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The three biggest risks in logistics

Logistics Business Magazine

A survey series by the Logistics Hall of Fame in cooperation with the logistics insurance broker Schunk Group looks at the current risks facing the logistics industry and how companies are preparing against them. Interested parties can be added to the distribution list by sending an e-mail to stefanie.nonnenmann@impact.mp.

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The Key Processes of Warehouse Efficiency

Apparel Logistics

Since 2003, the Warehouse Education and Research Council (WERC) has surveyed hundreds of logistics professionals each year to determine the key metrics for measuring the efficiency and performance of distribution centers (DCs). How does your distribution center perform in these key areas? What Do the Metrics Mean?

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Burying the hero – how logistics and readiness changed war

Logistics in War

Clausewitz’s survey of history, as well as the Napoleonic Wars, led him to write that ‘[t]he end for which a soldier is recruited, clothed, armed and trained, the whole object of his sleeping is simply that he should fight at the right place and the right time’. [5] In 2003 the US Army halted for an operational pause outside An Najaf. [11]

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Burying the hero – how logistics and readiness changed war

Logistics in War

Clausewitz’s survey of history, as well as the Napoleonic Wars, led him to write that ‘[t]he end for which a soldier is recruited, clothed, armed and trained, the whole object of his sleeping is simply that he should fight at the right place and the right time’. [5] In 2003 the US Army halted for an operational pause outside An Najaf. [11]

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This Week in Logistics News (May 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), which has been conducting an annual survey on Mother’s Day spending since 2003, as more people are getting vaccinated and stimulus checks are being distributed, consumers are going all out for moms this year. Shoppers plan to spend $220.48 Shoppers plan to spend $220.48

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Why Is It So Hard to Find Good Help These Days?

Material Handling and Logistics

Every year, in our annual MH&L Salary Survey , we ask readers to identify the biggest challenge they face in their jobs, and every year they tell us the same thing: finding, developing and retaining talent. Al Will, president of PWG Distribution Solutions. Omni-channel Distribution—Have Retailers Figured It Out Yet?