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Logistics industry delivers HGV simulator to Zambia

Logistics Business Magazine

Four big names from the transport and logistics sector have come together to supply an HGV driver training simulator for the Industrial Training Centre (ITC) in Zambia, which Transaid has partnered with since 2008 to help meet the country’s growing demand for professional driver training.

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Are You Ready For Hurricane Season? Part 4

Camelot 3PL Software

You’ll receive the necessary training to safely and efficiently respond to crises. Plus, we keep a running list of our current donated logistics needs on our Disaster Micro-site and update it frequently after hurricanes and other disasters, so if you’re looking for good ideas about ways you can help, that’s a good place to start.

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Supply Chain & Logistics Education: Ask the Professors

The Logistics Academy

Faculty members from some of the leading logistics education programs share their thoughts on how higher education is preparing tomorrow’s professionals for the challenges ahead. Q: What are the latest trends in logistics education, and how does your program address them? Georgia Southern supports this trend in several ways.

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Drones to the rescue as Cyclone Desmond storms Mozambique

World Food Programme Logistics

Training led by the World Food Programme (WFP) in the Southern Africa region expand the options for emergency response Aerial assessment of Mozambique floods using drones, January 2019. These new skills are the result of multiple training opportunities led by WFP on how to fly, map, and coordinate with UAS.

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From civil engineering to civil conflict: Portrait of an aid boss

World Food Programme Logistics

safe, unhindered access so that aid workers can do what they are meant to do, deliver. Syria,” he says unequivocally, “is an example where we show our strength.” By using its expertise in market analysis and training both staff and affiliated retailers, WFP has helped strengthen the retail sector in many of the countries it works in.

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For the displaced and the forgotten

World Food Programme Logistics

Partially flexible or “softly earmarked” funding might be tied to a geographical region or a type of activity (for example, emergency response as opposed to development and root causes). She is trained as a nurse, and has come to the kitchen every day with her family while she looked for a job in Cúcuta.