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Transforming the Construction Materials Supply Chain

Talking Logistics

If you stop to think about it, the construction industry supply chain is all around us — it’s the roads we drive on, our houses and commercial buildings, and all sorts of other infrastructure. Simply put, there’s probably no other supply chain that is in more dire need of transformation than the construction industry supply chain.

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Timber pallet sector tackling ‘severe’ challenges

Logistics Business Magazine

The latest study showed a 1.5% Who would have ever imagined that in a year that saw our supply chains being decimated and the main customer of our products, the construction sector, shutting down for four to five months, the wooden pallet and packaging sector has actually ended up manufacturing the same quantity of pallets as 2019,” said Dye.

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How to Write a Winning Business Plan

Ship Monk

In fact, studies show that business plans boost future growth and performance by as much as 30%! Essentially, a business plan is a formal document that outlines the goals and objectives of a company. If you need more convincing, think about it like this: Would you begin construction on a building without a blueprint?

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Technology Brings A New Dawn for Drayage

Blue Grace Logistics

Technology Brings A New Dawn for Drayage Show Submenu Resources The Logistics Blog® Newsroom Whitepaper Case Study Webinars Indexes Search Search BlueGrace Logistics - February 29, 2024 Tom Gresham | Inbound Logistics February 2024 The drayage industry has begun to come out of the shadows.

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31 Motivations for Reshoring Manufacturing & Updated Reshoring Stats

GlobalTranz

And, according to a Boston Consulting Group (BCG) study, 54% of companies with above one billion in revenues are now considering reshoring. Errors in interpretation of product specifications, shipping documents, and other critical instructions, due to language barriers are reduced. a move known as reshoring.

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The Growing Skills Gap & How Vocational Training Can Help to Shrink It

GlobalTranz

According to The Huffington Pos t, a wide variety of apprenticeship programs focus on construction and manufacturing, creating a largely untapped resource of new skilled labor that manufacturers could easily access. More manufacturers are turning toward vocational training and apprenticeship programs to help close the skills gap.

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Initiating a new national support approach – mobilising national logistics in the support of military operations

Logistics in War

8] Echoing other strategic documentation of the time, the DER ‘Industry Policy Sub-Review team’ recommended that the HQ ADF reconsider its strategic logistics planning capability, and for national mobilisation to be considered coherently as a critical logistics issue. 1] Beaumont, D., 2] Beaumont, D., 3] Marles, R., 15] Hellyer, M.