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Decision-forcing cases for logistics: practicing logisticians to overcome ‘wicked problems’

Logistics in War

Also known known as a ‘historical immersion problem,’ a decision-forcing case is an exercise in which participants take on the role of an actual person who, at some point in the past, was faced by a particularly challenging problem. The Road to Habbaniya’ is a two-problem exercise.

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Forklift Safety Training: The Ultimate Guide

Conger

What Are OSHA’s Powered Industrial Truck (PIT) Training Requirements? In 1984, a study was conducted by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to determine the effectiveness of a lift truck safety training program. What are OSHA’s Powered Industrial Truck (PIT) Training Requirements? Let’s dive in.

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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. Autonomous Alternatives to Trucks and Vans On the other hand, we may see a divergence in the types of assets used in distribution fleets.

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Meet the loggies: the women at the centre of emergency logistics

World Food Programme Logistics

Let us exercise our greatest potential at any opportunity presented to us as that is how we get to inspire more women. “A You can see, touch and hear your input to the overall humanitarian effort when you load a truck, receive cargo on the tarmac or set up a warehouse. We should never think that field work is only for men.

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How to Get Your Forklift License: The Ultimate Guide [New in 2020]

Conger

Basically, any training program should cover: How to operate the different types of truck the operator will be using (instructions, safety precautions, limitations, etc.). How to refuel (internal combustion trucks) and/or charge batteries (electric trucks). But again, you came here for just the simple facts.

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Data standardization and its benefits – Executive Insights with Thomas Bagge, CEO of DCSA

Shipping and Freight Resource

A financial modelling exercise to quantify the potential cost savings of the usage of digital shipping documentation, namely the electronic bill of lading (eBL) showed that at a global economic growth rate of 2.4% If we look at our electronic documentation, personally I think that this has a tremendous impact to global trade.

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Navigating unchartered waters

Automotive Logistics

Dharmani also points out that it would be a mistake for companies to assume that their smaller suppliers present higher cybersecurity risks than large ones. Every presentation I make to the board of directors has a cybersecurity element to it, and we discuss the topic on our weekly executive calls.”. Establishing industry standards .