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BlueGrace 2017 National Conference | Recap

Blue Grace Logistics

This year, BlueGrace Logistics held their National Conference at the beautiful SandPearl resort in Clearwater Beach, FL. To no surprise, the conference was jam packed with fantastic speakers including Don Hutson, Alex Sheen and Brian Holloway. Everyone enjoyed learning experiences, lunches and a reception back at headquarters.

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Top Strategies for Attracting and Retaining Qualified Drivers

Women in Trucking

Conference shared a variety of best practices. It’s remarkable, then, that a recent customer survey by DriverIQ, a provider of back- ground screening for the trucking industry, showed that 35 percent of companies have NO programs aimed at recruiting and retaining women drivers! She sees a trend toward formalized outreach programs.

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Supply Chain Holds Exciting Work and Strong Potential for Young Professionals

Penske Move Ahead

The majority of respondents taking part in the 2019 Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals/Penske Logistics Young Professionals Survey, which surveyed more than 100 supply chain professionals under age 30, said they enjoy working in the supply chain and that it makes them content.

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Supply Chain Holds Exciting Work and Strong Potential for Young Professionals

Penske Move Ahead

The majority of respondents taking part in the 2019 Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals/Penske Logistics Young Professionals Survey, which surveyed more than 100 supply chain professionals under age 30, said they enjoy working in the supply chain and that it makes them content.

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Acing the drone obstacle course

World Food Programme Logistics

Photo: WFP/Elizabeth Millership In less than 30 minutes, the group has been briefed on safety, given an overview of the training, divided into four groups. The buzz of only four drones, like a swarm of flies, drifts into the conference room. Adam Marlatt surveys the ‘mouth of the poisonous caterpillar’ before the exercise begins.

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Top 25 Freight Forwarders 2017: Digitization & E-Commerce continue to reshape the marketplace

The Logistics Academy

On profitability performance, survey results indicate that excluding the impact of volume and rate changes, margin pressures for forwarders will intensify over the next five years. The Ti report mirrors much of what’s contained in a recent survey conducted by the consultancy Logistics Trends & Insights. Digitize or die.

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Supply chain technologies highlight findings from 2019 Third-Party Logistics Study – Canadian Shipper

247 Customs Broker

Here are a few notable findings from the report, released at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) EDGE conference: What are the top concerns and challenges in regards to supply chain decisions? Yet, only roughly a third of all survey takers agreed that companies do enough to effectively manage last yard issues.