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How US ports may have contributed to the global lag in container turn around times

Shipping and Freight Resource

Transloading, for example, has transitioned from loading ocean freight containers onto trains to unloading cargo directly into domestic trucks close to port. In 2002, employers locked out workers for 10 days at one point before President George W.

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Two Million Vacant Manufacturing Jobs by 2025…How Can We Tackle the Skills Gap?

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Insufficient on-the-job training — Over the period from 2002 to 2013, investments in internal training programs such as apprenticeships, company classroom training, and other structured on-the-job skills development for current manufacturing employees were cut from 469,000 to 288,000 (nearly 40 percent).

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Sourcing Strategy: Effective vs Efficient with Ron Crabtree

The Logistics of Logistics

Ron Crabtree , CPIM, CIRM, CSCP, MLSSBB, SCOR-P is the founder and CEO (2002) of MetaOps , Inc. He has spent more than 20,000 hours providing consulting, training, and facilitation for large and small groups for hundreds of organizations internationally on a wide range of topics. Based in Mattawan, MI, the company was founded in 2002.

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What Steph Curry and LeBron James Can Teach Us About Innovation

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And in doing so, he provides a perfect example of the power of disruptive innovation. Disruptive innovation is not training to jump half an inch higher or lifting weights to get 10 percent stronger. Most teams win by incremental innovations that give them a slight competitive edge.

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DB Schenker Finds the Journey Nearly as Important as the Destination

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DB AG laid the foundation for a world-renowned combination of logistics leaders — Stinnes AG and Schenker — in 2002, giving both Deutsche Bahn and Schenker a rich history. To meet these needs DB Schenker has been investing within to both hire and train qualified people to help them exceed customer expectations. Mr. Dean Thorpe.

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DB Schenker Finds the Journey Nearly as Important as the Destination

Airfreight Logistics

DB AG laid the foundation for a world-renowned combination of logistics leaders — Stinnes AG and Schenker — in 2002, giving both Deutsche Bahn and Schenker a rich history. To meet these needs DB Schenker has been investing within to both hire and train qualified people to help them exceed customer expectations. Mr. Dean Thorpe.

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The debris of an organisation – thinking about how the ADF recovers from the first losses of war: Part One

Logistics in War

The first part of this paper applies examples to articulate concepts and ideas relevant to understanding the reality of war. The ADF will have had to expand its training capacity, logistics, and invest in new capabilities to create strategic advantages. The Trident of Neptune’, Defence Force Journal, 1978, pp 7-16 cited in Ball, D.,