article thumbnail

Philippines: World Food Programme amps up Government’s response as coronavirus bites

World Food Programme Logistics

this is a region in southern Philippines where, since 2006, WFP has been present supporting the peace process. It will enable mobile surveys through phone interviews to gauge food security and nutrition levels.

SAP 52
article thumbnail

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

GlobalTranz

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.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

C-TPAT Survey - Be careful what you ask for.

Blog on Log

C-TPAT survey gives members chance to sound off Are companies who participate in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism really achieving tangible efficiencies by partnering with the U.S. CBP turned to the University of Virginia to help design and conduct the survey. government to secure their international supply chains?

Survey 40
article thumbnail

The State of Supply Chain Trends Part IV: Data Analysis, Wearables, and the Cloud

GlobalTranz

In fact, up to 70 percent of companies surveyed in Europe have already implemented cloud-based solutions to enable rapid scalability and flexibility. While this idea seemed ground-breaking in 2006, it has become a commonplace aspect of nearly all Walmart locations. This needed degree of visibility is also present in the supply chain.

article thumbnail

Aptiv takes a global approach to mobility

Automotive Logistics

The ability of technology to get in and present options, and a more efficient network with automated decisions and things like that, is going to change quite dramatically. The automated driving of trucks is potentially a big enabler,” states Richards, pointing to the truck driver shortage that exists in North America and Europe at present. “We

article thumbnail

MIT’s Sheffi on Supply Chain Sustainability

247 Customs Broker

Most sustainability books in my view do not present the full 360 view. “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. Carsten Baumann.

article thumbnail

Will Robots Take All the Supply Chain Jobs?

247 Customs Broker

. 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. God bless america from its present distraction. Carsten Baumann.