Remove 2012 Remove Conference Remove Strategy Remove Training
article thumbnail

This Week in Logistics News (June 11-15, 2018)

Talking Logistics

At the Descartes Evolution 2018 conference in March, Mark Holifield, Home Depot’s Executive Vice President of Supply Chain and Product Development, discussed how the retailer is investing $1.2 OK, it operates flawlessly on routine stuff, but I need to train it for new tasks. Amazon: Vendor Managers Replaced by Algorithms.

article thumbnail

Drones to the rescue as Cyclone Desmond storms Mozambique

World Food Programme Logistics

Training led by the World Food Programme (WFP) in the Southern Africa region expand the options for emergency response Aerial assessment of Mozambique floods using drones, January 2019. These new skills are the result of multiple training opportunities led by WFP on how to fly, map, and coordinate with UAS.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Reshoring in America: The Future Outlook, Current Hindrances & Issues, and Ways to Stimulate Reshoring

GlobalTranz

Harry Moser, Reshoring Initiative Founder and President, offered insights to economic developers at the 2013 IEDC conference , including some of the points listed below. Sales increased in 2012, but productivity ran far below projections in their new U.S. Location of factories is fundamental strategy. Customers canceled orders.

article thumbnail

Audi México: Risk and reward

Automotive Logistics

At the same time, Mexico was a totally new place to work for Audi personnel, which meant negotiating, recruiting and training in a different culture and in a different language. If it is required, we can put more on the train, such as if we have problems like we did in Houston.”. ” – Peter Koltai, Audi México.

article thumbnail

Tyranny of the Easy Button: Finding Balance Between Contract & Organic Logistics

Logistics in War

The third in a series of posts relevant for senior logisticians as they consider the future at the Australian and New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference. Unfortunately, these challenges are precisely the point of exercise training. Rules Creep.

article thumbnail

Smart Lagos: Status, prospects and opportunities

247 Customs Broker

Lagos-based Andela trains programmers and facilitates their placement with software companies around the world. The state government has also started training its staff to align them with its smart city vision. For instance, staff in the Lagos central business districts (CBDs) had their training session in January 2018.

article thumbnail

Battling a perfect storm

Automotive Logistics

The purpose of a port is for the direct intermodal exchange of people or freight,” he said, adding that ports should have the infrastructure to allow vehicles and trains to come alongside ships. The original [fuel economy] target in 2012, when the CAFE standard was passed under the Obama administration, was 46.7 That is exciting.