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Driving the Mission with Graig Morin

The Logistics of Logistics

Since 1998, Graig has been fully involved in the transportation industry. His career has varied from working on loading docks to hauling general freight. For the past 19 years, Graig has dreamed of owning and operating a driver friendly transportation and logistics company. million miles.

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Contracts, Cancellations, and Closures: Persistent Trends Leave a Pre-Peak Season Logistics Industry on Edge

Intelligent Audit

However, transportation management experts caution logistics providers not to get too excited. As the logistics industry reexamines capacity challenges ahead of the 2022 holiday shipping season, SupplyChainDive gathered a group of transportation experts to discuss how shippers should prepare for a potentially tough peak season.

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Getting the Education and Experience to Land a Job in Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

List all classes or seminars you’ve taken in the subject area as well as any paid or unpaid jobs. Assuming you already hold an undergrad degree, regardless of the subject or general area of study, the next step should be to locate a reputable grad program in logistics and SCM. Some are more difficult to obtain than others.

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Top Ten Tips to Boost Supply Chain Performance to Best in Class

Logistics Bureau

I’ll also be providing some step by step guides and tools on these at our Free Seminars Series in February and March, but more on that later. Transport Service Selection. Look at how you are buying freight services and ask yourself two questions. Do you really need so much air freight or express freight?

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Common Supply Chain Mistakes to Avoid

Logistics Bureau

At our seminars I often share case studies demonstrating the impact of not getting this right. The prices your company is paying for freight transportation. The lost sales, the wasted money; all because supply chain management takes a back seat and is overlooked as a driver of business value.

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The Acme Experience: Ignore Trade Compliance at Your Own Risk

CH Robinson Transportfolio

The fact is, even if you have a reputable freight forwarder and customs broker , you may not be safe. Acme’s story began when its vice president of logistics, Donna Smith, attended one of our seminars on trade compliance and policy. Smith returned to Acme and reviewed some of the things she had learned at the seminar.

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50 expert tips on improving warehouse efficiency & productivity

6 River Systems

” — The 5 Best Ways to Increase Warehouse Efficiency , Freight Cowboy; Twitter: @freight_cowboy 4. Offer cross training and provide continual training seminars on new procedures to improve productivity.” Orders are put together faster, and freight expenses are consequently lowered.” Focus on employee retention.