The Logistics Academy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Over the course of 2016, real revenue and volume growth in the air and sea freight forwarding markets was remarkably similar globally, but this disguises significant differences across important countries and regions, say analysts who keep a close eye on the market. The global freight forwarding market has grown by 2.7%

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MTS Logistics

OCTOBER 16, 2023

In 2022, the Washington Post made a statement that buckled roads, warped train tracks, and expanded bridges were a stark reminder of the growing need to adapt quickly to a warming planet. Of course, this is not the world we are in today. In 2017, a study assessed extreme climate impacts on infrastructure in Europe.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2022

Transformation is greatly needed since the efficiency of piece picking in warehouses plays a key role in creating a frictionless course of the logistics to follow. The system ensures reliable and uninterrupted operation and doesn’t require any special training from its operators.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

An estimated 4,200 companies made customs declarations in 2017. Training and education are essential as is access to test systems to ensure organisations understand the new processes and steps required. Over time of course, CDS will become the new normal. Companies will need significant help to make the change”.

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World Food Programme Logistics

JULY 22, 2019

Photo: WFP/Edward Johnson For three days a week over two months, the women attend the blended theoretical and practical haberdashery classes in MAPS’ training centre in the Bekaa Valley. Germany is the World Food Programme’s (WFP) sole supporter of livelihood projects in Lebanon and has funded over 350 projects since 2017. “It

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

The folks at JDRF like to say that the goal of their rides is not completing the 100 miles (or whatever distance you set out to do), but getting to the starting line — that is, the ride is simply a celebration of all the hard work that led up to it, both in training and fundraising. We collectively raised $2.7

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World Food Programme Logistics

AUGUST 28, 2019

One day in spring, a conversation with a local vet about Sabah’s problematic knee resulted in Ali enrolling in a paid course on livestock care. The course began with the basics, such as focusing on their well-being, milking techniques, the best types of fodder, and spotting signs of sickness early on. and vets in this case?—?to

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2021

The advantages: they are easy to use and it does not take long to train employees. Of course they have to budget for it. Over the course of its more than 50-year history, TGW has worked out the most important success factors for such projects. Intensive employee training. But what is the alternative?

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Logistics Business Magazine

JULY 22, 2021

Offering career opportunities and advanced training programmes as well as an environment that fosters teamwork, the international company presents itself as an attractive employer who has maintained its strong commitment to training even during the two years of the coronavirus pandemic.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 6, 2017

billion, and initial findings suggest 2017 will surpass last year’s sales, reports Scott Stone. If outsourcing any labor resources, remember to give proper training and orientation to your facility. Proper training reduces delays caused from temporary workers not understanding how your facility runs.

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 1, 2019

That shifted slightly from the 2017 results, which showed 81% strongly agreed and 19% agreed that the supply chain is a good career choice. In 2017, 69% strongly agreed and 31% agreed that they would recommend that others consider supply chain as a career.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2018

And if you didn’t stop doing these four things in 2017, you should definitely stop doing them this year: Supply Chain and Logistics Resolutions for 2017: 4 Things to STOP Doing This Year. Check out our 2017 LL4T1DCure Team Page and 2016 LL4T1DCure Team Page for a recap of the rides and photos.). What’s the experience like?

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Forto

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The magnitude of this initiative is hard to imagine until one witnesses the train roll into London after traveling 18 days from China, loaded with items such as laptops, smartphones, apparel and food items. According to China Railway Corporation, there were about 6,300 trains that traveled both east and westbound from 2011 to 2017.

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 1, 2019

That shifted slightly from the 2017 results, which showed 81% strongly agreed and 19% agreed that the supply chain is a good career choice. In 2017, 69% strongly agreed and 31% agreed that they would recommend that others consider supply chain as a career.

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Logistics in War

MAY 31, 2018

During a logistics course in late 2017, I was asked to consider what the traits and behaviours of the strategic ‘future logistician’ might be. [1] At the strategic level, logistics problems are simply too large for one person, irrespective of their rank, influence or training, to be able to resolve them independently.

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Logistics in War

AUGUST 3, 2018

note: on occasion, LIW examines the art of training and educating logisticians. LIW is privileged to have Dr Bruce Gudmundson, USMC University, discuss a teaching method very relevant to training leaders in ways to overcome ‘wicked problems’ in war. By Bruce Gudmundsson. A link to his site can be found here.

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World Food Programme Logistics

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

in 2017 WFP bought 16 metric tons of beans from them; last year, it ordered 150. Marina Claro, who took part in a WFP-supported training course in El Salvador, shows her favorite bean meal with tortillas. WFP provides seeds, new knowledge in agricultural practices , and a market for the produce.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 21, 2019

In 2017, Poland produced 689,700 finished vehicles, 1.2% In 2017, finished vehicle sales in the EU increased by only 3% over the previous year, compared with growth of 7% in 2016 and more than 9% in 2015, Opala points out. up on the previous year, according to the Polish Automotive Industry Association. to 514,700 units. .

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Airfreight Logistics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Of course, special memories include famous guests such as the two pandas Meng Meng and Jiao Qing sent by China’s President Xi Jingping to German Chancellor Angela Merkel as special animal envoys in 2017.”.

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247 Customs Broker

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

But over the course of 2017 since Harrison took the helm at CSX, things have not been quite as smooth in terms of the PSR implementation. slowing train speed and increasing dwell time along with numbers of cars online. slowing train speed and increasing dwell time along with numbers of cars online.

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World Food Programme Logistics

APRIL 18, 2019

Behind the scenes with logistician Fatouma Omar Mohamed 31-year old Fatouma Omar Mohamad from Djibouti City first joined WFP in July 2017. Of course, given the level of emergency response in Yemen I often have to work during weekends, but my family is very understating and supportive. Like many of my colleagues, I have a family.

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Logistics in War

JUNE 3, 2023

Sally Williamson is a serving Australian Army logistics officer and Art of War Scholar currently attending the United States Command and General Staff Officer Course. iv] US Defense Procurement and Acquisition, Defense Contingency Contracting Handbook Version 5 (Washington, DC: Government Publishing Office, 2017),94. [v] vi] George B.

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Logistics Manager

JULY 25, 2018

The proverbial waves of change will still often come crashing down and it’s always best to have a course of action mapped out. The new training room is also an important area that allows for training primarily focused on shaping a sense of customer excellence.

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Logistics Manager

MAY 1, 2018

Carriers have understandably then been keenly focused on managing costs, but the results of the second half of 2017 showed that some of them have recovered enough to a point where they can begin thinking about other investments. Training for Future Success. How do you train a new employee?

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Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

They know of course how they did against last year and they’ll probably have some customer satisfaction metrics, but that’s not the full picture. Speaking of challenges, what is the one business-related project in 2017 that you are most proud of? Explain benchmarking to me as if I were a five-year-old….

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World Food Programme Logistics

JUNE 15, 2020

In 2017 only one female worked in its IT department, now there are 10 and is likely to increase. She qualified to pursue her dream course in civil engineering. She still chased after her dreams and thanks to her unwavering determination she enrolled for a diploma course in computer science. But then IT happened.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Well over half of Black Friday shoppers visited brick-and-mortar stores in 2017, according to Deb Gabor, chief executive officer of Sol Marketing , a brand strategy consultancy. Often it involves having knowledgeable and well-trained staff on the sales floor to help shoppers make informed decisions about what to buy.

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Logistics in War

JANUARY 31, 2018

A common trend found in the literature of military logistics is the decrying of training and education gaps interspersed within the persuasive arguments for greater military interest in logistics. The Australian Army has worked hard in recent years to improve the quality of its individual training, much as Thorpe desired of the USMC his work.

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LandLink

JULY 25, 2018

DAT reports a particularly robust year in shipping in 2017, especially in the second half. Training drivers to use it can be extremely time consuming and compliance is slow to reach 100%. Which, of course, will be absorbed in the carrier rate structure.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 9, 2015

The Bureau of Labor Statistics asserts courses to obtain a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) last anywhere from three to six months. Unfortunately, this amount of time equates to a higher cost of waiting for more drivers to finish their training, thus driving up trucking rates.

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World Food Programme Logistics

MAY 23, 2020

He refers to the fact that in 2017 some 20 million people were on the brink of famine in four countries: Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen. In 2017, Somalia was one of four countries at risk of slipping into famine, with close to 3 million people unable to meet their food needs and 3.3 All four were affected by conflict.

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Logistics in War

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

In ‘Burning incense at a new altar’ and closing Logistics In War for 2017, I reflected on the state of interest in military logistics and why it was important to the profession of arms right now. Secondly, the professional development of the military logistician and the training and education required for future success.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 15, 2018

Meanwhile, warehouse robotic solutions are developing apace, as you’ll know if you’ve been reading some of my posts on supply chain trends to watch in 2017 and 2018. Of course that’s really not such a bold prediction to make, since some warehouses are already running dark today. Autonomous Trucks, Trains, and Drones.

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Automotive Logistics

MARCH 25, 2019

Preparing for the future of powertrains is really becoming a daunting task from a manufacturing side and, of course, with the supply chain side keeping up,” he said. Apart from the expense of installing the devices and training drivers, there has also been a loss of productivity.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

In Hambach, France, where the Stuttgart carmakers manufacture the Smart, Seifert has been managing plant logistics with around 100 employees on site since 2017. “Right at the start of assembly, it became clear that the free dimensions given to us for route train picking in the racking system were not suitable,” says Fischer.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 2, 2019

A few weeks ahead of the December deadline, the FMCSA, responding in part to concerns from state authorities regarding enforcement training and the variety of ELD systems in the market, opted to have an initial phase-in period, with a deadline extension throughout the first quarter of 2018 for the installation of the devices.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Therefore, while it is, of course, essential for everyone in your business to have visibility of the KPIs discussed above, it’s evident that except for the C-Suite, and your most senior management, the general workforce is unlikely to be able to use them as a basis for action. This post was originally published in July 2017.

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