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Silicon Valley in a Box with Mike Zayonc

The Logistics of Logistics

Mike graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Management, where he specialized in studying Entrepreneurial Technology and Finance. The firm was founded in 2006 by Saeed Amidi, who is also the CEO of Plug and Play Tech Center, a startup incubator and co-working space.

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What’s Next for The Freight Market with Chris Pickett

The Logistics of Logistics

Before joining Coyote in 2006, Chris spent his early career in supply chain software development and network design – and studied at as many Eastern US tech schools as he could: earning a B.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech, an M.Eng. in Logistics from MIT, and an MBA from Georgia Tech.

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

GlobalTranz

What’s important is that the Trucker Alliance (TA), a lobbying group comprised of larger companies in the industry, is already making its opinions known on the subject by releasing an extensive study.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The Evolution and History of Supply Chain Management

GlobalTranz

Operations Research began when scientists demonstrated the value of analytics in the study of military logistics problems in the 1940s as a result of the complex requirements of World War II. imports from China grew from about $45 billion per year in 1995 to more than $280 billion per year in 2006.

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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

Ceiling year of a study of 22 industrialised countries (Uni. The study also isolates the impact of bilateral free-trade agreements and GATT membership. Two books on McLean are published in 2006, marking the 50th anniversary of the first commercial intermodal container service. 0 TEUs 0 meters long. Significance. Significance.

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10 Books Logistics And Supply Chain Experts Need To Read

Freightos

Read this if you’re interested in: A great case study of a growing company that thrived on global imports and more efficient internal processes. Or if you if you feel like time is ticking away and you need to know how fast it actually is. The End of Cheap China: Economic and Cultural Trends That Will Disrupt the World by Shaun Rein ( Link ).

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Meet the four women behind WFP’s humanitarian helicopter in Haiti

World Food Programme Logistics

Photo: WFP/Antoine Vallas “My first time on a helicopter was in 2006. But after studying business administration and industrial technology, she came into aviation by accident. And yet, Robine studied law. “I I wasn’t afraid,” Jovanie recalls. Aircrafts are not a rare sight in Jeremie, south of Haiti, where Jovanie grew up.

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