US pharma shippers mull move to domestic production – but it will take time
US pharma bosses are considering moving their production home, which could have far-reaching consequences for ...
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“The need for speed is on the ground”, and airlines need to facilitate communication across all parties during ground handling, especially for ecommerce shippers, delegates at this week’s Aviation Connect event in Istanbul heard.
As global supply chains shift towards a consumer-driven B2C industry, speed-and-efficiency trumps cost as the best way an airline can compete, according to Guillaume Halleux, CCO of handler Swissport.
“First, I want to rule out price, because a scenario like this is not about price. It’s about service; ...
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John O\'Brien
October 31, 2024 at 2:18 pmWe are a global ecommerce logistics company and I can honestly tell you that the GHAs appointed by the airlines are a massive hindrance, the process is very straightforward: book, uplift on time, cross dock pallets from aircraft on arrival direct to forwarders bond or via that cross dock and avoid the delays, labour and handwritten notes and driver waiting times and all associated delays … which has been same process for past 50 years …. I can help just ask … John