Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Descartes Systems Group , a global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that it has acquired GroundCloud, the creator of a cloud-hosted final-mile automation platform, for $138 million. In its January survey of grocery executives and consumers, Grocery Doppio, a Jacksonville, Fla.-based

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 10, 2022

To make ends meet, many colleagues also worked second jobs. For example, one of our customers at Lucas, Apex Tool Group , experienced a 63% reduction in picking errors, but moreover, shared that employees “loved the system,” and said, “you rarely implement a new system and have users tell you ‘it’s made my life so much easier.‘

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AIMMS

JANUARY 25, 2018

The skills of the past are no longer sufficient to meet the demands of today’s complex, fast- moving digital environment , or prepare for the future. This tech-savvy group can be a great source of new ideas and innovative solutions for managing the supply chain of the future. There is also a supply chain talent shortage.

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247 Customs Broker

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

The lack of drivers and other skilled workers continues to be a major challenge for the logistics industry for the third year running, according to Paragon Software Systems’ annual UK customer survey. The survey found that over half of respondents believe this to be a major issue. This is clearly a growing concern amongst businesses.

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Women in Trucking

MARCH 9, 2020

And more promising news: 76 percent of female 18- to 26-year-olds have a favorable impression of professional driving, according to a recent nationwide study by the Adcom Group, a marketing and communications firm. Ultimately, driver pay needs to be at least $75,000 to reduce turnover, according to 80 percent of recruiters surveyed.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2022

In 2015, The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) carried out an opinion survey looking at the driver shortage crisis. Seven years later, after numerous member requests, it sought to review this matter again by launching a new survey. However, those who are very worried have increased by 50%. Final thoughts.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 28, 2021

Two years ago, as CEO of Diamond Logistics , I was invited to participate in an All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) alongside other representatives from logistics and transport to discuss the driver shortage, set to worsen as Brexit loomed. Catching-up on driver training. That figure has now reached 100,000.

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World Food Programme Logistics

MAY 8, 2020

More than 30,000 people living in Bashudepur village in the district of Rajshahi are struggling to meet their basic needs. Faces of Korail : In Bangladesh, over a million pregnant and nursing mothers receive a monthly allowance to help meet their basic nutritional needs. She is not alone. these figures are rising. “We Faces of Korail.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 3, 2020

A recent study by the Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society in partnership with Kearney revealed that 35% of firms across a range of industries surveyed in Europe and North America have a supplier diversity programme, and a further 18% intend to develop one within the next three years. Progress, yes, but not nearly enough.

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Logistics Manager

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Narawadee Dhanasettakorn, Human Resources Department Director at DHL Global Forwarding (Thailand) Limited, they explained the arduous process the group went through, and the training they’ve put in place to ensure that they continue to meet and exceed the requirements for truly being a Top Employer. Dhanasettakorn.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The most recent McKinsey Global Survey on AI shows a 25% increase in use by companies over the prior year, a trend that shows no signs of slowing. The need to meet ever-higher customer expectations at ever-lower costs has lengthened our global supply chains, from multiplying far-flung suppliers to directly into consumers’ homes.

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World Food Programme Logistics

AUGUST 19, 2019

This province is among the areas most affected by chronic malnutrition and food insecurity in the country according to the government-led Demographic and Health Survey (DHS, 2016–2017). Their total annual harvest is not even enough to meet their food needs for a month. Mothers wait at the food distribution centre.

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WorkWave

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

WorkWave Marketing Customer Surveys help you to connect with your customers, receive honest feedback, and make marketing and business decisions based on the survey results. This can help you to plan efficient schedules and make promoting and training decisions based on employees’ past performance. .

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 5, 2019

The condition a fleet arrives in is paramount, so if a catastrophe such as a hailstorm, paint corrosion or system failure happens en masse, and OEMs don’t have a trained team to deal with these types of issues, none of the cars can move until they’re repaired,” says Gerencser Snr. The hailstorm had damaged more than 3,700 vehicles. “We

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Automotive Logistics

MAY 3, 2019

One of the UK’s biggest port operators, GBA Group, says that Brexit dominated planning discussions with its OEM customers through last year. That activity includes a new vehicle preparation centre for BMW and the expansion of vehicle handling space for VW Group in the Humber. Uncertain relations.

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Locus

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Higher number of driver retirements due to high average age of drivers Less represented women workforce in trucking making them less than 7% of total drivers Pandemic resulting in existing drivers resigning jobs Truck driver training schools training less drivers than 2020 Federally mandated age and hiring standards increasing barriers to entry.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

This includes how they must be classified, packed, marked, labelled and documented – as well as the dangerous goods training which must be completed by the people packing and sending them. Over one-third of the survey respondents said that their supervisors are unaware of exactly what they do. Sound familiar?

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

To ensure that more truck drivers are back home in the evening, for example, the forwarding association Elvis wants to set up a meeting network for full truck loads. The best of the best also differentiate their recruitment strategy – for example, according to generations or potential groups such as newcomers or foreign workers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Polycrisis” was the talk of Davos at the recent meeting of the World Economic Forum, which defines it as “…a term used to describe the current global situation, where multiple complex, interconnected crises are occurring simultaneously.” A survey by boom! However, this learning requires large volumes of data to “train” the models.

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 26, 2018

Some of the main concerns expressed by ports surveyed by Automotive Logistics include finding more storage and handling capacity, especially given the growth that some of the bigger car handling ports are seeing, and at times when there are sudden spikes in volumes. . Where to put it all .

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Locus

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Owning a transport fleet for meeting last-mile delivery needs was a proposition that many retail businesses avoided until the COVID-19 pandemic struck. A survey forecasts that there will be a driver shortage of 97,000 by 2023. Owned or outsourced fleet? Let’s jump right in to seek answers to this crucial question.

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247 Customs Broker

JUNE 7, 2018

As the pool of available talent continues to shrink in the United States, logistics and supply chain organizations are sharpening their skills and getting more creative about finding, recruiting and training new employees. The problem is that some companies are scouring the labor pool for talent, but are unwilling to train for that talent.

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Trinity Logistics

JULY 23, 2021

Truckers Against Trafficking is one group raising awareness to help reduce those numbers. We’re proud to have partnered with the efforts of Truckers Against Trafficking, to ensure that the more than 70,000 carriers Trinity Logistics works with are trained on how to spot trafficking and how to report it.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 21, 2023

However, the largest supercomputer in the world for AI training has just been unveiled. employees will participate in training that would help them safely serve our customers if there is a labor disruption. employees will participate in training that would help them safely serve our customers if there is a labor disruption.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 5, 2018

. Let’s start with a basic but critical fact: for physical product companies, “sustainability is intimately connected with supply chains, the complex economic structures formed by companies that are using the global supply of natural resources to meet worldwide demand,” Sheffi notes. Www.gwtp.org. (It

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 15, 2022

Research from ARC Advisory Group in 2021 on the Convergence of AI and IoT (AIoT) report and The State of AI Research by research specialist Vanson Bourne accurately describe the current state of AI in the process industries. The Current State of Industrial AI in the Process Industries.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 3, 2018

Pitt Ohio Transportation Group. Source: Company reports and SJ Consulting Group estimates. Prepared by SJ Consulting Group, Inc. . . Celadon Group**. Covenant Transportation Group. Source: Company Reports and SJ Consulting Group estimates. Prepared by SJ Consulting Group, Inc. . Averitt Express.

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World Food Programme Logistics

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Unfortunately, the overall refugee response in Uganda is chronically under-funded, therefore, many refugees are forced to use their food or cash in some form or fashion to meet other basic needs,” said Robert Dekker, head of WFP’s refugee response. “It Each month, given sufficient funding, WFP injects US$3.2

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Material Handling and Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Every year, in our annual MH&L Salary Survey , we ask readers to identify the biggest challenge they face in their jobs, and every year they tell us the same thing: finding, developing and retaining talent. Jim Shephard, president, Shephard’s Industrial Training Systems. ? Jim Tompkins, CEO, Tompkins International. ?

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