Sat.Nov 28, 2015 - Fri.Dec 04, 2015

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[e-Book] The Future Of Supply Chain, Logistics & Manufacturing: How Technology Is Transforming Industries

GlobalTranz

The Future of Our Industry Is Now. The logistics, manufacturing, supply chain, and transportation industries are going through a time of rapid and unprecedented transformation. The future of these industries is paved with innovation and technology. It was not long ago that ideas like 3D printing, the Internet of Things (IoT), drone delivery, and augmented reality were things of science fiction.

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COP21 – Freight and Climate Change

Freightos

This Black Friday Shawn Simms was first in line at Best Buy in Nashville, TN to bag a Thanksgiving bargain – a Toshiba HDTV for $149.99. COP21, the Paris Climate change conference taking place this week got us thinking what the carbon cost was for shipping the TV. A quick check showed that shipping the TV from Taiwan to Nashville (ocean & trucking) led to about 6.7 kg of carbon emissions.

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Looking to the Future: Finding and Keeping Talent in the Logistics Field

Apparel Logistics

Although many professions took a hit during the Great Recession, logistics isn't one of them. Even in adverse economic conditions, logistics professionals remain in high demand. In fact, the United States Department of Labor predicts that the logistics sector will add 1 million jobs between 2013 and 2016. The only problem is that jobs appear faster than candidates can fill them.

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Congratulations to Assoc Prof Tan Yan Weng!

The Logistics Academy

TLA is very proud to inform that Assoc Prof Tan Yan Weng, Chairman of TLA Training Advisory Council, was honoured with the Supply Chain Educator of the Year Award at the Supply Chain Asia (SCA) Awards Presentation 2015 held on Nov 19 2015. Guest-of-Honour Mr Teo Ser Luck, Minister of State for Manpower and Mayor of North East District, presented the Award to Assoc Prof Tan.

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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[INFOGRAPHICS] The State of Internet of Things in 6 Visuals

GlobalTranz

Our week of infographics around the industry continues! We expected with so many folks coming back from the long holiday weekend, you may not have a lot of time to read. Therefore, we are giving you all week long the choice to read the accompanying text or simply view it in picture form! Today we bring you an infographic about what is expected to be the most transformative technology to hit the world since the internet: The Internet of Things.

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[Infographic] What Successful Manufacturing Leaders Do from 8am-8pm

GlobalTranz

Editor's Note: This is a republish of an infographic from Sanderson IT , a supplier of software solutions to multi-channel retail and manufacturing businesses. They’re constantly developing their software in partnership with customers; ensuring it’s not just up-to-date, but market-leading, helping you to stay one step ahead of the competition. Since our manufacturing shipper customers like to receive content that is helpful for them, we thought this was a great infographic to share.

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5 Change Management Tips to Create a Strategic Transportation Management Mindset

GlobalTranz

This is the final post in our strategic shipping or transportation management series. Stemmed from our first post on covering these 10 areas of focus for shippers to have a strategic transportation management mindset in order to create a competitive advantage, we went ahead and went into detail on each of those 10 posts. You can catch up quickly, if this is your first post, by visiting all the posts in the series below: 10 Ways Effective Transportation Management Drives Competitive Advantage. 6