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New Bookends: The Tale of Supply Chain Global Leaders in Consumer Products

Supply Chain Shaman

In the selection of time frames to analyze, we look at the long-term view including the recessionary period of 2006-2009, the post recessionary period of 2009-2014 and the more recent time period of 2011-2014. In the period of 2008-2009, both supply chains made some major shifts. It is a strong downward trend. Good Times Ahead.

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FMCSA Grants $1 Million to Veterans Who Want to Be Trained as Truck Drivers

GlobalTranz

But fortunately, the FMCSA just awarded $1 million in grants to help “train and place veterans in careers as commercial truck and bus drivers,” as part of a larger series of programs to help veterans transition into civilian life. These problems have contributed to veteran homelessness for decades.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 9-13, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Here’s the news that caught my attention this week: January 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). business inventories flat, inventory-to-sales ratio highest since 2009 (Reuters). Rail industry pushes White House to ease oil train safety rules (Reuters). percent, the biggest decline since March 2009, after falling 1.0

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Limestone Extraction from Florida Quarries!

Supply Chain Game Changer

The state has been working to increase the safety of blasting operations since 2009, when a series of blasts in Polk County killed four workers and injured others. The stone is then loaded onto trucks for transport to processing facilities, which are crushed into smaller pieces. Who Regulates Blasting in Florida for Limestone Mining?

Florida 96
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Coronavirus Increases Supply Chain Risk Management Priority

Enterra Insights

” Moritz warns, “Supply chain leaders should prepare for additional disruptions in supply and transportation.” Training seldom receives the attention it deserves. AMR recommended investing in workforce training (e.g., … Second, be flexible and encourage flexibility. ” Additional actions.

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Lessons Learned for Supply Chain Pandemic Planning Part 1: Governance and Risk Assessment

NC State SCRC

In more recent years, particularly in 2008-2009, organizations have put together cross-functional teams to view the issue. scenario planning and contingency plans, leading to specific recommendations on stockpiling, training, supply risk management, and other components of our maturity assessment.

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Supply chains on film

Supply Chain Movement

Transportation against the clock. In Sorcerer (1977), drivers are tasked with transporting creates of explosive nitroglycerin through the South American jungle in two old trucks. Transport can be dangerous. In earlier decades, films did not feature logistics or supply chains.