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How to Create a Truckload Strategy That Works in Any Market

Talking Logistics

We have been studying truck freight attributes and strategies since 2006. Once you’ve selected a mix of asset-based carriers, the next step is to choose an optimal 3PL to work with as part of your transportation strategy. In the case of brokerage, it is important to minimize the presentation of your freight to the market.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The Evolution and History of Supply Chain Management

GlobalTranz

Over the last 100 plus years of the history of supply chain management has evolved from an initial focus on improving relatively simple, but very labor-intensive processes to the present day engineering and managing of extraordinarily complex global networks.

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

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This estimate is according to responses provided by 83 percent of the manufacturing executives who participated in a survey conducted as part of an industry study by the Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte Consulting LLP. Skills Shortages. skilled production workers. researchers. machinists. scientists. appear to include the following.

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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? Velocity Mail (June 2018) : “an electronic transportation network that provides global air carriers with mail and parcel shipment scanning and tracking solutions.”.

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Will Robots Take All the Supply Chain Jobs?

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“The dire predictions that robots are going to take our jobs are overstated,” said Susan Lund, co-author of the study for McKinsey, adding “There will be enough jobs for everyone in most sectors.” Transportation Manager, N/A. God bless america from its present distraction.

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MIT’s Sheffi on Supply Chain Sustainability

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Most sustainability books in my view do not present the full 360 view. Using the right tool for the right job has always been a best practice and one of the reasons, we feel, that RFID has never taken off in the DC as exponentially as pundits have been forecasting since 2006. Transportation Manager, N/A.

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Cracking under sanctions

Automotive Logistics

Spare parts producers have been using our international transportation service with less frequency and since May 2018, we haven’t had any transactions and are not expecting any volume increases in the near future,” a spokesman for the firm says. Iran is a sensitive issue in the automotive sector at present. Landside issues.