Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Descartes Systems Group , a global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that it has acquired GroundCloud, the creator of a cloud-hosted final-mile automation platform, for $138 million. One hundred UPS facilities are currently participating. Retailers in the U.S. January imports dropped 32.3

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The final session on Day Two of The Logistics Business Show sees speakers from Interroll, Damon Group and PC Data cover the subject of Materials Handling: Intralogistics Projects and Innovations at 15.00 Who Wins When Humans & Robots Meet? Days Three and Four will cover the following topics: Robotics: Collaboration or Conflict?

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MARCH 14, 2021

So, after our discussion about queueing last meeting. AWT can be measured globally across the contact center, by ring group, agent or phone number. These expertise is acquired through product training. Part of the training is to adapt the company’s culture that is providing brief time as much as possible.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2023

He succeeds INFORM North America founder and Chairman, Adrian Weiler, who will continue in his role as ongoing advisor to the CEOs across all INFORM Group entities, as well as serving as a representative of the organization in leading industry associations and conferences. and Genuine Parts Company (NAPA).

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Industry leaders discussed several topics at this year's CSCMP EDGE conference in Atlanta, and no subject was more important than how companies managed supply chain disruptions over the past year and the top priorities for the future. Here are several of my key takeaways from this year's meeting.

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World Food Programme Logistics

JUNE 6, 2019

Meeting demand in Kenya for food safety and quality control All grain suppliers in Marsabit County now know that they need to be certified and issued with a public health certificate A trained public health officer tests maize kernels for mycotoxins such as aflatoxin and fumonisin using mobile laboratory equipment at Marsabit District Hospital.

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World Food Programme Logistics

MARCH 1, 2019

Spurring innovation, food safety and quality capacity strengthening and economic resilience This year’s Africa Day of School Feeding comes at the heels of the first ever Future of Food Safety Conference held at the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Additionally, each school received training materials to disseminate the knowledge.

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247 Customs Broker

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Some of the “key principles” of Unified Plan 2020 cited by UP include: shifting the focus of operations from moving trains to moving cars; minimizing car dwell, car classification events, and locomotive power requirements; utilizing general-purpose trains by blending existing train services; and. Jeff Berman, Group News Editor.

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Logistics in War

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

This transcript is the final half of a speech given at the 2018 Australian and New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference. None of us can be trained to the depth we require; the attempts that Defence has made over the last thirty years of effort have achieved the best that could be expected, but we all know that it is still not enough.

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Women in Trucking

MARCH 9, 2020

Conference shared a variety of best practices. And more promising news: 76 percent of female 18- to 26-year-olds have a favorable impression of professional driving, according to a recent nationwide study by the Adcom Group, a marketing and communications firm. That makes on-going training and support critical for success.

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Logistics in War

JUNE 21, 2018

This transcript is the final half of a speech given at the 2018 Australian and New Zealand Defence Logistics Conference. None of us can be trained to the depth we require; the attempts that Defence has made over the last thirty years of effort have achieved the best that could be expected, but we all know that it is still not enough.

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World Food Programme Logistics

MARCH 12, 2020

In providing support to organize school management committees and training on hygiene, food preparation and nutrition, WFP has sustained the engagement. The author meets with schoolchildren during their lunch in the village of Saré Bidji. But school feeding has not only engaged actors at grassroots and regional levels.

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Automotive Logistics

MAY 30, 2018

This year’s Supply Chain Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, was held alongside the inaugural automotiveIT International conference last week in an effort to promote the kind of communication and cross-fertilisation of ideas that could help to solve these issues. “We Speeding up response times. One such project is with Mercedes-Benz.

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Conger

MARCH 28, 2024

How Fleet Management Works A fleet management system coordinates and controls a group of vehicles used to transport goods to ensure efficiency and safety. Often, well-trained drivers have fewer accidents, leading to lower insurance premiums and reduced vehicle repair costs.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 22, 2015

And it’s what stops us from tempting fate and racing across a railroad track into the path of an oncoming train! I never had the pleasure of meeting either of them, but their books and recordings were incredibly helpful in showing me how to get from where I was to where I wanted to be. They both passed away in the past several years.

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Logistics in War

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Local Caption Defence’s Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG) together with BAE Systems Australia have delivered an essential ammunition capability to the Australian Defence Force three months ahead of schedule. The unit load ammunition containers (ULAC) are an essential support component of the Australian Army?

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Logistics Manager

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

This invention set into motion a way to transport goods faster and simpler from ships to trucks and trains. The concept of an association is relatively simple; collectively, a group of like-minded people, businesses, or organizations have a stronger voice and more bargaining power compared to going it alone. Expanding Membership.

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Logistics Manager

JULY 9, 2019

This invention set into motion a way to transport goods faster and simpler from ships to trucks and trains. The concept of an association is relatively simple; collectively, a group of like-minded people, businesses, or organizations have a stronger voice and more bargaining power compared to going it alone. Expanding Membership.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 4, 2015

Rate: (CpK and PpK are ‘Short Term’ capability indicies using ‘Pooled’or ‘Within group’ Standard Deviation.). Establishing and revising training procedures for in-house staff on production instructions, sterilization, equipment certification and packaging. #3: Quality Metrics by Product. Process Capability (CpK, PpK, etc.)

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The Logistics Academy

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Other ways we support experiential learning include hosting external student case competitions, touring logistics facilities, and attending industry conferences. Q: Conventional wisdom maintains that educators are training today’s students for jobs and challenges we haven’t yet imagined.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

This includes how they must be classified, packed, marked, labelled and documented – as well as the dangerous goods training which must be completed by the people packing and sending them. I’ll end with this cute, yet informative video that Labelmaster put together to kick off the conference. Watch the video to find out!

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 26, 2018

With a relatively small number of specialist carriers providing ships, barges, trains and road transporters, and serving a relatively small number of vehicle manufacturers, this sector has proven infertile ground for the likes of 3PLs that offer bundled services across a mix of transport and storage assets that they often don’t own.

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Freightos

JANUARY 8, 2019

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. It won’t be good for many industry players if we don’t work together to build a modern shipping experience with the end user at heart first on our own.

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Forto

MAY 17, 2021

That does not only include long travel from business meetings, from a country to another or from city to city, it also relies on the employees daily commuting. Companies should always prefer train travels overflights, especially for domestics trips. Promote digital conferences and home office. What to do? Did you know?

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Automotive Logistics

JULY 16, 2018

The group collaboration has been fantastic and humbling because you go into meetings with five big egos – five large groups that have their own agendas – but they cooperate for the good of the industry,” comments Dana McBrien, associate chief advisor at Honda North America. ” – Dana McBrien, Honda North America.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 18, 2019

Bridget Grewal, director of packaging continuous improvement at Magna International, has had to utilise an advance shipping notice in addition to the traditional, globally used label recommended by the US Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG), which in Magna’s case features a 2D barcode.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 20, 2020

Today, at its online-only Momentum Connect customer conference, WMS software specialist Manhattan Associates Inc., , announced the new Manhattan Active Warehouse Management solution, which it described as “the world’s first cloud-native enterprise-class WMS that unifies every aspect of distribution and never needs upgrading.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The best of the best also differentiate their recruiting approaches – for example, by generation or potential groups such as career changers or. They also offer differentiated retention programs and long-term prospects through flexible working hours, parental leave, and training and development programs. foreign workers.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 26, 2018

According to Amico, the app, which the company developed itself, also helped show that highly skilled and trained vehicle inspectors were not needed to take the photographs; instead, with minimal training, almost anyone could snap the photos working alongside the inspector, thus freeing up valuable inspection resources.

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Automotive Logistics

MARCH 20, 2018

The finished vehicle logistics sector needs to find better ways to communicate and collaborate to meet the challenges of an uncertain future, delegates at this year’s Finished Vehicle Logistics North America conference in California were told in March. Marcus Williams reports. The move to develop an existing rail facility and 5.25-acre

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Automotive Logistics

MARCH 20, 2018

The finished vehicle logistics sector needs to find better ways to communicate and collaborate to meet the challenges of an uncertain future, delegates at this year’s Finished Vehicle Logistics North America conference in California were told in March. Marcus Williams reports. The move to develop an existing rail facility and 5.25-acre

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247 Customs Broker

OCTOBER 5, 2018

WATCH: India, Russia ink major deals during PM Modi-Vladimir Putin meeting . The two Sides agreed to continue the practice of such informal meetings and to maintain strategic communication at all levels on a regular basis. The Sides expressed their support to promoting bilateral trade in national currencies.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 18, 2018

Lagos-based Andela trains programmers and facilitates their placement with software companies around the world. The state government has also started training its staff to align them with its smart city vision. For instance, staff in the Lagos central business districts (CBDs) had their training session in January 2018.

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247 Customs Broker

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Last week, I once again had the pleasure, and good fortune to attend the Rail Trends conference in New York City, which was hosted by Progressive Railroading magazine and independent railroad analyst Tony Hatch. Let’s hope it meets all stakeholder needs and is an efficient and effective deal for everyone involved. About the Author.

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Automotive Logistics

MAY 1, 2019

Kuehn argued that you “can’t swap bi- for tri-level [railcars] at a moment’s notice” and that there needs to be better flexibility to meet changing mix of sedans and SUVs. The Finished Vehicle Logistics North America conference is part of the global Automotive Logistics series of events. .

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Automotive Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2018

The purpose of a port is for the direct intermodal exchange of people or freight,” he said, adding that ports should have the infrastructure to allow vehicles and trains to come alongside ships. Michael D’Angelo, manager of port operations for Volkswagen Group of America. Q&A: Anu Goel, Volkswagen Group of America.

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Material Handling and Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Jim Shephard, president, Shephard’s Industrial Training Systems. ? In recent years, firms both large and small have launched new “Data Science” or similarly named groups. I personally know of several Fortune 500 firms today that have large internal data science groups which literally did not exist five years ago.

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