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

GlobalTranz

More manufacturers are turning toward vocational training and apprenticeship programs to help close the skills gap. However, some manufacturers will continue to avoid vocational programs in the interim, but they should consider the following ways vocational training will be a major player in addressing the growing skills gap. .

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The Weekly Freight Report for September 29th, 2022

FLS Transport

The first priority after the storm is helping ensure the resident’s safety, then getting infrastructure back online, clearing debris, repairing damage… This recovery process is long, and these weather events have a devastating impact on the lives of residents, industries, economies, and supply chains across North America.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Attracting Millennials to Manufacturing: Understanding Millennial Experience in Order to Gain Talent

GlobalTranz

Millennials have witnessed countless layoffs, periods of market instability, offshoring of manufacturing entities , and other significant events in their lives. Unfortunately, these events lead to one common issue: millennials do not view the manufacturing industry as previous generations did. Economic Instability.

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BFS Upholding EU Standards

Airfreight Logistics

In response to the tragic event of 9/11 and the detection of explosives inside a cargo aircraft from Yemen in 2010, the European Union (EU) initiated security regulations for the aviation industry and supply chain around the globe. Such certifications guarantee BFS as a company of high-security measures. Work Better Together.

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Ethics in Procurement – Simple, but Not Always Easy

Logistics Bureau

How procurement handles itself and its activities set the tone for all the events that follow, right up to the final delivery of goods and services to the end-customer. It may seem strange that procurement, often viewed as an unexciting part of an enterprise, can find itself embroiled in events and situations that make world headlines.

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Trinity Logistics Partners with Truckers Against Trafficking

Trinity Logistics

We’re proud to have partnered with the efforts of Truckers Against Trafficking, to ensure that the more than 70,000 carriers Trinity Logistics works with are trained on how to spot trafficking and how to report it. What are TAT’s training initiatives? TAT has made its training easily accessible.

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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. In comparison, in 2000-2007 the U.S. We need more training programs such as the one provided by the Greater West Town organization in Chicago.