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What’s Next for The Freight Market with Chris Pickett

The Logistics of Logistics

Before joining Coyote in 2006, Chris spent his early career in supply chain software development and network design – and studied at as many Eastern US tech schools as he could: earning a B.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech, an M.Eng. in Logistics from MIT, and an MBA from Georgia Tech.

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

Logistics Business Magazine

A study of 33 distribution centres in England, employing more than 7,200 people, has revealed that fewer people were employed per square metre of floor space in 2018 than at any time since the research initiative by Prologis UK began in 2006.

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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. According to the American Trucking Associations, the driver shortage hit 60,800 at the end of 2018.

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3PL Market Leaders Continue Growth

Blog on Log

The market for third-party logistics grew at double-digit rates domestically and internationally in 2006, according to a just-released study. and Global Third-Party Logistics (3PL) Market Analysis”. and Global Third-Party Logistics (3PL) Market Analysis”. billion, a 9.5-percent percent increase and an historic high.

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Some reading suggestions, while you wait in the airport!

Blog on Log

Dubner (William Morrow, 2006) Publisher’s Blurb: “Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, [the authors] show that economics is, at root, the study of incentives — how people get what they want, or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing.” Levitt and Stephen J.

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Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2019

Talking Logistics

Descartes Systems Group Revenue 2006-2018 (Source: macrotrends). How can I summarize the many sessions and customer case studies I attended in a short blog post? presented a great case study on the company’s journey and success with real-time freight visibility. Where is Descartes today? Keegan McCready, Sr.

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Logistics and the strangling of strategy

Logistics in War

From 2006 to 2011 the USAF record of airdrops in Afghanistan had increased from 3.5 School of Advanced Military Studies student, Major Martha Granger, in her 2003 analysis of three Afghanistan campaigns (pdf), noted logistics is never easy and there must be balance between ‘iron mountains’ and the lean force.