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Trimble & Platform Science: The Future of Telematics with Rob Painter and Jack Kennedy

The Logistics of Logistics

Rob Painter is President and CEO of Trimble , a global technology company that provides hardware, software, and services to improve efficiency and productivity in industries like construction, agriculture, and transportation. He was deployed to Iraq in 2006 and 1990, and Panama in 1991. Jack retired as a Commander in the U.S.

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Avis Budget Group CEO Aims to Reinvent Car Rental Industry

IoT World Today

Larry De Shon, president and chief executive officer of Avis Budget Group, which owns Avis Car Rental, Budget Car Rental and car-sharing firm Zipcar, among others, has a fresh perspective on the car rental industry. ( Before joining the company in 2006, he had served as senior vice president of airport operations at United Airlines.

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Founding President of the CMA CGM Group Passes Away

Logistics Manager

The CMA CGM Group have recently announced the very sad news of the passing of their Founding President Mr. Jacques R. He made the group a global leader in maritime industry for the transportation of containers and introduced the company to over 160 countries, while always keeping a focus on a family environment with their values.

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Logistics Cyclists raise £225,000 for Transaid

Logistics Business Magazine

The transport and logistics industry has successfully fielded two strong teams of riders to complete Transaid cycle challenges both in the UK and Kenya, raising more than £225,000 towards our projects in sub-Saharan Africa. We had two fantastic groups, each passionate about our life-saving work.

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10 Books Logistics And Supply Chain Experts Need To Read

Freightos

Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate by Rose George ( Link ). From an inefficient game of Tetris to global industries that move $19 trillion dollars of goods annually, Malcom McLean changed shipping. Got some suggestions?

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Taking a Big Picture View of Supply Chain Networks

Logistics Viewpoints

Much of the industry at large simply isn’t seeing the forest for the trees. In 2006, British mathematician Clive Humby coined the phrase “data is the new oil” to help make his point that corporate data has the potential to be an incredibly valuable resource. Data integrity. He lives in Chicago.

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Brokers Have Until Feb 6th to Contact the FMCSA & Influence Proposed Carrier Liability Insurance Increase

GlobalTranz

The frustrating feeling, that government regulators aren’t listening to you, is a common one within the freight industry. The higher the minimums go, the more difficult it may be for small and medium sized carriers to survive, especially since the industry was already hit hard by last year’s freight broker bond increase.

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