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[INFOGRAPHIC] The Evolution and History of Supply Chain Management

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Both industrial engineering and operations research have their roots in logistics. Operations Research began when scientists demonstrated the value of analytics in the study of military logistics problems in the 1940s as a result of the complex requirements of World War II. History of Supply Chain Management: Logistics Comes of Age.

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Two Million Vacant Manufacturing Jobs by 2025…How Can We Tackle the Skills Gap?

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Ultimately, numerous companies found reshoring the most practical solution to overcome extreme unforeseen costs, and logistical and service issues in operating abroad. Training Magazine 's annual survey indicates that from 2006-2013, average investment in training per manufacturing employee was reduced by 31 percent.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

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Editor's Note: This is a guest blog from Freightos , is a SaaS-enabled marketplace for the logistics industry. Two books on McLean are published in 2006, marking the 50th anniversary of the first commercial intermodal container service. Significance. Malcom McLean, the “Father of Containerization”, dies aged eighty-seven.