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Material Handling Institute US Roadmap for 2015: Can’t Wait for 2025!

Supply Chain View from the Field

Roadmap , that identifies some of the major technology and logistics trends on the horizon. In fact, many of my predictions made in 2014 also appear in my 2015 predictions as well. . In fact, many of my predictions made in 2014 also appear in my 2015 predictions as well. . On page 21, the U.S.

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

GlobalTranz

Ultimately, numerous companies found reshoring the most practical solution to overcome extreme unforeseen costs, and logistical and service issues in operating abroad. For example, job training grants totaling $450 million were distributed among approximately 270 community colleges in 2014. In recent decades, U.S.

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Zipline Adds Drone Delivery for GNC, Two Other Clients

Multichannel Merchant

Drone delivery provider Zipline is adding three new clients including health and wellness retailer GNC, pharmaceutical logistics firm Associated Couriers and Seattle-based eatery Pagliacci Pizza, expanding its footprint and building on its success delivering vaccines in Africa during the pandemic and working with retail giant Walmart.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 27-31, 2013)

Talking Logistics

It was a relatively quiet week for news, but here’s what caught my attention: Descartes Reports Fiscal 2014 First Quarter Financial Results. The company has achieved 34 consecutive quarters of profitability, and it has more than 146,000 parties connected to its Logistics Technology Platform exchanging more than 4.5 Be Sociable, Share!

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Ocean Risk Management part 2: Navigating Global Shipping Alliance

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The alliance was formed in 2014 and covers major shipping routes between Asia, Europe, and North America. The 2M alliance will be disbanded in 2025. According to experts, Maersk is focusing on its end-to-end logistics strategy whilst MSC wants to consolidate its position as the largest container shipping company in the world.

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5 Reasons Why The Use of the IIoT by Manufacturers Is Unavoidable

GlobalTranz

The Industrial Internet of Things ( IIoT ) has been a major topic among manufacturers and third-party logistics providers ( 3PLs ) for several years. According to Louis Columbus of Forbes magazine , the IIoT is estimated to unlock manufacturing savings more than $11 trillion by 2025 globally, boosting overall economic value by 33 percent.

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Top 25 LTL Carriers 2014

The Logistics of Logistics

This is a list of the Top 25 LTL Carriers 2014. Ward Transport and Logistics – With a 9.8% Data received from [link] Newsroom/IndustryData/ pdflists/2013_Top%2025%20LTL. The post Top 25 LTL Carriers 2014 appeared first on The Logistics of Logistics. Experienced a -4.5% decrease to $145 million.

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