Online freight rate quoting company, Freightos has estimated the cost of shipping the new iPhone 6s via air freight from China to the US would cost Apple US 72 cents per iPhone package. This includes local China trucking and distribution to retailers amounting to 17 cents, making the pure airfreight portion only 55 cents. Freightos undertook the exercise as a demonstration of its new private beta version of its online instant freight quote marketplace. "From some rough calculations, we … [Read more...] about iPhone 6s: China to US by airfreight for US 72 cents
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Apple again tops global Supply Chain Top 25
AMR Research, a US-based research and consultancy firm, has released its annual Supply Chain Top 25 for 2009, identifying what it said are the Fortune Global 500 companies that have best demonstrated leadership in managing global supply chains “built to serve customers with both operational and innovation excellenceâ€Â. The ranking is based on a detailed paradigm that includes both peer and AMR researchopinion. “Since 2004 we have chronicled the emergence of new ideas, like … [Read more...] about Apple again tops global Supply Chain Top 25
