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Moving toward freight ton efficiency together

Fleet Owner

Last week I presented our Run on Less findings to the government industry meeting of the 21st Century Truck Partnership. I first worked with this group back in 2007, when I represented Navistar and helped construct some of the early documentation th

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The Growing Skills Gap & How Vocational Training Can Help to Shrink It

GlobalTranz

In 2007, the state created Apprenticeship Carolina, a program designed specifically to increase public recognition of accredited apprenticeship programs, and the program has been expanded to include Youth Apprenticeship Carolina, reports The Manufacturing Institute. . ITT Closes Its Doors, Creates Ultimatum for Manufacturers. .

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Decision-forcing cases for logistics: practicing logisticians to overcome ‘wicked problems’

Logistics in War

A decision-forcing case drawn from the annals of the South Atlantic War of 1982, one called ‘Commando Logistics Regiment’, presents participants with a comparable conundrum. Between 2007 and 2017, Dr. Gudmundsson held the Case Method Chair at the Marine Corps University. The Road to Habbaniya’ is a two-problem exercise.

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Ethics in Procurement – Simple, but Not Always Easy

Logistics Bureau

Between 2007 and 2010, during attempts to win firearms supply contracts with law enforcement and military agencies in Indonesia, Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Turkey, gun maker Smith & Wesson’s sales employees allegedly embarked upon a spate of unethical transactions, via third-party representatives, with foreign officials.

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Will Robots Take All the Supply Chain Jobs?

247 Customs Broker

In fact, despite billions spend on DC automation in recent years, the number of warehouse workers has risen from 574,000 in 2007 to 837,000 in mid-2017, the last time I checked. There will be a document to refer to at any time by any one who needs clarification. The documentation can be useful historical data for any future endeavor.

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MIT’s Sheffi on Supply Chain Sustainability

247 Customs Broker

Most sustainability books in my view do not present the full 360 view. There will be a document to refer to at any time by any one who needs clarification. The documentation can be useful historical data for any future endeavor. In comparison, in 2000-2007 the U.S. God bless america from its present distraction.

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Why Is It So Hard to Find Good Help These Days?

Material Handling and Logistics

Further, if one does a Google search on data science groups in private industry, numerous large industry groups formed just since 2007 appear. Instead of using Google to search scientific literature, imagine hundreds of women using massive mainframe computers searching for physical documents based on key words submitted by scientists.