6 Best Practices in Packaging and Labeling to Optimize Traceability

September 24, 2018

Manufacturing across multiple industries is back on the rise. Much of this growth is due to emerging economies in places like China, India, Brazil and even countries in Africa where demand is soaring for a range of products from electronics and pharmaceuticals to food and consumer goods. For manufacturers, this brave new world creates opportunity while it expands and diversifies the supply chain, both upstream and downstream.

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Getlink

On November 20th, Groupe Eurotunnel has changed its name to Getlink. This new name, reflecting the dynamism of connection and exchange, marks the Group’s passage into an exciting new era for mobility infrastructures. Getlink now leads the businesses of four major commercial brands: - Eurotunnel, the leader across the Channel with Eurotunnel Le Shuttle and Eurotunnel Le Shuttle Freight, - Europorte, the leading private rail freight operator in France, - ElecLink, the future electrical interconnector between the UK and France, - CIFFCO, the leading private European railway training centre. Each year, Getlink safely transports more than 22 million passengers, 1.7 million trucks, 2.7 million cars, almost 2 billion tonne-kilometres of freight and, soon, also 1 gigawatt of electricity.

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THE RELIABLE SOLUTION TO INTERNET CONNECTIVITY AT SEA TECHNICAL WHITEPAPER

whitePaper | April 3, 2022

Reliable connectivity is fast becoming essential for today’s maritime industry. It has many crucial benefits associated with it, including efficiency, morale boosting and safety. However, given the remote, mobile nature of the maritime environment, it’s not all smooth sailing when you want to establish connectivity at sea. Eutelsat ADVANCE Maritime solves this challenge by providing powerful, extensive coverage for maritime services around the world. It offers total flexibility on industrial bandwidth requirements while providing guaranteed performance, customised service and SLAs for high-end vessels. Today, it is the only solution that provides full regional coverage, with a unique, flexible commercial approach, making operations possible for a greater range of service providers worldwide.

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AUTONOMOUS SHIPS TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR RULE DEVELOPMENT

whitePaper | March 3, 2022

Already burdened with a reputation for lack of transparency, shipping’s sector-specific terminology often creates an additional barrier to engagement. As an industry, specialized language, acronyms, and abbreviations can be so pervasive that new employees entering the professions sometimes absorb terms into usage without being able to explain their meaning, let alone their derivation.

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Turning Data into a Strategic Asset for a Modernized, Future-proof Supply Chain

whitePaper | August 15, 2022

No organization’s global supply chain has been untouched by the many unforeseen events that have ravaged the ability to move products from the point of manufacturing to the point of consumption. Public health threats and geopolitical events are just a few challenges to global supply chains—and they all appear to be happening concurrently. Whether you’re talking about business-to-consumer or business-to-business supply chains, the impact of these events has been undeniable. When evaluating their own supply chain risks, organizations should expect the unexpected, and plan their systems accordingly. And organizations need new ways to use data to promote efficiency, visibility, and resiliency in their global supply chains.

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Using FBX to manage freight rate volatility

whitePaper | June 6, 2022

The daily Freightos Baltic Exchange Container Index (FBX) provides the market with a credible and fully transparent reference point. It is based on the world’s largest global database of multimodal freight rates using realtime data from logistical providers and overseen by an institution whose information already underpins billions of dollars-worth of physical and forward freight contracts in the dry bulk, oil and gas transportation markets.

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Supply and withstand: The case for Supply Chain Intelligence

whitePaper | November 28, 2022

The global supply chain is in a constant state of flux. It requires intelligent, resilient and sustainable solutions to meet demand, no matter how quickly or dramatically it changes.

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Location-based Process Automation

whitePaper | May 19, 2022

Manufacturers, suppliers, and logistics companies are finding themselves at an interesting intersection today. Digital transformation, forcefully propelled atop any executive agendas by COVID-19, is no longer a trend or a hype. With more pressure from stakeholders, customers, and competitors, companies need to act fast and decidedly to kickstart their smart factory roadmap.

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Spotlight

Getlink

On November 20th, Groupe Eurotunnel has changed its name to Getlink. This new name, reflecting the dynamism of connection and exchange, marks the Group’s passage into an exciting new era for mobility infrastructures. Getlink now leads the businesses of four major commercial brands: - Eurotunnel, the leader across the Channel with Eurotunnel Le Shuttle and Eurotunnel Le Shuttle Freight, - Europorte, the leading private rail freight operator in France, - ElecLink, the future electrical interconnector between the UK and France, - CIFFCO, the leading private European railway training centre. Each year, Getlink safely transports more than 22 million passengers, 1.7 million trucks, 2.7 million cars, almost 2 billion tonne-kilometres of freight and, soon, also 1 gigawatt of electricity.

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