Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

The folks at JDRF like to say that the goal of their rides is not completing the 100 miles (or whatever distance you set out to do), but getting to the starting line — that is, the ride is simply a celebration of all the hard work that led up to it, both in training and fundraising. We collectively raised $2.7 Have a happy weekend!

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Talking Logistics

JULY 14, 2017

It’s a bike ride I’m participating in as part of my training for our Logistics Leaders for T1D Cure team ride this September in support of JDRF. Check them out: My other teammates, James Coon (BluJay Solutions) and Ken Wood (Descartes) have been training hard too; I’ll share their photos in a future post. Well, not literally.

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The Logistics Academy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

According to the new “Global Freight Forwarding 2017 Report” compiled by the London-based think tank Transport Intelligence (Ti) , a continuation of excess capacity issues and lower average oil prices in 2016 led rates to fall in both air and sea freight, meaning most forwarders reported lower year-on-year revenues.

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AIMMS

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Reflections following the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in London . This month, our team had the pleasure to attend Gartner’s Supply Chain Executive Conference in London, a growing event that we’re always thrilled to participate in. This was no different at the recent Gartner conference.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 21, 2021

Here is what Mr. Toornman said at the conference. “We It is not just about training people in their current role, but it’s also about developing people to the maximum of their potential. The 2017 hurricane season,” Mr. Herzog said, “was a big event on our journey. We need people that are adaptable.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 9, 2015

Unfortunately, this amount of time equates to a higher cost of waiting for more drivers to finish their training, thus driving up trucking rates. told the conference. I think 2016 and 2017 will make 2014 look like child’s play,” Albrecht said. billion manufacturer TriMas Corp. “It sends everything into a tailspin. .”

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MARCH 14, 2021

According to Lui, et al (2017) “customer waiting time in queueing systems is a key factor of service quality. These expertise is acquired through product training. Part of the training is to adapt the company’s culture that is providing brief time as much as possible. References: S. 1130-1134, doi: 10.1109/CCDC.2017.7978688.

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AIMMS

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Reflections following the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in London. Last month, our team had the pleasure to attend Gartner’s Supply Chain Executive Conference in London, a growing event that we’re always thrilled to participate in. This was no different at the recent Gartner conference.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 15, 2017

Comparing the headlines (September 7, 2016 and May 12, 2017). For example, cyber security was one of the topics we discussed at the Executive Forum track at the Descartes Evolution 2017 conference last month. One of the most popular posts I wrote last September became a reality over the weekend. Hospitals, Spanish Companies.”

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 31, 2018

While a degree of uncertainty over the future of free trade between Mexico and its Nafta neighbours to the north once again hung over discussions at this year’s Automotive Logistics Mexico conference, it was more than matched by confidence in the future of the automotive sector.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The offering was unveiled this week at Amazon Accelerate, a conference that drew about 2,000 online merchants to Seattle. Since launching the world’s first autonomous drone delivery system in Reykjavik, Iceland in 2017, Flytrex has been working closely with regulators to get drone delivery off the ground.

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Trinity Logistics

JUNE 3, 2021

Most cold chain food regulations come from the FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) of 2017. This regulation covers the cleanliness and function of equipment, protocols set in place for transportation, employee training on the proper handling of food in cold chains, and records of all FSMA compliance. In the U.S.,

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 27, 2018

You can see him above proudly wearing the jersey while training indoors a couple of weeks ago. Last November, I attended and spoke at the Command Alkon ELEVATE 2017 conference , where I learned many things about the Heavy Building Materials (HBM) industry (such as the difference between cement and concrete).

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 23, 2019

Long distance rail connections are central to this trade and, at the Automotive Logistics Global Shanghai conference last week, speakers from China Railway International and Beijing Changjiu Logistics talked about the latest developments for vehicle and parts shipments on the China Railway Express (CR Express) between China and Europe.

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The Logistics Academy

JUNE 11, 2017

I recalled that scene walking to a morning session recently at ISM 2017 , the annual conference for procurement professionals sponsored by the Institute for Supply Management. Related Training: SCM Future Trend – Big Data & IoT Application. If I were writing that scene today, I’d substitute the word: Data.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Our Supply Chain Leaders Insights conference, round-table, and training day will be taking place in both cities this year. The event doesn’t follow a single theme like many conventional conferences. We look forward to seeing you at Supply Chain Leaders Insights 2017. Best Regards, Rob O’Byrne.

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 1, 2019

That shifted slightly from the 2017 results, which showed 81% strongly agreed and 19% agreed that the supply chain is a good career choice. In 2017, 69% strongly agreed and 31% agreed that they would recommend that others consider supply chain as a career. A full report will be available in Supply Chain Quarterly this December.

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Logistics in War

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

In 2017 Major-General Chris Field wrote of two reasons to write; education and humility. His insights were based on a view that ‘standard officer training, education and experience’ was not enough and that ‘doing more was a personal responsibility’. Writing is valuable, and valued.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 11, 2018

Full block train, single or multiple containers, LCL shipments and oversized cargo are available options. It’s like handing the keys to a Ferrari to a kid who’s still riding a bike with training wheels. The question now is how will the company leverage this growing community to drive “network effect” solutions and value?

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World Food Programme Logistics

JULY 11, 2019

The programme includes two months of technical skills training and an additional 2 months on-the job training at a partner hotel, restaurant or café. But by the end of the training, this same person hugged us all. I started enjoying taking part in conferences, workshops and anything social. I was encouraged by my trainer.

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Logistics Manager

MAY 1, 2018

However, with the abolishment of the conference system and as carriers began sharing space on vessels, carrier services and offerings became narrower in scope. Training for Future Success. Even with the best automated systems and local teams in place, without proper training staff aren’t going to be performing at their expected levels.

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Logistics in War

MAY 31, 2018

During a logistics course in late 2017, I was asked to consider what the traits and behaviours of the strategic ‘future logistician’ might be. [1] At the strategic level, logistics problems are simply too large for one person, irrespective of their rank, influence or training, to be able to resolve them independently.

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World Food Programme Logistics

MARCH 1, 2019

Spurring innovation, food safety and quality capacity strengthening and economic resilience This year’s Africa Day of School Feeding comes at the heels of the first ever Future of Food Safety Conference held at the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Additionally, each school received training materials to disseminate the knowledge.

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Automotive Logistics

JULY 19, 2018

NYK Auto Logistics India (NALI) has signed an agreement with transport and port operations provider, Adani Logistics, to provide finished vehicle services using freight trains. Based on market trends, the company aims to grow that to 25 in three years.

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Logistics in War

JUNE 13, 2018

The third in a series of posts relevant for senior logisticians as they consider the future at the Australian and New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference. Unfortunately, these challenges are precisely the point of exercise training. By Jessica McCarthy. Rules Creep.

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Logistics in War

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

ULAC are used by artillery soldiers in the field for the safe transport and storage of propellant and projectiles in training and operational environments. Logistics and the strangling of strategy, 2017, Logistics and the strangling of strategy – Logistics In War. [2] The containers were designed and produced in BAE Systems?

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MAY 11, 2019

I’ve been to a lot of concerts, conferences, festivals… But nothing as big as the World Cup. Bovy, as part of a training seminar for the organization of the event. As we are digging up into flow management during the Logistics class, I wondered myself about events that required a really complex organization and planning.

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Women in Trucking

MARCH 9, 2020

Conference shared a variety of best practices. percent increase in female drivers from 2017 to 2018, Shaver says. That makes on-going training and support critical for success. Finding and keeping drivers has never been more critical. Presenters at the 2018 Accelerate! While they make up 47 percent of the workforce, just 7.9

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

As a bonus, at the Imagine 2014 Magento e-commerce Conference, Malcolm Gladwell spoke about Malcolm McLean (just as he did in this Inc. With the growth of transpacific trade, McLean teams with Southern Pacific Railroad to build the first double-stack train car. The first all double-stack train is developed by APL and UP Railroad.

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 1, 2019

That shifted slightly from the 2017 results, which showed 81% strongly agreed and 19% agreed that the supply chain is a good career choice. In 2017, 69% strongly agreed and 31% agreed that they would recommend that others consider supply chain as a career. A full report will be available in Supply Chain Quarterly this December.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 25, 2017

Depending on the stage of your career, industry-specific training programs, job rotation, and contract work may let you put that extra line on your CV that tilts a recruiter’s decision in your favour. Customers, conferences, and colleagues past and present are all possibilities for sharing insights and information.

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247 Customs Broker

JANUARY 3, 2019

While that still “seems” high, it is actually the lowest point going back to the first quarter of 2017, when it checked in at 74%. What’s more, it helps to counter the 4% increase in the second quarter, which brought the annualized rate to 98%, which was 10% above the large carrier turnover rate at the end of 2017.

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Automotive Logistics

MARCH 25, 2019

Speaking at The Supply Chain Conference last week in Atlanta, George Grahovac (pictured), Honda of America’s new senior manager at its North America Operations Office, highlighted a spend of $1.2 Apart from the expense of installing the devices and training drivers, there has also been a loss of productivity.

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Penske Move Ahead

JUNE 20, 2019

23, 2017 – began like any other day. People say you hear a freight train. I did not hear a freight train. The building also includes a large conference room, space for training, a breakroom for technicians and a space for drivers, which didn’t exist prior to the renovation. “It An Ordinary Monday.

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247 Customs Broker

DECEMBER 3, 2018

For even more human-robot collaboration, Volkswagen is teaming up with Dresden, Germany-based startup Wandelbots to more efficiently train industrial robots using an innovative jacket fitted with sensors and actuators. Bostonia, October 4, 2017. VW Trains Robots Using Jacket.” Parnell, Ph.D. “ Hitch, John. Jenkins, Aric.

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Automotive Logistics

MAY 15, 2018

In 2017, it saw a recovery in the automotive sector in Europe and a shortage of transport capacity in the market. At the press conference in Paris in January, Nadal said the company was opening up to new industrial sectors including aviation, manufacturing, energy, life sciences and healthcare, among others.

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247 Customs Broker

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

At the same time, we can be more purposeful in how we leverage the supply chain, by reducing waste or enabling our customers’ CSR initiatives or in education and training, and the reskilling that must happen with advances in technology. ” This is the network of networks in which Blume Global aims to drive new value.

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