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    Tariff Changes Persist, but Structured Data Can Help Capture Duty Savings

    Companies can minimize duty spends using supply chain technology and customs expertise. Flexport's platform helps brokers perform due diligence and devise tariff strategy.

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    3 Practical Tips to Keep Control of Your Supply Chain

    Read this guide to build a resilient supply chain. You can’t control changing circumstances, but you can increase your adaptability and flexibility.

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    Five Predictions to Shape Supply Chains in 2021

    As 2020 draws to a close, there is much speculation regarding how much of the impact of the pandemic and other supply chain disruptions will continue into 2021. Flexport offers five predictions spanning the economy, tariffs, ocean, air, and technology.

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  • Wide-body cargo plane with raised nose cone loading freight on an airport apron at sunset
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    Sneak Peek: Harnessing Supply Chain Data with Trade Technology

    Get an overview of the supply chain trends and data demands driving the new trade technology being revealed at Forward20 by Flexport

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  • Elevated view of a large warehouse interior with crated freight and yellow forklifts in motion
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    The Cost of Poor Visibility to Supply Chain and Inventory Management

    End to end visibility is critical for supply chains to operate successfully, especially when shipping containers and managing inventory. A recent webinar addressed best practices to integrate discrete subsegments of the supply chain for greater transparency.

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  • Two men review printed UI wireframes taped to a glass wall, one pointing while holding a phone
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    The Art and Science of Simplifying the Complexity of Global Trade

    Flexport's mission is to make global trade easy for everyone. By studying supply chain and logistics managers' needs and habits, Flexport designers address common challenges to remove the complexity from shipping containers around the world.

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  • Ports are going more digital to better handle container shipping in a post-Covid world.
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    For Container Shipping in a Post-Covid Reality, Ports and Business Innovate for Resilience

    Container shipping is prompting ports of all sizes to reinvest in optimizing for a more effective post-Covid-19 world. For many businesses, it’s a good example to follow.

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  • Close-up of a person at a desk using a calculator and pen with charts on paper, eyeglasses and a coffee cup nearby
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    Resource Round-Up: Tools to Help Simplify Supply Chain Management

    Bookmark links with this curation of supply chain tools and logistics resources, including carbon calculation, a duty calculator for customs duties or drawback, a forecasting guide, RFP template, and more.

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