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If There’s a Manufacturing Skills Gap, How Do We Close It? 4 Ways to Combat the Gap

GlobalTranz

According to US News , fewer than 7 percent of all new jobs added to manufacturing since 2010, and some women working in lower paying positions already have the skills needed to move up the ladder in the industry. Women are also heavily involved in the manufacturing industry when looking at package and filling machine operators.

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Supply Chain Trend Predictions

Logistics Business Magazine

It is surprising today how many companies have not completely digitized their supply chain operations, and as a result, they are not able to realize the significant benefits and ROI that digitizing the supply chain can bring. The Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation in the European Union is a good example of these regulations.

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All in the Family: The Inside Scoop on Running a Family Business

Women in Trucking

Founded in 1932, Rihm Family Companies is a fourth-generation family-owned-and-operated truck dealership. Kari Rihm took over the business in 2010 as President and CEO and has grown the business to 357 employees. For example, since Brenny instituted a program to help drivers quit smoking, five have already given up the habit.

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What does the Logistics World of the Future look like?

Logistics Business Magazine

Richard grabbed attendees from the off by revealing he has had an RFID chip inserted into his wrist and hopes to have another in his brain in due course. After all, he points out wryly, Kodak’s numbers were great in 2010. They’re like tattoos – once you have one, you want another,” he announces). I’m not convinced.

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Recognising Opportunities in Times of Crisis

Logistics Business Magazine

“We may not be on site at the customers’ premises right now, but we can still support them, for example with our BEUMER Smart Glasses,” says the cement expert. What happens if for example a packaging system in Indonesia or Peru fails? “One employee is able to operate more than one machine.”

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Using a Single Third-Party Logistics Provider to Support Worldwide Supply Chain Operations

247 Customs Broker

That’s exactly what Clay Alexander was pondering back in 2010, just before founding Ember Technologies, Inc. It all started with Alexander’s scrambled eggs, which he, of course, preferred warm versus cold. “I Left to right: Miguel Garcia , Operations Manager, SEKO Logistics and Phil Poel , COO, Ember Technologies, Inc.

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“Women, logistics, trucks, warehouses… very cool!”

World Food Programme Logistics

And in 2010, I was deployed for another emergency in the Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra before settling down at the WFP office in my hometown Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara. My work at WFP is a combination of providing technical support, report writing, liaising with officials and of course, emergency assistance when needed.