Business Service
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Advantages of freight transport by road
Freight transport by road is one of the preferred methods of transportation around the world. In 2015 there were 13,841 companies in Spain dedicated to the road freight transport sector, which totaled a turnover of almost 23,000 million euros. What is the reason for this preference on the part of companies? What does road freight transport offer and for what kind of situations is it the best alternative? Advantages of freight transport by road Indicated for our distances Like other types of transport, road freight transport is especially efficient over a certain range of distances. For example, for shipments by rail, we will often need to have to travel a…
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what is logistics
What is logistics? How can we get as close as possible to that concept? How can we help shape it and grasp what it entails? In order to achieve this, we have tried to approach it from different points of view, in order to create a complete puzzle. Let’s use some academic definitions, short quotes that underline key ideas about logistics, where the term came from, and what the future holds to find out what logistics is. Definitions of what is logistics “Logistics is the process of strategically managing the acquisition, movement, and storage of materials, parts, and finished inventory (and the corresponding information flow) through the organization and its…
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How to get it right with full load transportation
Full load transport is one of the main types of road transport. Flexible, reliable, fast and efficient, it has always been highly sought after by shippers and logisticians, since both can take advantage of its characteristics and create stable relationships in which both benefit. We have prepared this article so that you can find out if full charging is the right solution for your needs. What is full load transportation We are talking about full load transportation when a vehicle exclusively carries the merchandise of a single client from point A to point B (although there are mixed possibilities, such as transporting only merchandise from one client, but having two…
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14 reasons why your competitors outsource logistics and transportation companies
The vast majority of companies have logistics operators who help them totally or partially in their supply chain. However, the decision to hire logistics and transportation companies remains one of the most important for companies. What is it that leads companies to entrust their logistics to third parties? What are your competitors looking for doing it? Logistics and transport companies offer a wide range of services (storage, order preparation, distribution, etc.) to make life easier for their customers. In addition, a good logistics operator will draw up a transition plan for those clients who want to make the leap to outsourcing to do so easily. We are going to review…
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Transgesa and Scania, facing the challenge of urban distribution
Get to provide a better service while we adapt to regulations and take care of the environment. That is the challenge that Transgesa and the logistics sector have for the future, especially in urban distribution. We recently spoke about all this with Scania, in the meeting that our director of operations, Erwin Alberts, had with Erik Ljungberg, Vice President of Corporate Relations of the Swedish truck manufacturer. Scania recorded this conversation in a video that will be presented at the end of September at the IAA fair, held in Hamburg, the most important in the truck manufacturer sector. During the meeting, Erwin Alberts explained how progress is being made in…
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Working with a transport company does not have to be difficult… If you know how!
95% of Fortune 500 companies work with an external logistics operator. For this reason, the fact of having to work with a transport company is, by far, the most common for those companies that in one way or another need to move materials and merchandise. And if we want our supply chain to work, we are going to need our relationship with the transport company to work as well. The good news is that if you start from a few simple rules, everything will be easier than you probably think (or than you are used to). However, starting a relationship with a shipping company and not working to polish and…
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Advantages and challenges of logistics automation
Throughout a supply chain (procurement, manufacturing, distribution, customer service, reverse logistics…) there are a multitude of processes that can be automated. In addition, the promises of automation sound very good in today’s environment, in which the main companies are under increasing pressure to become more efficient and more competitive. But, at what point is logistics automation? This week we are going to analyze what is the status of the update in supply chains, what are the main barriers that companies encounter when betting on it and what are the benefits that can be obtained through logistics automation. Advantages of logistics automation We can divide the advantages of automation into three…
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7 mistakes to avoid with your transport agency
The importance of transportation, logistics and the supply chain is increasingly recognized in the business world. For this reason, achieving an effective relationship with your transport agency will make a big difference with respect to the service that you end up giving to your clients. For this reason, logistics will always be a very delicate and sensitive matter. Getting the entire supply chain coordinated can be a complex task, so you want to avoid unnecessary mistakes. Today we are going to point out some of the most frequent and, at the same time, the ones that can cause you the most problems. What mistakes you have to avoid with your…
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How to choose the best transport service
Companies usually have regular transits, which are repeated periodically, or which are at least similar enough to be able to resolve them with their most used transport services. But when we have to make a new type of shipment or when we rethink how we make our current shipments – something that we should do on a regular basis – we can see that the number of transport services at our fingertips can seem like a huge supermarket in which we hard to choose Keeping the following rules in mind will help you to take the most appropriate transportation service. What should you look for your transport services The shipping…
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Are drones beneficial in the logistics sector?
For some years now, every time we look at the sky, it is not only to see planes, but also to find drones flying over our heads. These unmanned light vehicles are advances in modern technology that are used in our day-to-day activities in activities as diverse as pollution measurement, real estate development or border control. But gradually drones are gaining importance in the logistics sector, and they are already being a training part of some comprehensive logistics courses. drones and logistics Where does the term drone come from and what are its functions? It is known by the term UAV, which are the acronyms that in English correspond to…
