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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.

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Focus on people drives success for Utz Group

Logistics Business Magazine

Aged 19, he is working in the toolroom and completing his course through day release at West Nottinghamshire College. The best thing about working for Utz is definitely the people I work with – colleagues are always willing to help and share their knowledge.

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Why Logistics' Leaders Need to Recast "Cost Control"

10xLogistics

The best presentation I have seen in a long time was given last year at the CSCMP Annual Conference and it was given by Amazon. This is the definition of a true customer centric supply chain. If you own the final mile of the delivery then you definitely have more impact. His answer was clear: " We don't trade off.

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Building a better prepared Australian Defence Force after the Defence Strategic Review – supply-chains and logistics and the way in which both improve military resilience

Logistics in War

This is the third and final part of a presentation given at the Australian – New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference during June 2023. Supply chain resilience is, of course, a part of this narrative – as we are reminder every time we hear about guided-weapons or military fuels.

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Industry View: Interview with EXCHAiNGE 2018 Speaker

Logistics Business Magazine

Bettina Bohlmann: Definitely! Building diverse teams requires an up-front investment of time, of course. Bohlmann: When processes change, there will always be some people who won’t come on board, of course. November 21, 2018 | “Harmonie C” room | Conference Area Hall 5.1. This is now widely acknowledged.

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The New Faces of Trucking

247 Customs Broker

The passion these young students have is definitely not the norm as reflected in the current representation of women who are commercial truck drivers—approximately just 6 percent of the commercial truck driver workforce is made up of females and, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, this is up only 1.1 percent since 2008.

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How did we get here? Building the Defence logistician – Part One

Logistics in War

This transcript is the first half of a speech given at the 2018 Australian and New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference. Everyone in the room is probably quite confident that they have a definition of what a logistician is; whether you agree with one another is another question. Logistics is an enormous problem.