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The Weekly Freight Report for May 12th, 2022

FLS Transport

SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS | NHTSA study on safety technology seeks opinions from commercial drivers. SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS | NHTSA study on safety technology seeks opinions from commercial drivers. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) aims to make the highways safer by gathering data on crash-avoidance technology.

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The realities of logistics and strategic leadership: lessons from the ADF’s senior-most logisticians – Part 1

Logistics in War

I have been extremely fortunate to interview a range of senior military officers and public servants through the course of academic research in 2017. Strategic failures emerge when ‘thinkers’ are separated from ‘doers’, ‘strategists’ from ‘planners’ and ‘soft data’ from ‘hard data’. The nature of military involvement.

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The realities of logistics and strategic leadership: lessons from the ADF’s senior-most logisticians

Logistics in War

Through the course of 2017, and because of my academic research, I have been extremely fortunate to interview a range of senior military officers and public servants. Strategic failures emerge when ‘thinkers’ are separated from ‘doers’, ‘strategists’ from ‘planners’ and ‘soft data’ from ‘hard data’. By David Beaumont.

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Veterans in Trucking: Career Guide for Finding Success After Service

WorkWave

Military Veteran Skills Valued by the Trucking Industry. Of course, those who may not possess all of these skills can easily learn them over time. Military Skills Test Waiver Program. Only those who were in the following military positions are eligible: U.S. Under 21 Military CDL Pilot Program.

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Taking the “Ouch” Out of Transportation Costs

Talking Logistics

A 2017 Global Sourcing study from American Shipper magazine found that 58% of shippers said their highest concern today is rising transportation costs. Poor data quality can lead to these costly fees with damaging ramifications. Pain Points Increasing Transportation Costs. Those concerns have come to prove even more valid in 2018.

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Why Is It So Hard to Find Good Help These Days?

Material Handling and Logistics

In recent years, firms both large and small have launched new “Data Science” or similarly named groups. As the phenomenon of Big Data has taken hold in the private sector, many firms which as recently as 10 years ago devoted minimal resources to large scale database mining and analytics have reversed course.