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American Society of Transportation and Logistics.(Brief article)
BYLINE: Laurie Hein Denham
Executive director
www.astl.org
As oil prices hit historical highs, the increased transportation cost will have a significant impact on global trade and logistics service providers. Global supply chains are far more vulnerable to fluctuations in fuel cost, due to the long distances. For price-sensitive goods sourced from Asia, transportation costs are a large portion of the total landed cost. Customers will seek service providers who can offer true factory-to-store logistics services to help reduce their end-to-end supply-chain cost. I expect more mergers-and-acquisitions activity, plus more U.S. logistics companies extending a presence ...
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