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Logistics Publications

Allyn Asia Engages in Team-Building Outside of the Office

October 15, 2018.
Logistics Publications

The Allyn Asia on-site team went to an exhibition for team building in August. The exhibition “World of Ghibli in China” is held at the Shanghai World Financial Center and was the first themed exhibition authorized by Japan’s...

Real-Time Tracking and It's Benefit to Your Supply Chain

September 14, 2018.
Logistics Publications

With more shipping and delivery options available worldwide, the need to ensure customer satisfaction is utterly priceless (Mittal, 2016). It is important to realize this as fact as opposed to conjecture; modern research shows that as time goes on, every consumer and business entity expects more out of a delivery...

Allyn's India Office

September 05, 2018.
Logistics Publications

Allyn International Services India Private Limited has set it’s first footprint in Bangalore, India in November 2016. Bangalore is located in Southern part of India, also known as the IT Hub of India where most of the big multinational companies are located. To name a few, there’s...

Are You A Shipper of Choice?

August 31, 2018.
Logistics Publications

If you want to be the shipper of choice, here are a few questions and suggestions that you should be considering: How is your Facility? Are drivers eager to come to your facility? As truck capacity continues to tighten and driver shortages continue to grow, shippers must work harder to...

Australia Takes Measures to Stop Stink Bugs

August 28, 2018.
Logistics Publications

Due to several detections within the last year, the Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has introduced import measures to manage the risk of Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs (BMSB). These measures are seasonal and will cover ocean imports during the period that is deemed the high-risk season (Sept 1, 2018...

Alberta gas prices to reach 4 year high in 2018 due to increase in carbon tax

August 27, 2018.
Logistics Publications

The carbon tax levy in Canada began in March 2007, when Alberta became North America’s first jurisdiction to legislate greenhouse gas reductions reports the Alberta Oil Magazine. The purpose of the putting a tax on carbon was to incentivize families and companies...

Bottom Line Costs with Shipping to and from China

August 20, 2018.
Logistics Publications, Trade Publications

“Made in China,” seeing this printed on a variety of goods brings up a variety of thoughts from about moving USA products overseas, varying quality of goods, reduced costs on electronics and clothing, etc. For decades, the USA has been intricately intertwined with the mega trading partner that...

Revamp of FMCSA Regulations

August 15, 2018.
Logistics Publications

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), have announced a small-scale test to acquire data to identify high risk carriers within the Department of Transportation. This data will contribute better information for their Safety Management System (SMS). The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) have structured a committee to analyze the...

Industry Regulations Creates Challenges for Truck Drivers

August 07, 2018.
Logistics Publications

As high demand for transporting goods increases, truck drivers are increasingly hard to come by throughout the United States. Currently, it is estimated that the US trucking industry is short about 50,000 drivers. In a recent survey conducted by American Transportation Research Institute, driver shortage ranked first among industry concerns. As...

The Last Mile Challenge: Overcoming the Greatest Obstacle in Logistics

August 03, 2018.
Logistics Publications

The last-mile is a term used in logistics that generally means the transit from the final hub to the delivery destination of products (What is last, 2018a). While this is in many cases the shortest part of a trip, the costs of this trip often runs between 28-29% of...

Peace in Korea brings expectation to expanded logistics opportunities by Railway

July 30, 2018.
Logistics Publications

Thinking back the historical meeting held in April between North and South Korea has been attracting huge attention over the world. This discussion has risen anticipation of peace in the East Asian region but, also of positive effects on economic growth. Logistics is considered as one of the business getting...

A Truck Driver Shortage in the U.S.

July 23, 2018.
Logistics Publications

America’s economy relies on the trucking industry, with approximately 71% of all freight tonnage moved via truck. In total, more than 10 billion tons of freight are moved by truck each year in America. Clearly, the trucking industry and the economy are inextricably linked, so any disruptions to the trucking...