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Why Are There Fewer US Manufacturing Jobs Today? 4 Driving Forces to Understand

GlobalTranz

As a result, a worker may need a degree or other form of training beyond simple manufacturing, such as engineering, computer-electronics, or robotics. You have, no doubt, heard of offshore manufacturing, or outsourcing, throughout the course of the previous decades. Cheaper Products From Alternate Economies.

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Logistics Contractors and strategic logistics advantage in US military operations

Logistics in War

vi] In 2009, ‘private contractors outnumbered military personnel in Afghanistan and nearly equalled the number of military personnel in Iraq’ [vii] and the majority of these contractors were involved in logistic services, with only approximately 11 percent conducting private military and security functions.

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Here’s Why Image of Manufacturing as Boring, Dirty, and Tedious is Drastically Changing

GlobalTranz

If this statistic is applied to the 225,000 student participants, it represents more than 180,000 future workers in the industry, which includes positions in engineering, business, technology, robotics, business, and even online marketing strategy development (much like those who created this website) in manufacturing.

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Supply Chain Management:Importance of Proactive Master Data.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Of course this is & will be an ongoing activity as each month some new codes get added from planning perspective, either they are new products introduced or existing products getting extended to new planning locations. We were also able to identify any specific "Training Needs" for planning community in the long run. December 2009.

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Transportation Industry Braces for a Looming Transportation Capacity Crunch Crisis in 2017

GlobalTranz

Now of course, this continues to strengthen the need for a hard look at how we handle the Highway Trust Fund and how we deal with aging infrastructure. Well, basically, because getting freight in a smooth matter is clearly important to helping combat the capacity crunch as it is and of course, moving forward. Wide shoulders.

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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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How will the tariff war with China affect U.S. container ports?

247 Customs Broker

Taking this logic train to the next stop, the current value of the new tariffs amount to around $35 billion, or two-tenths of a percentage point of real GDP. And this is, of course, the goal of punitive tariffs—to apply economic pressure to Chinese exporters who will then turn this economic pressure into political pressure.