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Energy Efficiency Is Key to Better Logistics

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The result is that companies must balance the expectations of these groups with the need to make a product that consumers want and are willing to pay for. About 11% of carriers have vehicles that use a fuel other than diesel or biodiesel blends, according to a 2016 survey by ATRI. In the U.S., Lauderdale.

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

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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?

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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. “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. In comparison, in 2000-2007 the U.S.

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Will Robots Take All the Supply Chain Jobs?

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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. Managing Director, AD Supply Chain Group Pty Ltd. God bless america from its present distraction.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Public Perception of & A Brief Timeline of Moments from the American Manufacturing Industry

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The following is a timeline of key American Manufacturing Industry Moments & Innovations up to present day. In 1942, a group of GE engineers, known as "The Hush-Hush Boys," working non-stop for ten months built America's first jet engine. 2007: The first iPhone is released By Apple. 1942: Jet Engines Developed.

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

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Every year, in our annual MH&L Salary Survey , we ask readers to identify the biggest challenge they face in their jobs, and every year they tell us the same thing: finding, developing and retaining talent. In recent years, firms both large and small have launched new “Data Science” or similarly named groups.