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Is your shipping company good? Seven ways for you to know
Companies that need to deliver merchandise know how important it is to have a supplier that is a true partner and help on a day-to-day basis. However, how can we know if the shipping company we are working with is the right one? What should we look at in order to know if it is really adding value to us? In this week’s article we are going to give you some clues so that you can pull the thread and find the answer in your case. Seven points to look at in your shipping company 1.- Is it proactive and does it give you ideas to improve? A good shipping…
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Challenges for national transport companies in Spain
We are already fully into 2019. And, as always, the beginning of the year has been filled with wish lists. Purposes and commitments to motivate us for the upcoming course. In our case, as our passion is logistics, our thoughts for 2019 are focused on the challenges and pending tasks that national transport companies have ahead of them. Challenges of national transport companies Coping with technological disruption In recent times, the business world in general, and logistics in particular, has been practically overwhelmed by the simultaneous arrival of many technologies, all of them promising El Dorado to those who embrace them. We are talking about advances such as Big Data,…
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The present of last mile logistics
Last mile logistics is one of the most important, delicate and expensive parts of the distribution process. However, it is very frequent that it is not sufficiently taken into account or that it is simply included in the shipping process, without paying the necessary attention to it. Why treat a party that has so much influence on our results like this? Understanding last mile logistics Cerasis, a company specializing in logistics software, has published a study in which it discusses the challenges, characteristics and keys of the last mile. According to said report, up to 28% of the cost of a shipment can be due to the last mile. That…
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Career Path and Salary in the Supply Chain
As much as we love logistics, we all look at our bank account at the end of the month to make sure our payroll arrives on time. That is why the ASCM logistics association prepares an annual study on the professional career and salary in the supply chain, through more than 1,700 responses. Although the study has been carried out entirely in the United States, it gives interesting clues to find out where the future of jobs in the logistics sector can go. wages in the supply chain Wage increases in the supply chain One of the first questions that a worker can ask himself is how his income will…
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