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FMCSA Grants $1 Million to Veterans Who Want to Be Trained as Truck Drivers

GlobalTranz

But fortunately, the FMCSA just awarded $1 million in grants to help “train and place veterans in careers as commercial truck and bus drivers,” as part of a larger series of programs to help veterans transition into civilian life. These problems have contributed to veteran homelessness for decades.

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DHL supports boohoo’s US expansion

Logistics Business Magazine

Although boohoo has been servicing the US through its existing network in the UK since 2006, the company’s growing order volumes and customer demand on this side of the pond in recent years made a US-based distribution centre for direct-to-consumer fulfilment a necessity,” said Kraig Foreman, President, eCommerce, DHL Supply Chain.

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Cycle challenge double-header raises £230,000 for Transaid

Logistics Business Magazine

A team of 40 riders drawn from the transport and logistics industry have completed a 505km cycle challenge across southern Malawi in soaring temperatures, pedalling through the spectacular Liwonde National Park to raise more than £205,000 towards Transaid ’s projects in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Upgrade to High-performance Voice Technology

Logistics Business Magazine

The company faced a range of supply chain optimisation issues before it began working with Zetes in 2006 to digitalise manual warehouse processes and implement ZetesMedea Voice into its chilled warehouse. Philip Mehaffey, Head of Logistics at Henderson Group. adds Philip Mehaffey.

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Private Fleets or Outsourced Logistics? Which is Better?

Trinity Logistics

Private fleets or outsourced logistics? PRIVATE FLEETS OR OUTSOURCED LOGISTICS? While the pandemic has had a small hand in encouraging companies to move away from managing their own private fleets, many of the real motivating factors are the plain challenges that come with operating your own logistics and transportation.

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Planting the right trees – logistics and its role in the ‘Phase Zero’ campaign

Logistics in War

In a previous life, I had the opportunity to become very familiar with operational planning and experience first hand the impact of logistics (positive and negative) on various phases of a planned or active military operation. Phase Zero is the best time to get this done before it’s too late.

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Jerome hits the road for DB Schenker’s Golden Truck tour

Now, That's Logistics

Jerome started working for DB Schenker in 2006 after learning about the opportunity from a relative who worked there. location, which had recently opened and was handling the logistics and transportation for an aircraft parts maker. When I got here, I didn’t know much about warehousing or logistics.”.