Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2022

Seven technicians maintain and repair machinery at the company’s factory in Alfreton, Derbyshire – which recently took delivery of its tenth injection-moulding machine – while four employees in the toolroom produce and service tools to meet production requirements. “My My role is interesting, challenging and very rewarding,” says Batty.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Bettina Bohlmann: Definitely! Employees – and managers as well – are often busy trying to protect themselves or their accomplishments and areas of expertise, even in meetings. Meetings should be focused on finding solutions. Building diverse teams requires an up-front investment of time, of course.

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247 Customs Broker

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

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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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In the course of updating our annual research on the supply chain planning market , I talked to executives across the industry. Let’s start with a definition: any device that can perceive its environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of success at some goal is engaged in some form of artificial intelligence (AI).

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247 Customs Broker

MAY 10, 2018

Earlier this month, LM Group News Editor Jeff Berman caught up with Greg Gantt president and CEO of national less-than-truckload carrier Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL) at the National Shippers Strategic Transportation Council (NASSTRAC) conference in Orlando, Fla. How much is somewhat hard to say, but there is definitely some to be sure.

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247 Customs Broker

MAY 8, 2018

However, it’s their inability to meet shipper expectations that’s holding them back. Improved internal processes are, of course, helpful, but today’s competitive landscape is being redrawn by forwarders which are putting shippers’ needs first. Technology alone can’t do that.”. Start-ups realize tech advantage.

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Freightos

JANUARY 8, 2019

They’re licensed to be an ocean freight forwarder, and they’ve bought some aircraft and an airport; and of course they are a huge warehousing player. At our FreighTech 2018 conference, I spoke to 50 top-tier logistics executives about the major themes – four of them – that should guide our evolution.

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