Long before delegates to the 2011 World Customs and Trade Forum held by the World Customs Organisation (WCO) in Guangzhou, China from November 24 to 25, 2011, came out with a communiqué on the importance of knowledge as a catalyst for Customs excellence, the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) had since recognised this fact.
To see how FedEx works, Rock Center traveled to the company’s Memphis, Tenn., hub. The sprawling 900-acre complex looks like a military base and even has its own air force with 690 aircraft. Rock Center anchor and managing editor Brian Williams talks to FedEx founder and CEO Fred Smith about how he turned a college paper on overnight delivery into a successful business.
Published by American Shipper Magazine John Raven, a long time unabashed spokesman and commentator on global customs died on November 11, 2011
Costos de logística, cuello de botella de la industria nacional. Los altos costos logísticos y el proceso de exportación se han convertido en el cuello de botella de la competitividad de México. Tan sólo en la fabricación de un producto -sea industrial o agropecuario-, los costos de logística representan 31% en nuestro país, mientras que en Estados Unidos, el costo de producir la misma mercancía sólo representa 8% de la manufactura total, afirmaron especialistas de la Universidad de Georgia Tech y del Tecnológico de Monterrey.