article thumbnail

Unlocking the Future: Young Professionals in Supply Chain Management

Penske Move Ahead

The comprehensive study, now in its fourth iteration, gathered responses from nearly 200 young professionals under the age of 30. Karyn Troxell, vice president of human resources for Penske Logistics, who participated in the study, is optimistic about the industry's potential. "For

article thumbnail

Eat, Grow, Study: School Feeding in Africa

World Food Programme Logistics

Eat, grow, study: School feeding in Africa Political will and commitment to school feeding in Africa is on the rise, with more governments supporting policy, legislation and financing School feeding is changing lives in Africa. Photo: WFP/Dixon This morning, 10-year-old Agnes is rushing to school on the outskirts of Porto-Novo, Benin.

Study 40
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

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

article thumbnail

Mexico conference: Uncertainty well-balanced with optimism

Automotive Logistics

While a degree of uncertainty over the future of free trade between Mexico and its Nafta neighbours to the north once again hung over discussions at this year’s Automotive Logistics Mexico conference, it was more than matched by confidence in the future of the automotive sector. vehicles were exported last year, up 12% on 2016.

article thumbnail

This Week in Logistics News (May 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

Target Chief Operating Officer John Mulligan said on an earnings conference call Wednesday that the overstocking that weighed on the company last year was “in the rearview mirror” and that the retailer was turning toward getting fresh merchandise into stores for the fall.

article thumbnail

Looking Ahead to the Future of Grocery Delivery in a Post-COVID-19 World

WorkWave

Grocery delivery has been on the rise, with Business Insider citing that the industry’s value doubled between 2016 and 2018. Even prior to the advent of COVID-19, many industry experts expected a boom in grocery delivery in the coming years; in early 2019, Forbes cited a study that expected the industry to more than double by 2021.

article thumbnail

Initiating a new national support approach – mobilising national logistics in the support of military operations

Logistics in War

The first batch of containers was accepted in May 2016, with the final batch coming off the assembly line in June 2016, well ahead of the contracted delivery date. 16] Department of Defence 2016, Defence Industry Policy Statement, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, p 19. [17] When Defence made mobilisation an agenda.

article thumbnail

Logistics as a Competitive Weapon: 4 Recommendations to Get Started

Talking Logistics

According to a study by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners, Amazon Prime membership doubled in the last two years to more than 80 million people in the U.S., with about 60 percent of all U.S.