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STILL welcomes 64 new apprentices and students

Logistics Business Magazine

The new recruits are starting their training and study periods in six apprenticeships and three dual study programmes. Despite its excellent reputation as a training company, the recruitment of new trainees and students presented the company with major challenges for the first time. Post-pandemic challenges.

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Key Takeaways from Oracle CloudWorld 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

And of course, Oracle with their investments in Cloud computing, Internet of Things technology, and artificial intelligence can be used to minimize inputs while increasing productivity. Nevertheless, Mr. Ellison presented a fascinating vision centered on how technology can be used to digitally disrupt a 10,000-year-old industry.

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Focus on people drives success for Utz Group

Logistics Business Magazine

We currently have three apprentices who have just completed their studies, one who is yet to finish and a further two joining us shortly.”. Aged 19, he is working in the toolroom and completing his course through day release at West Nottinghamshire College. One of the apprentices at Georg Utz Ltd is Shaun Batty’s son, Finley.

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Why Containerised Freight Shipping is Daunting for SMEs

Logistics Bureau

However, freight shipping is the one activity that presents significant barriers to overseas-market entry, as you may have discovered if your business is starting to look across international borders for its next step in expansion. It has never been easier, in general, for smaller companies to trade in international markets than it is today.

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Fleet Route Optimisation in the Past, Present, and Future

Logistics Bureau

Indeed, the transition has taken place so swiftly that some companies may still need to fully grasp the present or future possibilities to exploit distribution performance as a competitive advantage. Of course, every company with a distribution fleet to manage will have achieved some degree of maturity in the route optimisation journey.

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

GlobalTranz

Unlike traditional, in-classroom education settings, vocational programs blend on-the-job learning opportunities with course credits and education. However, recent events suggest this trend is coming to a sudden stop. If manufacturers can embrace this opportunity, the problems presented by the skills gap can be overcome.

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Takeaways from the IBM Watson Supply Chain Summit

Talking Logistics

In fact, at one conference this spring, after delivering a keynote presentation that had nothing to do with technology, the very first question I received from the audience was “What do you think about blockchain and its potential in supply chain management?”. Of course, the most common question about blockchain is “What is it?”