Incoterms: Clunky word, important concept
In the early 1800s, the world was starting to see its first real glimmer of a structured, regulated international economy. Fueled by the British Empir...
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Logistics Management | Distributor | History of Supply Chain | Supply Chain Management | Freight Costs | Procurement
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Market Recession | Supply Chain Management | Freight Costs | Rapid Response
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The secret formula that beats supply chain uncertainty
Right now, we’re watching a critical supply chain in a state of near-total collapse. Families across the US are bearing the brunt of a critical baby f...
Logistics Management | Supply Chain | Transportation Models | Supply Chain Management | Freight Costs
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Freight classification for LTL
What you should know about freight classification and why it’s important. If LTL shipping is even a small part of your supply chain, you’re probably a...
Logistics Management | Entrepreneurial Spirit | Supply Chain | Transportation Models | Supply Chain Management | Freight Costs
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Capacity: Why is it so flingin’ flangin’ hard to get right?
Imagine that you need to ship an item with a carrier. You run the math and estimate a shipping cost of $1000. A week later, the carrier comes back and...
Pricing Strategy | Supply Chain Management | On-Time Delivery | Freight Costs | Business Intelligence
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Adam and Eve (& Stan): Why supply chain software can’t beat expertise
Way back in the 1960s the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) started experimenting with a weird concept. Their idea was to see if co...
Logistics Management | Supply Chain Management | On-Time Delivery | Freight Costs | Rapid Response
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From proactive to rapid response
Since we started operation as a 3PL nearly a quarter of a century ago, IL2000 has invested considerable time and energy into fixing supply chain issue...
Logistics Management | Case Studies | Entrepreneurial Spirit | Supply Chain | Distributor | History of Supply Chain | Logistics History and Speculation | On-Time Delivery | Freight Costs
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When big things come in big packages
New York City Harbor. 1885. June 17th … about 6:30 pm. With your time machine safely concealed in an alley under an old paint-splattered tarp, you sit...
Logistics Management | Pricing Strategy | Entrepreneurial Spirit | Supply Chain | Market Recession | Transportation Models | Logistics History and Speculation | Supply Chain Management | Freight Costs | Business Intelligence
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Us, Them ... and the Great Unknown
This week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a new set of rules to standardize how publicly traded companies disclose climate-rela...
Logistics Management | Supply Chain Management | Consumer Goods | On-Time Delivery | Consumer Demand | Freight Costs
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The cosmetics industry and the supply chain at its foundation
The cosmetic and personal care industries are growing at a breakneck pace.With global sales of $483 billion in 2020 and an annual growth rate of 4.75%...