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“Fewer DC Workers, But More Skilled Openings” Claims Employment Report

Logistics Business Magazine

Like many other industries, however, technological disruption combined with Brexit uncertainty is affecting access to skilled workers and this is a key issue for many employers. Employing more than 1.5 million people and contributing £124 billion to the UK economy, the logistics sector is important to Britain’s economic outlook.

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Private Fleets or Outsourced Logistics? Which is Better?

Trinity Logistics

In addition, a recent ATRI analysis of census data on employment sectors shows that the trucking industry has the lowest percentage of young entrants and the highest percentage of aging workforce entrants. Current trends point to the shortage growing to over 160,000 drivers by 2028. CUSTOMER SERVICE. FLEXIBILITY.

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Same concerns remain, when it comes to the truck driver shortage

247 Customs Broker

It is a topic of daily discussion at every industry trade show and conference, while also getting a ton of attention in the form of commentary or data being issued fairly frequently. A good example of that was apparent in an October 2017 survey of 1,500 motor carriers conducted by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI).

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Aptiv takes a global approach to mobility

Automotive Logistics

According to Richards, this has changed with developments in technology and the accurate analysis of complex data sets, or ‘big data’. Managers did not have the ability to switch parts delivery to a different route or mode due to variance in demand at short notice; things had to be kept simple. .

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MIT’s Sheffi on Supply Chain Sustainability

247 Customs Broker

“Although a number of surveys show consumers say they want sustainable products, only a small percentage of them are actually willing to pay more to buy sustainable products,” Sheffi notes. Various sectors have already adapted IoT solutions like the security industry or companies offering BPO Services India.

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Will Robots Take All the Supply Chain Jobs?

247 Customs Broker

An off-cited analysis from McKinsey in late 2017, for example, found automation could destroy as many as 73 million US jobs by 2030, about one third of all jobs in the country. In additiion I realize it’s difficult to understand what goes into the customer survey, but would I assume specific metrics are being asked.