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How To Be Inclusive in 4 Not-So-Easy Steps

Blue Grace Logistics

A recent study from Congress found that while 46% of the national workforce is made up of women, females hold only 24% of transportation and warehousing jobs. These groups are not always based on gender — there are employee organizations on race, disabilities, military service and sexual orientation. Of that 24%, 12.5%

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64th Annual Food Shippers of America Conference

Carter Logistics

The Conference was so well attended, that the use of additional hotel space was required to handle this year’s exceptional group of transportation and logistics professionals from the food industry. Record low unemployment is fueling creative solutions in paying drivers and logistics personnel in the Food Shipper Industry.

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Veterans in Trucking: Career Guide for Finding Success After Service

WorkWave

While there isn’t an exact answer, some may say it’s because veterans aren’t fully aware of how to use the numerous skillsets they’ve learned while in active duty. Military Veteran Skills Valued by the Trucking Industry. Military Skills Test Waiver Program. But why are these numbers so high? Types of Truck Driving Jobs.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The Evolution and History of Supply Chain Management

GlobalTranz

Both industrial engineering and operations research have their roots in logistics. Fredrick Taylor, who wrote The Principles of Scientific Management in 1911 and is considered the father of industrial engineering, focused his early research on how to improve manual loading processes. History of Supply Chain Management: Roots.

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Building AI to Unlearn Bias in Recruiting

This eBook covers these issues & shows you how AI can ensure workplace diversity. Research shows that the hiring process is biased and unfair. While we have made progress to solve this, it’s potentially at risk due to advancements in AI technology.

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Mobilisation in the Information Technology Era

Logistics in War

Mention mobilisation and people instantly think of world wars, gigantic factories churning out military hardware on a vast scale and society wide conscription. The upside is embodied in the emerging fourth industrial revolution (4IR). Mobilisation involves “being ready to execute a specific operation”. Google Translate).

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Ethics in Procurement – Simple, but Not Always Easy

Logistics Bureau

One of the challenges of ethical procurement is to know how to make it into a practical reality that people can apply in a consistent way. For example, how would you deal with the following situations in procurement? They know how to use that power to punish enterprises and organisations they consider offenders.