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55 Supply Chain & Logistics Experts You Should Follow on Social

The Logistics of Logistics

Prior to the pandemic, most folks who weren’t in the industry didn’t give much thought to global supply chains. If you’re looking for fresh, up-to-speed industry updates, here’s a list of 55 logistics, supply chain and global trade influencers that our team recommends you follow on LinkedIn and Twitter. Lisa Anderson.

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Manage Your Business or It Will Manage You

Women in Trucking

Unemployment in the trucking world soared to new heights, with 88,000 trucking jobs lost, just in April, 2020. 88,000 trucking jobs lost April 2020 Educate Yourself As an owner operator, you are first and foremost a business owner. There are free resources on the internet and free mentors through many organizations.

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Difference between Maritime, Shipping, Freight, Logistics and Supply Chain

Shipping and Freight Resource

To the uninitiated (which included me at one stage), these industries are same or similar and it might come across that there is no difference between Maritime, Shipping, Freight, Logistics, Supply Chain and Trade. Shipping Business = the act of carriage of cargo from point A to point using the ships which falls under the Maritime industry.

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How to Get Your Forklift License: The Ultimate Guide [New in 2020]

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Usually, the company offering the course will give you a login, where you can see all the different classes and resources included with your purchase. Limited support: Have questions on the material? You might also participate in group activities with other students. Notice the training topics listed on the left. Don’t rush!

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Settling into steady growth

Automotive Logistics

Overall the economy has settled into a period of steady growth with its GDP increasing 6% annually and it is likely to stay at around that level until 2020. The automotive industry is growing roughly in line with that at 6-7%, a hard-won result given the increase in the purchase tax rate from 7.4%

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MIT’s Sheffi on Supply Chain Sustainability

247 Customs Broker

Gilmore Says… In a great example of the balance in this book, Sheffi notes the actual evidence of consumer preference for Green products is tenuous at best. But in a great example of the balance in this book, Sheffi notes the actual evidence of consumer preference for Green products is tenuous at best.

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Will Robots Take All the Supply Chain Jobs?

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The factory made a variety of glass products, from drinking glasses to flower vases. The company said that in 1980, that production level would have required more than 2,000 people. I’ve worked in a DC with more than 400,000 line items and measured the Productivity of Pickers by how many “picks” per day.