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The Growing Skills Gap & How Vocational Training Can Help to Shrink It

GlobalTranz

More manufacturers are turning toward vocational training and apprenticeship programs to help close the skills gap. However, some manufacturers will continue to avoid vocational programs in the interim, but they should consider the following ways vocational training will be a major player in addressing the growing skills gap. .

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Decision-forcing cases for logistics: practicing logisticians to overcome ‘wicked problems’

Logistics in War

note: on occasion, LIW examines the art of training and educating logisticians. LIW is privileged to have Dr Bruce Gudmundson, USMC University, discuss a teaching method very relevant to training leaders in ways to overcome ‘wicked problems’ in war. By Bruce Gudmundsson. A link to his site can be found here.

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Shipping Efficiently Through the Port of Prince Rupert

Triskele Logistics

The Port of Prince Rupert’s Fairview Terminal started handling container shipping in 2007 and has since grown to be in the top twenty in container volume in North America. This causes congestion both for truck traffic, people traffic and train traffic.

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The hazards of Ammonium Nitrate and 100 years of related disasters

Shipping and Freight Resource

Pure AN is stable and will stop decomposing once the heat source is removed, but when catalysts are present, the reaction can become self-sustaining (known as self-sustaining decomposition, or SSD). 240 tonnes of ammonium nitrate in sacks exploded after being hit by a shell from a nearby fire in a munitions train. Date:August 5, 1940.

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BFS Upholding EU Standards

Airfreight Logistics

Presently, more customers have shown their interest in our Export Delivery Slot Time service with an average usage increase of 300 percent. Such certifications guarantee BFS as a company of high-security measures. To them, preparing for RA3 accreditation is another step towards providing exceptional service. . “BFS Work Better Together.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Public Perception of & A Brief Timeline of Moments from the American Manufacturing Industry

GlobalTranz

The following is a timeline of key American Manufacturing Industry Moments & Innovations up to present day. Site-specific training and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) likewise become lesser concerns. 2007: The first iPhone is released By Apple. 1785: Beginning of Modern Bulk Material Handling.

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Ethics in Procurement – Simple, but Not Always Easy

Logistics Bureau

Between 2007 and 2010, during attempts to win firearms supply contracts with law enforcement and military agencies in Indonesia, Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Turkey, gun maker Smith & Wesson’s sales employees allegedly embarked upon a spate of unethical transactions, via third-party representatives, with foreign officials.