Automotive Logistics

AUGUST 1, 2018

The Spanish automotive manufacturers’ association, Anfac, has just released its annual Maritime Port Logistics Grading study, which identifies Santander (pictured), Sagunto and Pasajes ports as currently the best for vehicle processing in Spain. One aspect the study identified as being key was good road access to ports.

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 1, 2018

In an era where technology is continuing to migrate consumer spending habits online and away from brick-and-mortar stores, the newly released 2019 Third-Party Logistics Study (#3PLStudy) highlights how supply chains are also going digital and using science to keep pace. The publication, available at no cost at www.3PLStudy.com

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

Transport and logistics is a highly regulated industry when it comes to health and safety, writes Wouter Satijn (pictured), Sales Director of Joloda Hydraroll. This means transport and logistics companies must constantly be on the lookout for new risks, and proactive ways to improve and implement better working practices.

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247 Customs Broker

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Nashville, TN — In an era where technology is continuing to migrate consumer spending habits online and away from brick-and-mortar stores, the newly released 2019 Third-Party Logistics Study (#3PLStudy) highlights how supply chains are also going digital and using science to keep pace. The publication, available at www.3PLStudy.com

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3PL Insights

APRIL 20, 2021

This includes storage, handling, transportation and more. This includes experience, training, and communication from both sides. Building it into a core belief system and providing resources and training to improve customer service should be a high priority. Evans distributes a series of customer surveys to track progress.

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Women in Trucking

MARCH 9, 2020

percent of drivers are women, according to the Women In Trucking (WIT) Index, developed in conjunction with the National Transportation Institute (NTI). DriverIQ’s study reveals that total compensation is the top cause for turnover, cited by nearly 60 percent of respondents, company Co-President Lana Batts says.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 20, 2015

This estimate is according to responses provided by 83 percent of the manufacturing executives who participated in a survey conducted as part of an industry study by the Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte Consulting LLP. A monumental after-effect has been the subtraction of years of training knowledge from the domestic U.S.

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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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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. Nevertheless, they must not lose sight of the issue of cost reduction.

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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. It also increased the space utilization of picking carts and transportation. In addition to product design, training is another opportunity to involve your frontline workers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2022

The United States Postal Service will slow delivery times for a third of its first-class packages in an effort to cut costs and its dependency on air transportation amid financial struggles. The move, which goes into effect May 1, is part of the Postal Service’s 10-year plan to reduce more than $100 billion in projected losses.

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Forto

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Nearly half of the 200 decision-makers surveyed in a recent logistics study fully agree that supply chain transparency is essential for managing and mitigating risks. Despite these challenging realities, only about a third of surveyed Germany companies are using digital supply chain solutions. No Real-Time Information.

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Trinity Logistics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

It can be challenging for you to decide the best way to transport your products. On the surface, private fleets appear to be the better option, but you must recognize and understand all that goes into running your own transportation. Fewer decisions are bigger than deciding whether to operate a private fleet or outsource.

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3PL Insights

APRIL 18, 2017

They are easily the most tech-savvy generation in history, but surveys suggest that just 29% of this cohort are truly engaged in their jobs. Some studies have suggested that millennials are not that different after all. As a result, training and advancement opportunities are especially abundant. Personal development.

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Penske Move Ahead

DECEMBER 4, 2017

These insights, the result of a groundbreaking industry survey of young supply chain professionals, are not only key for employers looking to attract young professional talent to the supply chain field, but are necessary to retain them. The majority said they prefer in-person training, delivered through mentoring or task-based activities.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 8, 2018

50 per cent of manufacturers stated better training for employees as a key priority for improving workforce productivity. The study reveals that 68% of respondents said they had at least a tenth of their employees work primarily while travelling or in no fixed location.

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Freight Center

JANUARY 30, 2020

Of those four, we’ve dedicated one article to an in-depth discussion of Transportation Infrastructure, Congestion and Funding. Based on survey data, the ATRI recommends to “[i]dentify strategic locations on the National Freight Network for new or expanded parking ….” Steps must be taken now to train a new generation of drivers.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

In a recent study, MIT found that companies that focus on 5 key initiatives to improve their supply chain data can have a big impact on their bottom line. The study, published by the MIT Sloan Management Review , asked 353 participants to discuss their understanding of their companies’ analytics systems.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 13, 2016

days lost due to absence, according to a study by Willis Towers Watson. Stress due to depression was one of the biggest time-draining culprits in Willis Tower Watson's study, with employees who suffered major depression episodes losing 15 to 20 percent of productivity per year. days of productivity a year versus an average 3.5

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Blue Grace Logistics

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Agility Training. According to the annual Third Party Logistics Study, many shippers say they understand the need for agility. According to the survey, both parties said that it was the main factor in their decision-making process. “To Capacity has been running tight and will only continue to do so.

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Blue Grace Logistics

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Companies have been furiously analyzing every facet of the chain, from transportation routes to in-house technology and processes in terms of the financial efficiency. If nothing else, given the size and scope of the transportation industry, there would at least be a trend towards one process over the other.

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3PL Links

DECEMBER 3, 2023

When transportation businesses have to cope with a variety of routes and elements that significantly affect their operations, such as weather, traffic, and seasonality, that is another example of predictive analysis in action. This enables businesses to respond promptly to resolve problems. This ratio increased to 54% in 2022.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The whole e-commerce boom, which has been accelerated by Covid but was already well in train, has turbocharged both the amount of warehousing space needed and more critically the amount of activity within warehouses – as moving goods in and out by the pallet-load has been replaced by picking, packing and returning individual items.

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247 Customs Broker

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Supply chain areas like transportation and logistics have in particular reported robust hiring and some difficulties in finding skilled workers. trained SEH doctorate holders, by residence location and field of doctorate: 2015. Rigorous data is scarce is in this area. How should society make the best use of its talents?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 18, 2022

Their associate engagement survey allows Ferguson to understand the driver’s impacting engagement across their 31,000 employees. The survey focuses on four engagement questions on advocacy, pride, satisfaction and commitment. 56% of employees surveyed were engaged. Training is also clearly important. Conclusion.

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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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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 21, 2018

Perhaps the quality of Supply Chain training and education is not what it used to be? Transport Service Selection. Tell tale signs of a network problem will be increasing inventory, warehousing and transport costs, stock outs and rising customer complaints. If you haven’t already, survey them! Why is that I wonder?

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Freightos

APRIL 17, 2016

Freightos recently concluded a survey of over 90 senior logistics professionals, including VPs and senior board members from 19 of the top 20 freight forwarding companies in the world. DOWNLOAD THE FULL STUDY HERE Logistics Technology Updates. Trainline (UK rail/bus ticketing), acquired French Captain Train for $189 million.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 31, 2018

There is good scope for the application of digital capabilities in solving problems related to track and trace, supplier manufacturing on a just-in-time and just-in-sequence basis, and studying supply chain risk including disruption and theft, according to Dharmani. Global parts flow.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

If so, MVS is a form of work measurement designed to gauge the time it takes for a trained worker to accomplish a specific task to an acceptable level of performance. Training your LMS to be smart enough to deliver the productivity you expect can be a complex operation. Spotting areas for further training. What to Measure.

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Automotive Logistics

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Over the first ten months of 2018, Brazil’s GDP rose by around 1.3%, after one of its longest recessions in history, and according to a Central Bank survey of economists, this should edge up to around 2.5% DHL has also been strengthening its transport capabilities and LLP services. In the wider economy, positive signals can be seen.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 30, 2023

Loadsmith says its newly formed entity, Loadsmith Transportation, is the first freight transportation company built specifically for self-driving trucks. The Biden administration sees the expanded use of lower-emission biofuels as critical to decarbonizing the transportation sector.

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247 Customs Broker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Exhausted by the race for survival, more and more people are leaving: they are indigenous people or urban slumdwellers living in camps on the Brazilian side of the border, or pregnant women or mothers with small children joining the ranks of those who, unable to afford transportation, walk along roads in Colombia or Ecuador, heading south.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 19, 2023

Police in Hagerstown are deploying a surprisingly large fleet of low-cost drones and training more than 20 percent of the department’s officers on how to fly them. One area is in transportation, such as mapping and planning routes, taking into account variables like the weather, Perego said. billion, up 0.9 percent year-over-year.

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The Logistics Academy

JUNE 29, 2017

billion in 2016, according to a BI Global Intelligence survey. IoT technology can help companies manage transportation fleets, inventory, and warehouse operations; make replenishment decisions; refine delivery routes; generate better demand forecasts; and a good deal more. By 2021, 22.5 The world will invest $4.8 ROBOTS ON THE GRID.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 5, 2018

“Although a number of surveys show consumers say they want sustainable products, only a small percentage of them are actually willing to pay more to buy sustainable products,” Sheffi notes. Transportation Manager, N/A. Robert. Posted on: Aug, 30 2016.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 19, 2018

“The dire predictions that robots are going to take our jobs are overstated,” said Susan Lund, co-author of the study for McKinsey, adding “There will be enough jobs for everyone in most sectors.” Transportation Manager, N/A. ” I wish I was that optimistic. Robert.

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