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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: An Opportunity to Reinforce the Importance of Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

According to a widely cited framework by Christopher and Peck from “Building the Resilient Supply Chain” (2004), supply chain resilience consists of four dimensions: robustness, agility, redundancy, and flexibility. These dimensions are briefly defined and illustrated below.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Attracting Millennials to Manufacturing: Understanding Millennial Experience in Order to Gain Talent

GlobalTranz

We also are including a great infographic on attracting millennials to manufacturing from Tooling-U at the bottom of this article. In 2004, Facebook was founded, and the future of inter-connected millennials would never be the same. However, less than half of manufacturers understand the mindset, beliefs, and values of millennials.

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The Top 10 Manufacturing Blog Posts from 2014

GlobalTranz

Since the Industrial Revolution, manufacturing has been synonymous with factories, machine tools, production lines and economies of scale. So it is startling to think about manufacturing without tooling, assembly lines or supply chains. Read Full Post. Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below!

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Burning incense at a new altar – a year of ‘Logistics In War’

Logistics in War

Our interest in logistics must mirror that directed to strategy and tactics in an age where the latter are often determined by the former. In war, logistics is the acme of strategy in the use of movements and supply to generate decisive combat power. Global logistics and strategy 1940-1943 , The War Department, USA, 1954, p 10. [2]

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Two Million Vacant Manufacturing Jobs by 2025…How Can We Tackle the Skills Gap?

GlobalTranz

Industry data for 2004 - 2013 shows an annual loss of at least $17 billion due to vacant positions, with shocking losses of around $45 billion in both 2012 and 2013. Indicators are that the worker deficit could rise to over 2 million unfilled jobs in the next decade. Improving relevant education — The U.S.

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Marketing Small Business Tips: 6 Tips to Improve Your Small Business 

GoShip Blog

It helps you identify the inefficient aspects of your business processes and decipher the best strategies to refine them. billion monthly users , Facebook remains the biggest social media platform since its launch in 2004. The data helps you identify new trends, niches, or competitors that can inspire your improvement strategies.

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Logistics Contractors and strategic logistics advantage in US military operations

Logistics in War

This is an abridged extract from her thesis titled The Diaspora as an Agent and Target of Influence in the Southwest Pacific: Chinese Grand Strategy and Logistics Implications for the United States Military. The thoughts here are her own and do not represent that of the Australian Defence Force or United States Military.