Whitepapers

Integrated logistics in China - overcoming the challenges

While the Chinese market is not new to global 3PLs, providing shippers with integrated contract logistics and value-added services within that country remains a challenge even for those with sophisticated networks and resources. However, as explained by a senior executive from Penske Logistics, there are also opportunities for 3PLs to overcome the hurdles.

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Exploring the Trans-Eurasian option

A container block train operated by Trans Eurasia Logistics (TEL), a joint venture between German rail operator Deutsche Bahn and Russian railway company RZD, is currently en route from Hamburg, northern Germany, to China, and due to arrive in Beijing and Shanghai in late November. It is the first commercial container train eastbound in that approximately 10,000km trade lane and will provide shippers with a viable alternative to ocean freight.

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Asia Pacific Logistics Survey 2008

A whitepaper discussing the trends and developments highlighted by a major new survey on the Asia Pacific transport and logistics markets

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Global Distribution Strategies - Asia Pacific sponsor Somero looks at raising flooring standards around the globe

Leading manufacturer of technologically advanced concrete leveling, contouring and placing equipment, Somero, has published a new case study which looks at the importance of constructing industrial warehousing with consistent flooring standards. Visit them at the forthcoming Global Distribution Strategies Asia Pacific conference to learn more about raising flooring standards around the globe.

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Real time supply chain visibility - increasing for shippers and 3PLs

The last few years have seen rapid developments in real time supply chain visibility, with the main beneficiaries being high volume shippers, 3PLs and freight forwarders. Ti interviewed two US-based technology company executives, John Urban, President of GT Nexus, and Larry Trebesch, General Manager, China, at Savi Networks. They will both be speaking at Ti’s conference 'Global Distribution Strategies - Asia Pacific 2008'.

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Key developments in the Asia Pacific sea freight container market

In terms of ocean container throughput and volume growth, the Asia Pacific region continues to dominate the globe, largely due to the recent and sustained double-digit increases in exports from China. This country’s dominance of the Asia Pacific region looks set to continue, through several major container port developments....

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Global economic instability - what impact on the Asia Pacific logistics industry?

The effects of the current economic crisis in the western world are already evident. However, the extent to which the downturn in the US and Europe will impact on the economies of the Far East is less obvious....

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What is the future for the Asia Pacific logistics market?

The economies of the Asia Pacific region have been responsible for driving growth in the global logistics market. With a downturn taking hold in the US and Europe, future growth in the region is even more critical to that industry’s prospects.

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Collapse of WTO talks threatens global trade

The Doha Round of WTO trade talks has collapsed amidst bitter recriminations. Although agriculture was the sticking point, the failure will have severe implications for all global supply chains.

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New index ranks Hong Kong and Singapore best for trade

Two Asian economies - Hong Kong and Singapore - occupy the top two positions in the World Economic Forum's Enabling Trade Index ranking published this week as part of The Global Enabling Trade Report 2008.

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Special Briefing: What is the future for the Chinese logistics industry?

Lee Perkins, Head of Ti's China Practice, spoke at the Global Distribution Strategies Conference, May 13-15 2008, Marriott Hotel, Amsterdam. Here he talks to Logistics Briefing Editor Thomas Cullen about some of the key trends in the market.

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Where's the best location for your distribution centre?

Manufacturers and retailers spend millions on re-structuring their logistics systems. Looking at one of the key issues which will be discussed at Global Distribution Strategies Conference 2008, Ti's Chief Analyst John Manners-Bell looks at the factors involved in optimising the location of a distribution hub.

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When supply chains go bad!

Very few manufacturers, retailers, or for that matter logistics providers, willingly reveal their distribution disasters. In a preview of his presentation at Ti's Global Distribution Strategies Conference 2008, Thomas Cullen outlines some of the most important to have hit the news over the past few years.

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Embrace 'green logistics' or lose business: the stark choice for providers

'Green logistics' is now much more than marketing hype – it has become an essential part of the tendering process for outsourced logistics. In the next in a series of feature articles exploring the issues to be addressed at Ti’s Global Distribution Strategies Conference 2008, some of the implications for physical distribution and warehousing are explored.

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Special feature: Toyota poised to lead auto spares’ market

The Toyota Parts Centre Europe in Belgium gives a remarkable insight into the application of Toyota’s operational culture to the question of warehousing and distribution. In a feature length article, Thomas Cullen, Ti’s senior analyst, examines how after sales has become yet another competitive strength for Toyota.

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Special Briefing: The logistics world in 2008

With the extent of future fuel price rises and the full implications of the 'credit crunch' still unknown, the global logistics industry faces a difficult year ahead. John Manners-Bell, Ti's chief analyst, examines prospects for that sector in 2008.

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Special Briefing: Procter & Gamble focuses on 'Distribution Reinvention'

P&G, one of the world’s largest consumer goods manufacturers, is striving to create a ‘consumer driven supply network’ on a global scale. In a special briefing Transport Intelligence discusses P&G’s ‘Distribution Reinvention’ with Daniel Myers, VP of Product Supply.

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