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Single Window Initiative (SWI): Survival Guide for Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) Nuclear Substances and Equipment
The new SWI landscape The Single Window Initiative means several changes for importers:
Best practices: supply chain integration
A supply chain refers to all the links required to create and distribute a product for a company, including: suppliers, manufacturers, shipping and logistics, retailers, and customers.
Logistics tech: supply chain software
More and more links of the supply chain are relying on software based solutions for management, tracking, communication, and automation. Logistics companies use these types of systems to give their customers more visibility—helping to streamline operations all the way down the chain.
Best practices: consolidation and cross-docking
Consolidation and cross-docking can help increase efficiencies and lower costs for shippers.
What are blank sailings?
It’s a term we’re hearing more this year than ever before with unpredictable shipping patterns of international trade.
Single Window Initiative (SWI): Survival Guide for Pesticides
The new SWI landscape The Single Window Initiative means several changes for importers:
USMCA/CUSMA in-force as of July 1, 2020
The new North American free trade agreement (known as USMCA/CUSMA/T-MEC) is now being enforced.
3 exciting innovations in logistics
With emerging technologies, changing environmental regulations, and increased automation across all sectors, innovation is exploding in the logistics industry.
Single Window Initiative (SWI) - Survival Guide for Health Canada (HC) Medical Devices program
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The new SWI landscape The Single Window Initiative means several changes for importers:
5 factors affecting transportation costs and pricing
Transportation is a big part of the logistics picture. Freight can represent 50% of your logistics cost and up to 10-20% of your retail price. In a world of “free shipping” every importer knows that freight is not free.
