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15 Tips for Truck Drivers

3PL Insights

There’s many tips to keep in mind while driving—here are 15 tips for driving safely. Exercise caution in work zones. Ultimately, taking care of yourself is the best tip for safe driving. The post 15 Tips for Truck Drivers appeared first on Evans Distribution Systems. Truck driving can be dangerous.

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Fleet Route Optimisation in the Past, Present, and Future

Logistics Bureau

Over a relatively short period, a transport or fleet manager’s ability to support an efficient distribution network through route and delivery optimisation has shifted from almost nil to almost limitless.

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Logistics, preparedness and the Defence Strategic Review

Logistics in War

Fuel and ammunition feed into the discussion of force posture, and the importance of exercises to build ‘preparedness including minimum viable improvements in key areas’ is also clear (pp 78-80). This must be achieved while Defence reforms in the wake of National Defence , and in a state of heightened preparedness.

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Report uncovers hidden cost of workplace accidents

Logistics Business Magazine

However, Alex Hinton, a product innovation manager at Seton , believes this is just the tip of the iceberg: “All employers have a legal obligation to protect their staff from harm but it’s more than a tick-box exercise. per fatal injury and £8,800 per non-fatal injury. CLICK HERE to read the full free report Worth the Risk?

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Forklift Weight Capacity: Everything You Need to Know

Conger

And if there’s too much weight on one side, the lift truck will tip. And this prevents the truck from tipping forward when loaded. And when that balance is maintained, the forklift is stable and won’t tip. The stability triangle is a concept used to illustrate how a forklift can operate safely without tipping over.

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Omnichannel Retail and the Cost to Serve Online Customers

Logistics Bureau

The tips in this article will help you know how to identify the customers, products, and processes that might be inflating your cost to serve (CTS) unnecessarily. The most likely reason for the difference is the complexity of sales and distribution through multiple channels. High Cost to Serve: It’s an Omnichannel Problem.

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Stuck on the wrong side of the world but still needing to deliver food to people in Ethiopia 5,000…

World Food Programme Logistics

My job entails the day-to-day running of the office, coordinating with UNHCR, nutrition partners, government counterparts, and overseeing a variety of operations like food distributions for refugees and livelihood assistance like crop production, livestock, fisheries, backyard gardening, bee keeping and banana cultivation. Final thoughts?