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Military Life: My Experience with the U.K. COVID-19 Support Force

BlueYonder

I’ve been at Blue Yonder for just over 18 months with 30 years of experience in third-party logistics, but I’ve worked for the Queen for as long as an Army Reserve Officer in the British Army Royal Logistic Corps. The pinnacle of my time in the military to date was my 7-month operational tour in Afghanistan from 2011 to 2012.

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Differentiating through Resilience

The Logistics of Logistics

But as we all know, in the logistics environment there is much that cannot be controlled yet has significant influence on performance and therefore profit. Weather, equipment failure, customs hold ups, theft, and misrouting all contribute to logistics uncertainty and are largely outside the control of any one company executive.

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Are Asian Economies Heading for a Bumpy Ride in 2022

20Cube Logistics

Governance is all about policy making that directly impacts economics and governments are formed due to political happenings. This year, many of the countries in Asia are slated to go for polls to welcome new governments. Economists and political observers are also anticipating some reshuffles in the top brass of the governance.

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

GlobalTranz

The federal government began tackling this problem with the Veterans’ Job Training Act of 1992 , and since then laws like the 2009 amendment to the GI bill have helped returning veterans obtain education for future careers. But is it enough? Unfortunately, the unique set of challenges involved with integrating the 2.4

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Top 10 Most Corrupt Countries of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

To improve matters the group recommends that the global community take the following actions to curb corruption: --Governments and businesses must do more to encourage free speech, independent media, political dissent and an open and engaged civil society. Civil society and governments should promote laws that focus on access to information.

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The 18-month outlook points to recovery, albeit (semi)disrupted

Resilinc

Along with rising inflation, the shock of the Afghanistan debacle, and floods and fires around the globe, the delta outbreaks have caused Americans and people all over the world to lose their brief optimism and face Fall with somber uncertainty. Economists don’t expect the delta outbreaks to push the U.S. back into a recession.

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The Weight of Memory

Tailwind

A Captain, my uncle Al came home to live on the quarter-acre of land the Canadian government allocated to returning veterans. In our industry, there are a significant number of people who have served in the military – many of whom served in the more recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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