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Top 5 Free Online Resources for Freight Brokers

GlobalTranz

Getting your BMC-84 bond and developing a rock-solid marketing strategy are just some of the steps you'll learn about. Study.com's Best Freight Broker Training Programs List. It's important to note that the programs in this list are designed to provide high level training in logistics.

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

GlobalTranz

Insufficient on-the-job training — Over the period from 2002 to 2013, investments in internal training programs such as apprenticeships, company classroom training, and other structured on-the-job skills development for current manufacturing employees were cut from 469,000 to 288,000 (nearly 40 percent). Annually, 3.2 - 3.5

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Perfect retrofit recipe for Almi

Logistics Business Magazine

It’s a blessing because the company, whose strategy is focused on diversification and internationalisation, has experienced constant growth since its founding in 1931. In 2006, Almi built a warehouse on a parcel of land of approx. Intensive employee training. Everyone’s got to eat! Develop a structured plan.

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

Logistics in War

The use of Phase Zero as an element of military planning is credited to General Charles Wald, who in 2006, authored “New Thinking at EUCOM: The Phase Zero Campaign” while he was the Deputy Commander US European Command. The paper discussed the need to recognise the difference between theatre security cooperation and traditional war fighting.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The Evolution and History of Supply Chain Management

GlobalTranz

In the mid 1950s, this concept was extended to transportation management with the development of intermodal containers together with ships, trains, and trucks to handle these containers. imports from China grew from about $45 billion per year in 1995 to more than $280 billion per year in 2006.

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Private Fleets or Outsourced Logistics? Which is Better?

Trinity Logistics

You also have to consider fuel, insurance, driver pay and benefits, licenses, certifications, permits, technology like ELDs or software applications, training, and drug testing. Your chosen providers must share an understanding of your strategy and provide you with innovative solutions to give you a competitive advantage.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

With the growth of transpacific trade, McLean teams with Southern Pacific Railroad to build the first double-stack train car. The first all double-stack train is developed by APL and UP Railroad. Over 100 double stack container trains, each a mile long, are now operating across U.S. Costs fall and service improves. Significance.