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The Secret Sauce with Mark McEntire

The Logistics of Logistics

In 2001, he completed a two-year Six Sigma certification program with General Electric and is a GE certified Black Belt. Emerge is custom built for freight RFP events and as a result the process is streamlined, easy, and saves shippers time and money. Vice President of Operations, as well as experience with J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc.

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Executive guide to ERP Part 6: The operation stage

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Success or failure is determined during this stage, and there are strategies that executives should follow to ensure that the ERP-enabled business benefits and strategic objectives are sustained and optimized. Coined in 2001, application erosion describes how over time the value of the ERP system reduces. Application erosion.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Attracting Millennials to Manufacturing: Understanding Millennial Experience in Order to Gain Talent

GlobalTranz

Millennials have witnessed countless layoffs, periods of market instability, offshoring of manufacturing entities , and other significant events in their lives. Unfortunately, these events lead to one common issue: millennials do not view the manufacturing industry as previous generations did. Click for Larger Infographic. From [link].

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

The first of 14 residential shipping container complexes now built in the UK is completed in 2001. . . Early examples of intermodal containers include railroads from 1830s (various sized containers), and Pennsylvania Railroad regular container service (1929). Significance. Did You Know That …. It wasn’t just about freight. Significance.

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What Is Connected Vehicle And History of Connected Vehicles

FueLoyal

Connected vehicles are able to access, send, and receive data, communicating real-time locations and events to every device around them, and upcoming. In 2001, vehicle manufacturers would install remote diagnostics in their connected vehicles, to let them diagnose problems within the vehicle much quicker.

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How will the tariff war with China affect U.S. container ports?

247 Customs Broker

Through all these major world events, the number of containers loaded with imports moving over U.S. Through all these major world events, the number of containers loaded with imports moving over U.S. and Canadian ports generated by each billion dollars of real GDP growth has remained remarkably consistent.