With the credit crunch in full swing and jobs becoming even sparser, now could be the perfect time to move abroad and one of the most popular destinations for expats is Canada. Not only is Canada a great place to live and work, but it is also very popular with students and hundreds of young people travel there from the UK every year to study. Canada is the second largest country in the world by land mass, and is one of the leading economies in...more
Logistics has been known to make or break a company. When people think of a companys logistics division they should not think only of the shipping and receiving elements. Instead it should be thought of as a process involving the entire company, external companies, vendors, carriers and end users. It is a process that revolves around the movement of products from your suppliers through to the end user. In order for a company to have a successful...more
If you are considering shipping items to Australia, it is important that you are knowledgeable on the clearance process involved in the procedure. Generally, every consignment shipped to Australia must be cleared by the Bureau of Customs, and it is every importer's responsibility to acquire a formal Customs clearance for shipment with a value of 1,000 Australian dollars and above. On the other hand, goods that are valued under 1,000 Australian dollars only need to be administered through a self-accessed declaration.In addition, Customs makes use of cost-recovery system for declarations, and the cost varies depending on the type of declaration, whether it is electronic or manual. With regard to the document requirements, consignments include commercial invoice and International Airway Bill that covers the invoice terms, currency used, personal information of the consignor and consignee, comprehensive description of the items including its country of origin, quantity, and selling price, labor costs and value of outside packages, amount of royalties and freight provider costs, and other necessary information.Usually, customs verifies the value of goods imported into Australia through...more
The phrase COD, meaning Collect on Delivery, is normally used by a great deal of courier services. Courier services over the years have actually reworked the meaning of this to help in making financial transactions. The clientele today has different possibilities to make use of this when attaining a courier. San Francisco delivery services are...more
Shopping with US retailers from any country and getting the products shipped to an international address have been quite tortuous, let alone difficult. The reason is obvious, because the US retailers are skeptical about the payment via credit cards issued by banking institutions other than those of the United States. To get the products shipped to...more
Formerly this midmarket ERP solution was known as Great Plains. If you are in shipping and receiving, picking and packing business then you might be aware that industry standards allow your supplier to under ship or over ship in quantity range plus or minus ten percent. Lets briefly review how logic works in GP assuming that you are passing shipped quantity on your customers via drop ship and commitment logic:1.Commitment is the link between Sales documents such as Sales Orders for example and Purchase Order and it is good instrument in drop ship scenarios. When you are creating drop ship line in Sales Order there is no need to receive item in one of your warehouses and instead you are making a link between this Sales line and Purchase Order line which is commitment. Item goes directly from your supplier to your customer2.Logic above is good news for somebody who is intermediate party in Supply Chain Management. However manufacturers might be short of quantity or ship slightly more comparing to what was ordered by your customer and translated to your supplier. Difference is often considered as acceptable if it doesnt exceed ten percent. Lets now review some FAQ3.What happens if...more
If you are interested in car shipping to Australia, you need to have detailed information about the customs policies and regulations which are practices in Australia. In this way, you will have better understanding the automobile shipping procedures...more
Shipping items has never been easy, especially when it is something big. Most customers know that it will take a stamp to send a simple letter, but what will it cost to send that book across town? They will have to figure weight of the book plus the...more
You have a whole bunch of packages to ship for Christmas and you don't have a clue what to expect in shipping fees. How do you know what to expect in shipping charges and delivery fees? What do you do to conserve costs and save money?Shipping...more
Dropshipping has emerged as a concept in the internet retail world getting popularity leaps and bounds. All the famous ecommerce business-to-consumers (B2C) ventures like Focalprice, ebay, etc. take advantage of this idea materialized by the...more
Freight shipping rates are one of the main concerns that can seriously affect transportation household goods to other countries. The rates can affect the import and export companies not just marginally but massively, and in many ways. Two most...more
You need to give special attention to the delicate items while packing them. Careful packing reduces the risk of breakage of fragile things when they are being shipped. It is important to keep some of the following considerations in mind while...more