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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

It has radically transformed supply chains, fundamentally changed domestic and international economies across the world, and changed societies in the process – all the while driving trillions dollars in annual trade. Developing economies can now easily exploit existing containerized supply chains.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

As a logistics service provider, focusing on over-the-road surface transportation management solutions via technology and managed transportation services, we find the following information on the history of shipping containers of great significance to the logistics and supply chain community at large. Raleigh-Durham-Cary N.C.

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A “Swiss Army Knife” of Supply Chain Talent Requirements: Views from a Former Wolfpack Student

NC State SCRC

Stuart William was in one of my former MBA classes at NC State in 2008, and graduated into one of the worst economies ever in May of 2009. He started in supply planning, overseeing over $100M of spend in batteries and other categories. He then went into global imports for the central purchasing group in Raleigh.

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An Economic Primer and Forecast from Professor Mike Walden

NC State SCRC

This was the worst recession – a contracting of the economy, and we are past the recession which ended in 2009. For energy, the price of a barrel of oil rose, and then dropped dramatically in 2009. If you are in a Charlotte or Raleigh, or a metro area, the economy is much better. What is the impact of the election? respectively.