Case study: How KTG fleet stays focused on safety
Fleet Owner
JULY 1, 2022
Kriska Transportation Group's fleet has implemented strategies that blend online, classroom, and practical training programs for both professional drivers and office staff.
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Blue Yonder Pivots to a Partnership Strategy
Logistics Viewpoints
MARCH 21, 2022
In ARC’s last market study on the global transportation management market , Chris Cunnane, the study author, made estimates of system integration (SI) revenues as a percentage of total TMS revenues for all software companies in the market. Take the transportation management system (TMS) market, for example.
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Investing in Future Sales with Michelle LeBlanc
The Logistics of Logistics
JUNE 7, 2023
Over that time she has worked with a range of startups, local businesses, and Fortune 500 brands, including TFI International, CFI, Wreaths Across America, Imaginnovate, Fleet Enable, IMC Companies, Core-Mark International/Performance Foods Group, and PalletTrader/Bettaway Logistics.
Prioritising Automation to Mitigate Workforce Shortages
Logistics Business Magazine
APRIL 15, 2024
Descartes Systems Group has released findings from its study What Are Companies Doing to Survive the Supply Chain and Logistics Workforce Challenge? To help drive productivity gains for labor workers, the top technology choices in the study were delivery route optimization (54%) and driver mobile productivity (45%) solutions.
The Most Overlooked DC Performance Strategy
Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 10, 2022
In fact, a study by LinkedIn found that 70% of employees would not work at a leading company if it meant they had to tolerate a bad workplace culture. In addition to product design, training is another opportunity to involve your frontline workers. But wages are just one lever to pull in attracting and keeping good employees.
Listening to the Voice of the Warehouse Worker –5 Factors Impacting Employee Attraction and Retention
Logistics Viewpoints
AUGUST 25, 2022
As a pioneer in warehouse technology and the development of solutions that empower warehouse workers, Lucas Systems recently commissioned a research study and developed the first Voice of the Warehouse Worker Insights. Tech to help them do their jobs is a critical driver in employee attraction and retention. Reduce mental stress.
Top Strategies for Attracting and Retaining Qualified Drivers
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. That makes on-going training and support critical for success.
Online Learning is Growing Exponentially—And it’s Here to Stay
Logistics Bureau
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Big business from about 2011 onwards started realising the value of adding e-learning to staff training programmes. Corporate training is now a $200 billion USD industry, with e-learning taking up more than half of this amount. Online learning enables students to hold down part-time or full-time jobs while they study.
Food Chain Digest Names 2022 Top Food Chain Providers
Blue Grace Logistics
OCTOBER 31, 2022
Case Study. Shippers receive reliable service and critical shipment care to propel their brand and maintain growth strategy. Seek a provider who can meet your temperature controlled capacity needs in tight seasonal markets like produce season, and provides qualified drivers trained in handling ambient products. Whitepaper.
Leading a Team as a Freight Agent
Trinity Logistics
JUNE 27, 2023
LEADING A TEAM POST-DELEGATION Now that you understand why you should be delegating some of your work, let’s look at some strategies for supporting your Team after you’ve begun delegating tasks. LEAD A SUCCESSFUL FREIGHT AGENT OFFICE WITH THE SUPPORT OF TRINITY LOGISTICS Leading a team means going as a group rather than alone.
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A Quick Guide to Roles in Procurement
Logistics Bureau
DECEMBER 9, 2020
For instance, the Chief Procurement Officer will lead the sourcing process, develop the procurement strategy, identify potential suppliers, and manage short and long terms goals. Analysts are expected to look at large groups of spend to break out the number of suppliers and keep a check on who is spending what with whom.
Leading a Team as a Freight Agent
Trinity Logistics
JUNE 27, 2023
LEADING A TEAM POST-DELEGATION Now that you understand why you should be delegating some of your work, let’s look at some strategies for supporting your Team after you’ve begun delegating tasks. LEAD A SUCCESSFUL FREIGHT AGENT OFFICE WITH THE SUPPORT OF TRINITY LOGISTICS Leading a team means going as a group rather than alone.
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Automotive Logistics
FEBRUARY 5, 2019
The MoU has four goals: to set up a vehicle assembly plant, localise automotive components, introduce mobility concepts such as app-based car sharing and ride hailing, and open a training centre. The group has been manufacturing vehicles in South Africa since 1951. It also has assembly operations in Algeria, Kenya and Rwanda.
The Power of Impactful Employee Incentive Programs & How To Measure Their Success
WorkWave
JUNE 6, 2024
Research studies consistently indicate that well-designed corporate incentive programs can significantly boost job satisfaction, performance, commitment, engagement and trust in management. Implementing incentive programs is a proven strategy to increase employee retention by 14% to 26%. Let’s dig a little deeper.
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[WHITE PAPER] Yes, Robotics are Coming, But People Still Power Manufacturing
GlobalTranz
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
In a previous guest blog, The Rodon Group along with Rethink Robotics wrote, titled " Can Robots + Humans = The Ideal Workforce in Manufacturing? ": Robots such as Baxter can also help companies save money and increase productivity. Model companies are outperforming others in large part because they manage and train differently.
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Top 10 SCM Trends for 2024
Logistics Business Magazine
NOVEMBER 24, 2023
Studies show that in some areas, around a third of companies that were unable to fill all vacancies did not receive a single application. As studies show, young people place a high value on flat hierarchies and want modern IT systems in their day-to-day work.
Remote Services: So far, yet so near
Logistics Business Magazine
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
The example of the TGW Logistics Group shows why these services are worthwhile. Example: TGW Logistics Group. Some 81 percent of those surveyed in an IT study carried out in 2021 with 1,451 decision-makers reported that they were seeing more cyber threats during the pandemic.
3 things supply chain leaders can do to leverage talent for the digital supply chain
AIMMS
JANUARY 25, 2018
Millennials are important, put a strategy in place to attract and retain . This tech-savvy group can be a great source of new ideas and innovative solutions for managing the supply chain of the future. Make sure you consider this to make your recruitment and retention efforts effective among this target group. .
This Week in Logistics News (May 20 – 26)
Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 26, 2023
Over the years, Amazon’s strategy to tackle counterfeit goods focused on providing data to law enforcement and taking aggressive enforcement actions against counterfeit sellers. Separately, the company said in the past year, Amazon’s Counterfeit Crimes Unit sued or referred for investigation over 1,300 criminals in the U.S.,
advantage through Distribution Networks
Logistics at MPEPS at UPV
MARCH 31, 2019
After the lesson on distribution networks, I researched to complete the training a bit more and I found how to obtain efficiency on the distribution. Generally, are grouped into two categories, goals related to the reduction of costs and strategies related to improving the service.
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3 things supply chain leaders can do to leverage talent for the digital supply chain
AIMMS
JANUARY 25, 2018
Millennials are important, put a strategy in place to attract and retain. This tech-savvy group can be a great source of new ideas and innovative solutions for managing the supply chain of the future. Make sure you consider this to make your recruitment and retention efforts effective among this target group. Source: SCM World.
Initiating a new national support approach – mobilising national logistics in the support of military operations
Logistics in War
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
Supply chains are ‘strangling strategy’, with the movement of commodities so significant an issue that logistics is securitising. [1] ULAC are used by artillery soldiers in the field for the safe transport and storage of propellant and projectiles in training and operational environments. South Australian workshop.
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Building Software In-house, Is It Worth It?
Turvo
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Most vendors that sell business software can create an implementation and adaptation strategy for a specific company. Studies show that software development projects always increase the initial cost estimate (sometimes by more than 200%). Custom software is less and less relevant.
Russia’s low-cost influence strategy finds success in Serbia
247 Customs Broker
OCTOBER 3, 2018
The gift of the jets encapsulates Russian strategy in Serbia — and much of the world. It’s not just that the Russians are marching in — it’s that they are welcomed by too many people in society,” said Jelena Milic, director of the Center for Euro-Atlantic Studies, a think tank that advocates closer ties with the West. while only 6.7
How to Boost Worker Productivity by Promoting a Positive Mindset
GlobalTranz
MAY 13, 2016
days lost due to absence, according to a study by Willis Towers Watson. Here are five strategies to promote a positive mindset in your workplace so that your employees function at optimal worker productivity levels. days of productivity a year versus an average 3.5 Provide Employee Assistance.
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Logistics, Digital Transformation and Future Logisticians
Logistics in War
MAY 23, 2020
A recent study sees the application of digital technology in this industry sector across this decade in three stages. We are hoping all this stimulates your thinking about what future logisticians might be doing, should be doing and how they could be trained and educated. He is the author of the book Grand Strategy.
Continental commitment by African Governments to school feeding
World Food Programme Logistics
MARCH 1, 2019
Training on food safety and quality (here, in Kenya) is a crucial element of school feeding programmes. Photo: WFP Photo Library Cost-benefit analysis studies carried out by WFP and partners have shown that every dollar invested in school feeding programmes can yield up to 10 dollars in improved health, education and productivity.
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Linde Producing Hydrogen for in-house Material Flow
Logistics Business Magazine
MAY 12, 2023
With this strategy, we will also be able to remain flexible and open to different developments. At the same time, the decentralized on-site hydrogen infrastructure will serve as a showcase for other interested groups. “We After all, no one knows exactly where this journey will actually end up,” explained the top brand manager.
Reality check
Automotive Logistics
APRIL 15, 2019
From enhanced design and manufacturing processes to novel staff training and apprenticeship programmes, the use of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) in industrial applications is growing. mpu_ad]Virtual training. As Irma Gilbert, business development manager at Liverpool-based technology start-up Connect 4.0
Unlocking the Value of Gender Equality in Supply Chains
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. Why is this the case?
Top 10 Logistics Trends That Could Impact Supply Chains in 2022
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.
[INFOGRAPHIC] How to Become a Freight Broker: Your Ultimate Guide
GlobalTranz
MARCH 3, 2016
Gain Industry Experience and Study. Take Freight Broker Training. Getting the top freight broker training books is also important, so you can always refer to them when you’re unsure how to go ahead. The best option for freight broker agent training is to attend freight broker classes. Find the Right Carriers.
5th-generation energy for 5th-generation air power
Logistics in War
APRIL 6, 2019
The National Strategy for Energy Security, developed by the United States Energy Security Leadership Council, offers a range of recommendations to counter the challenges created as a result of the current global security environment. 1] Advanced fuel sources are distinct from renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power systems.
Top Ten Tips to Boost Supply Chain Performance to Best in Class
Logistics Bureau
JANUARY 21, 2018
Perhaps the quality of Supply Chain training and education is not what it used to be? Ask around your colleagues to see where they are gaining the most value and look for programs that are very practical and case study based. Even a one-page strategy with 3 core objectives and a couple of key enablers under each will get you started.
How to Manage Warehouse Inventory and Drive Efficiency Across the Supply Chain
247 Customs Broker
JANUARY 29, 2019
Inventory management in warehouses requires more than just organizing products (though that certainly helps): It requires the right alignment of network strategy, facility and process engineering, and technology systems that create inventory visibility and accuracy. How long has it been since I last updated my layout? Enable your Employees.
Skillfully Managing Manufacturing Reshoring Projects
GlobalTranz
JANUARY 19, 2015
Many companies are already doing it, and according to a recent BCG study, 54 percent of companies with over billion in revenues are now considering it. Another possibility is to partner with local community colleges for training programs that can train workers in the right skills for the jobs available.
Supply Chain & Logistics Education: Ask the Professors
The Logistics Academy
FEBRUARY 13, 2017
Peter Lukszys, University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison): In terms of different logistics applications, we see a lot of interest in humanitarian aid logistics and the impact of logistics strategies on climate change. Second, we study the flow of goods and services that are the ever-present relays of intermodalism.
The Best Supply Chain Company You Have Never Heard Of
Logistics Viewpoints
JULY 18, 2022
Ferguson provides plumbing and heating products to 9 specialist customer groups – over a million customers – in the US and Canada. Training is also clearly important. The annual report mentions a variety of different types of training offered by the company. Ferguson does 20 to 30 studies a year using this tool.
Volvo Cars: Leaning towards greater stability
Automotive Logistics
APRIL 3, 2018
The carmaker made history last year when it started using the China-Europe Express railway for several block train services per week to export the S90 from Daqing to Zeebrugge, Belgium, which have resulted in much shorter delivery times than ocean transport. Does the train run on time? Are you running return services back to China?
Reshoring in America: The Future Outlook, Current Hindrances & Issues, and Ways to Stimulate Reshoring
GlobalTranz
JUNE 24, 2015
To reiterate that reshoring is more than just hype and a very important topic for us to consider the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) study found that 54% of companies with above one billion in revenues are now considering reshoring. Location of factories is fundamental strategy. more economically attractive.
This Week in Logistics News (March 25 – 31)
Logistics Viewpoints
MARCH 31, 2023
infrastructure and war efforts Amazon is looking to reduce issues with deliveries that are grouped together. infrastructure and war efforts Amazon is looking to reduce issues with deliveries that are grouped together. To count toward the 10 percent, an employee must use alternative modes two or three times a week for a year.
7 Key Supply Chain Leaders’ Skills and Why You Need Them
Logistics Bureau
JUNE 14, 2020
Supply chain leaders can work in any industry as long as they know their stuff, but this does mean that a change of employer can require some in-depth study , especially if the market is unfamiliar. Change: Change management is another people skill in which you might wish to receive some special education or training.
When inaccuracy leads to lost customers – DC Velocity
247 Customs Broker
APRIL 26, 2018
The list of remedies is long and includes technology solutions, process changes, and new approaches to training DC workers. ” Those reasons often include the high cost of new technology solutions or upgrades, and the time and training involved in developing new picking processes or redesigning existing ones.
Tackling ‘terror in the home’
World Food Programme Logistics
MARCH 7, 2019
Studies have been showing this for well over a decade.” Devising the CSPs has sucked up truckfuls of corporate time and energy, but they have one great merit: they are helping de-enclave the concept of food assistance, writing it into wider development strategies. Thirty years! it’s by working with women that you build peace.
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