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Truckers urge Congress to assure infrastructure funds address new construction and road requirements

Logistics Management

American Trucking Associations (ATA) President and CEO Chris Spear urged Congress to take steps to exercise oversight over the implementation of the law, officially called the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Truckers want to ensure that taxpayers and the supply chain get the maximum return on the $1.2

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Nevada Transit Agency Buying New Flyer CNG Buses

NGT News

The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC) has exercised options for 24 Xcelsior compressed natural gas (CNG) 60-foot, heavy-duty transit buses from New Flyer of America Inc.’s RTC is a regional entity overseeing public transportation, traffic management, and roadway design and construction funding for southern Nevada.

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State of the art Logistics Campus

Logistics Business Magazine

Included on the site is a three-storey 30,000 sq ft office headquarters with a structure constructed entirely from CLT and Glulam. Renewable energy will be generated on-site, with solar panels.

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What Is Your Target Story?

The Lean Thinker

Then develop training experiences and exercises that they believe will allow the learner to pass the test. By stating what we will observe or measure when the target condition is met, we are constructing a “unit test” of sorts. .” In other words, describe the skill as an ability that someone is able to demonstrate.

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Co-op secures M8 distribution site

Logistics Business Magazine

Located next to its main 500,000 sq ft Glasgow distribution centre, construction has now started with completion planned for October 2022. A procurement exercise to find the right development partner was caried out last year to allow the occupier to have the facility available in 2022.

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World Aids Day: ‘Without food antiretrovirals don’t work’

World Food Programme Logistics

Abigail used to have an admin job with a construction company managing building permissions— when the pandemic erupted, like so many others, she lost that job. She adds: “Every HIV-positive patient should know that food, medicine and exercise are essential for quality of life. If you are transgender, the situation is worse.”

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5 Recommendations towards a Resilient S&OP

Logistics Viewpoints

From a demand perspective, considering external causal factors such as weather, consumer spending, employment levels, construction starts, or consumer price indices in our experience have delivered double digit percentage improvements in forecast accuracy. One off recommendations are made about facility locations (i.e.,