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Land Transport Outlook for the Year Ahead

Now, That's Logistics

As far back as 2005 the American Trucking Associations (ATA) was documenting a shortfall that the Great Recession erased but that quickly resurfaced as the national economy recovered. In fact there are three trends we see that are important in 2023”. Addressing the Persistent Driver Shortage. The driver shortage isn’t a new problem.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 3-7, 2017)

Talking Logistics

My son’s baseball season, which began last November with indoor training, finally ended last night. I’m guessing the researchers didn’t came across many examples of supply chain disruptions caused by cyberattacks in 2005, but based on the recent WannaCry and Petya cyberattacks, their findings seem to hold true today. ACT Research: N.A.

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Limping to war

Logistics in War

This is what daily life in the military is all about; generating forces, individual and collective training, assessing capabilities and conducting remedial activities to correct any problems or deficiencies. 4] Routine exercises and training can achieve high standards of preparedness, at least for a time. 3] Galvin, T., 4] Betts.,

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Burying the hero – how logistics and readiness changed war

Logistics in War

This article looks at how logistics readiness has shaped military success and failures, created the nature of operations, and most certainly the capacity of militaries to be viable as a force. Sustainment of Army forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom: Battlefield logistics and effects on operations , RAND Corporation, 2005 at [link].

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

Material Handling and Logistics

Jim Shephard, president, Shephard’s Industrial Training Systems. ? NOTE: Ron Giuntini also participated in the roundtable, but his contribution on the servitization trend will appear in a separate article. . In the world of economics, articles abound regarding the controversial issue of whether in the future the U.S.

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The Gig Economy Is Here to Stay — But Can Workers Survive in It?

Supply Chain Brain

With the government having stopped collecting relevant data back in 2005, the task has fallen to private think tanks like McKinsey Global Institute and the Brookings Institution , and freelancing platforms like Upwork Global Inc. Comment on this article.

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Burying the hero – how logistics and readiness changed war

Logistics in War

This article looks at how logistics readiness has shaped military success and failures, created the nature of operations, and most certainly the capacity of militaries to be viable as a force. Sustainment of Army forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom: Battlefield logistics and effects on operations , RAND Corporation, 2005 at [link].