Or better yet, ask yourself, "Do I buy on a delivered basis because I really believe I'm getting the best overall deal?"
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Summary: At a recent gathering of supply chain professionals, I was asked to give my view on what the LTL trucking sector might look like five years from now. I gave it my best shot and, while I'm not a betting man, I feel awfully good about a forecast that can best be described as the quest for market share.
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Summary: The National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC) is generally recognized as the bible of the LTL trucking industry.
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Summary: There's good news for LTL and truckload carriers: their record profits should keep on rolling in 2006. But, for shippers and receivers paying the freight, that's the bad news.
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Summary: Their was a renewed interest in transportation as an integral part of the supply chain at this year's recent annual conference of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals. I listened to many trucking company executives lament that, over the past 50 years, this country has had national highway bills but no highway policy. In fact, one executive said President Eisenhower put forth the country's last true national highway policy.
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