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

GlobalTranz

Approximately 60 percent of today's unfilled manufacturing jobs are due to a shortage of applicants with sufficient proficiency in science, technology, engineering, and math ( STEM ) skills. IMPO Executive Editor, Anna Wells provides insights into the complicated issue in her article “Why The Manufacturing Skills Gap Is Serious”.

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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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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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History and Evolution of Supply Chain and Logistics

SCMDOJO

Logistics was first applied and recognised in military operations, its most significant impact is felt through the functions of production, distribution and consumption (Rodrigue and Slack, 2002). For example, James C. It became a large-scale activity during the industrial revolution. Neil Southern, 2011). Johnson and Donald F.

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The Ultimate Guide to Beer Profit Margins & More

Unleashed

Liquor wholesalers buy beer, wine, spirits and other alcoholic drinks from manufacturers, and sell them to pubs, bars, supermarkets and other liquor retailers. If you run different types of business models – for example, if you have both a brewpub and a production facility – make sure you calculate gross margin for each one separately.