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

GlobalTranz

Each setting is an accurate image of manufacturing from different time periods in history, the past and the present. Ironically, manufacturing represents one of the most stable, growing sectors of the economy and boasts a low unemployment rate of 4 percent in December 2015, explains the US Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Still Think Dangerous Goods is Just Paperwork and Labels?

Talking Logistics

As reported by The Guardian : The items included lithium-ion batteries and flammable aerosols, which were flown in and out of the UK between January 2014 and June 2015. Over one-third of the survey respondents said that their supervisors are unaware of exactly what they do. Even so, there appears to have been a weak link somewhere.).

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Top Supply Chain Articles of 2015

GlobalTranz

As we head into 2016, we are featuring our most read articles of 2015 in our five main categories: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation Management, and Freight. Yesterday we published the top 10 most read manufacturing articles of 2015. . Top 10 Supply Chain Articles from 2015. Read the full article here. .

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Lessons from CMA CGM, Maersk and K+N on Transparency and Digitalization

Freightos

CMA CGM and Maersk’s decision to sell online, Kuehne+Nagel’s notable online sales – showcased in our annual online freight sales survey – show two things quite clearly: The industry already made a conscious decision to offer online services in a transparent fashion. It’s not only Freightos technology, of course.

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MIT’s Sheffi on Supply Chain Sustainability

247 Customs Broker

Most sustainability books in my view do not present the full 360 view. And of course most can’t. Of course, consumer brand companies are especially at risk from being tarred with an anti-sustainability brush. How does this compare to the IoT positions of the previous years, which have already peaked in 2015?

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Will Robots Take All the Supply Chain Jobs?

247 Customs Broker

Such stories are legion – not only in the US, but also even in China, where in 2015 the provincial Guangdong government announced a three-year plan to increase automation in the region by subsidizing the purchase of robots, under a program referred to as “robots for humans.” Of course we all need to up our game.

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Why Amazon Prime Day Is More Important than Ever for Small Businesses

Freightos

However, 2019 presents a new challenge for the hundreds of thousands of small and mid-sized US importers, Amazon-fulfilled or not, with the 25% tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports. But, of course, the tariffs aren’t only an Amazon problem. If the past is any indicator , it will.