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This Week in Logistics News (March 2-6, 2015)

Talking Logistics

BNSF oil train derails in rural Illinois; two cars aflame (Reuters). Shipment and Logistics Management – provides a platform to document, manage and monitor all logistics activities from in-factory carton label creation, advanced shipping notice generation, carrier booking and tracking, and invoicing through receipt into the warehouse.

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

GlobalTranz

For a microcosmic sampling, the CMAP report published by the Illinois government (widely reputed as a resource for broader industrial indicators), reveals an acute shortage of qualified candidates to fill essential manufacturing positions in the Chicago region, including CNC Programmers, CNC Operators, Industrial Machinery Mechanics, and Welders.

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Facing Hard Times, Shippers Find Innovative Solutions

Intelligent Audit

From contractor controversies to rising fuel costs, logistics professionals across the transportation industry are turning to innovative solutions to persistent problems. As contractors across the logistics industry begin questioning their relationships with carrier networks , the FRONTdoor Collective is taking a new approach.

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Podcast: Daniel Stanton on Technology, Education, and Disruption

Requis

For example, I’ve had a couple of IT managers buy multiple copies of the book because their customers are supply chain people. I think that’s really healthy for innovation. They are what’s driving rapid innovation and are creating a super competitive environment for software solutions.

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Crowdfunding Fulfillment Solutions!

Supply Chain Game Changer

When a backer decides to purchase your geode kit for every science teacher in Illinois, you could end up with a house bursting with science kits. Craig was no longer an inventor, he had to go into full-time logistical planner to find a solution. Going it alone, however, may give you more trouble than you bargained for.

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Nursing Hospital and Healthcare Supply Into a New Age

Logistics Bureau

On the one side there is the medical aspect, which calls for various specialised logistics approaches , and on the other, the hotel/catering aspect. Centralisation then, is all about taking procurement and logistics out of the hands of medical professionals and placing it under its own governance structure. Vendor-managed Inventory.

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CSX Intermodal Terminal in North Carolina Wins Excellence Award

Kanban Logistics

Hay Award for Excellence Award is named after William Walter Hay, a professor of railway civil engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The award is bestowed annually to projects that “best illustrate safety, innovation and service performance reliability.”. More awards for North Carolina logistics.