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

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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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[INFOGRAPHIC] Alexander Hamilton: A US Manufacturing Visionary

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Ok, I realize that only us true manufacturing wonks will get all jazzed up about this epic historic event, but I believe that everyone in this country should celebrate this day the same as we do the 4th of July. exports ii and has grown at a faster rate than the rest of the economy since the 2008-2009 recession. 225 years?!

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

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Early examples of intermodal containers include railroads from 1830s (various sized containers), and Pennsylvania Railroad regular container service (1929). Significance. Small trucker, Malcom McLean, fumes at slow loading of cargo aboard ship – “There has to be a better way.”. Did You Know That …. It wasn’t just about freight. Significance.

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Top Freight Blogs of 2016… So Far

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Today marks the official halfway point of 2016 and that means it's time for our "Top Posts for the first half of the year" annual event. The shipping industry saw growth and expansion in 2014 when compared to the state of the industry since 2008. Current State of the Capacity Crunch.

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Trucking Rates Looking to Increase: The Driving Factors & What You Can Do About It

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Since the collapse of the housing market and the economy in 2008, the freight transportation industry has managed to claw its way out of a damaging situation and maintain historically low trucking rates. However, the uncertainty of these oil booms, especially when coupled with weather events, will drive the cost of Diesel up further.

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Current State of the Capacity Crunch

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The shipping industry saw growth and expansion in 2014 when compared to the state of the industry since 2008. Author information Adam Robinson Adam Robinson oversees the overall marketing strategy for Cerasis including website development, social media and content marketing, trade show marketing, email campaigns, and webinar marketing.

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Day 3 (Last Day) - Infosys Blogs

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News & Events. |. On the last day of Pulse, morning General Session starts late by 1 hour due to previous nights Palooza event. A very brief meeting with him as Expo Theater was closing and we agreed to do a joint webinar along with him. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008.

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