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The Important Role of Apprenticeships

Logistics Business Magazine

Joloda Hydraroll is a leading provider of automated and manual trailer loading and unloading solutions, which businesses around the world use to help streamline their logistics operations. Since launching our apprenticeship scheme in 2012,” explained Worsley, “we have mentored and trained more than 20 people.

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Big Data: The Driving Force of Supply Chains

Morai Logistics

In 2012, the New York Times published an article entitled “The Age of Big Data”. Experts in the field of supply chain and logistics, consider data to be an asset in optimizing operations. This optimizes the communication of information and also improves operation visibility.

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What does Corporate Social Responsibility Really Mean?

Logistics Bureau

I like to quote the following definition of CSR , offered by Chatham House associate fellow, Paul Hohnen. Since 2012—thanks to the support of our clients and industry colleagues—we have recorded more than 6.8 million giving impacts.

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Will the Freight Industry Move to a Discounted Pricing Model Like the Stock Brokerage Industry?

The Logistics of Logistics

Stock brokers couldn’t lose because they had the following: Operational infrastructure, technology and licenses required to buy and sell stocks. Just like the full-service stock broker, today’s freight brokers enjoy some definite advantages including: Operational infrastructure, technology and licenses required to broker freight.

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Freightos is going public…and how we got here

Freightos

I started Freightos a decade ago, in 2012. And while outsiders might assume that it operates like a Swiss clock, the foundations are surprisingly rickety. Between 2012 and 2019 we made the most of what we had. First, some background. Because I believe that world trade is important. Really important. But it doesn’t always work.

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Top 10 Features of an Autonomous Warehouse

3PL Insights

Amazon is on the forefront of automation in the warehouse , currently using 45,000 Kiva Robots, after purchasing the company Kiva Systems in 2012 (they’re now renamed “Amazon robots”). In other cases, guide wires might lay out a definite path for vehicles, rather than free roaming.

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How the contagion of conflict in the Sahel could spread across West Africa

World Food Programme Logistics

Fighting that started in Mali in 2012 has crossed borders into Burkina Faso and Niger, disrupting livelihoods and sharpening hunger. a country affected by conflict since 2012. Their operations will not be sustainable without these things.” the semi-arid belt of western and north-central Africa extending eastwards).