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Wendt takes on key supplier role at BMW

Automotive Logistics

Wendt, who trained as a mechanical engineer, has been Dingolfing’s head since 2017. He began his career at BMW in 2002, as head of strategy development production and, among other roles, spent three years as director of the group’s largest engine plant in Steyr, Austria.

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Sourcing Strategy: Effective vs Efficient with Ron Crabtree

The Logistics of Logistics

Sourcing Strategy: Effective vs Efficient with Ron Crabtree. Joe Lynch and Ron Crabtree discuss sourcing strategy: effective vs efficient. When developing a sourcing strategy, the focus can be effectiveness (gaining desired results) or on efficiency (reducing cost, labor, and resources used). About Ron Crabtree.

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Fritz inducted into Logistics Hall of Fame

Logistics Business Magazine

The main pillars are effective processes, professionally trained logistics staff and the use of IT. The entrepreneur also pushed for initiatives to systematically train logistics personnel and evaluate humanitarian missions with the help of key figures. “Lynn C.

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Burying the hero – how logistics and readiness changed war

Logistics in War

Too few commanders have realised that logistics readiness underpins their strategies, or defines capabilities or the way their forces will fight. Some get it right, and base strategies on the capacity given to forces by their sustaining echelons, bases or auxiliary vessels.

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HHLA Aims to Become a Climate Neutral Company by 2040

Logistics Manager

The already successfully implemented sustainability strategy will now be realized under the “Balanced Logistics” brand. The quayside facility located in Hamburg is one of the most technologically modern and efficient container terminals in the world and has been in continual advancement since it commenced operations in 2002.

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

GlobalTranz

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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Burying the hero – how logistics and readiness changed war

Logistics in War

Too few commanders have realised that logistics readiness underpins their strategies, or defines capabilities or the way their forces will fight. Some get it right, and base strategies on the capacity given to forces by their sustaining echelons, bases or auxiliary vessels.