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This Week in Logistics News (June 23-27, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Another example of the wrinkles in our lives , and how we respond to them. April 2014 North American Freight Numbers. The last shutdown occurred in the fall of 2002, as retailers were preparing for the Christmas holiday period. In other news… Supply Chain Risk Management Now a Priority for Most Businesses ( Accenture ).

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Podcast: Dave Anderson on the Evolution and Future of Logistics

Requis

Dave’s career started in the 1970s with putting his PhD in Econometrics to work predicting freight volumes across shipping modes. Game Changers: Adapting to Freight Deregulation and Globalization. Dave and his partner Dan Dershem started Supply Chain Ventures LLC in 2002 – just after the internet investing bubble burst.

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Podcast: Dave Anderson on the Evolution and Future of Logistics

Requis

Dave’s career started in the 1970s with putting his PhD in Econometrics to work predicting freight volumes across shipping modes. Game Changers: Adapting to Freight Deregulation and Globalization. Dave and his partner Dan Dershem started Supply Chain Ventures LLC in 2002 – just after the internet investing bubble burst.

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Ready For the Next Port Crisis?

Talking Logistics

Those same words were said when the ports were shut down for 10 days in 2002 , and again in December 2012 when 600 clerks went on strike , shutting down the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach for 8 days. The serious and negative impacts this dispute left on the economy demonstrates why we cannot let this happen again.”.

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Two Million Vacant Manufacturing Jobs by 2025…How Can We Tackle the Skills Gap?

GlobalTranz

Insufficient on-the-job training — Over the period from 2002 to 2013, investments in internal training programs such as apprenticeships, company classroom training, and other structured on-the-job skills development for current manufacturing employees were cut from 469,000 to 288,000 (nearly 40 percent). Annually, 3.2 - 3.5

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Lessons to Glean From the West Coast Port Dispute

MIT Supply Chain

But the implications of this standoff between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association go beyond idle ships and stranded freight containers. The UAW, for example, is now a shadow of its former self owing to the trade union’s over-reaching tactics.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ Interview Excerpts: Lessons Learned by Global Leaders

Supply Chain Game Changer

In reality, a few abrupt moves and getting laid off in 2001 by Dell drove a sharp left-hand turn in my career in 2002 that evolved to where I am today. For example, when Fedex went into freight forwarding it almost caused a revolt by freight forwarders refusing to use Fedex planes.

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