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Driving the Mission with Graig Morin

The Logistics of Logistics

While on the trip, he knew that the trucking industry was his passion and lifelong desire. Since 1998, Graig has been fully involved in the transportation industry. For the past 19 years, Graig has dreamed of owning and operating a driver friendly transportation and logistics company.

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Supply Chain Leadership Series III: Andrew Olah – Changing the Denim Industry One Brand at a Time

NC State SCRC

I decided I didn’t like being the dumbest person in the room about every type of fabric, so I decided to focus on the jeans industry. Most of the garment industry at the time was sort of “old fashioned”, a bit rude and unpleasant, but the jeans industry in the 60s and 70s had Levis, which was a fun company, and was growing like crazy.

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What’s Driving the Increase in Transportation Management Technology Spend?

Talking Logistics

DC Velocity and Descartes have conducted a transportation benchmark study for the last two years to help transportation professionals understand what is driving the market, and how the strategy and tactics of top performers differ from the rest of the pack. Figure 1: Transportation IT Spend Change Next 2 Years (Source: Descartes).

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

Intelligent Audit

With peak shipping season just around the corner, the logistics industry is looking forward to a smoother supply chain than previous years have provided. However, transportation management experts caution logistics providers not to get too excited. Having spent nearly $10 billion transporting letters and packages in 2021, the U.P.S.

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The Future of Supply Chains Post COVID-19 – LogiSYM July 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

For example tools like self-billing can support to fasten time consuming transport invoices reconciliation etc…), several SC models will co-exist and will be intermediately used depending on the market condition. Extensive experience in Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Retail, Heavy Industries, Pharmaceuticals, Mining, Oil & Gas.

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How to Develop a Strategic Plan for Transitioning to Emerging Technology

Invata Intralogistics

In fact, at MODEX in late March of this year, there were close to 90 attendees to an educational seminar we put on who were looking for answers to the same question. We outlined those steps in our seminar, which you can now view here anytime. We outlined those steps in our seminar, which you can now view here anytime.

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UK retailers gather in London for annual Unified Retail Planning seminar

RELEX Solutions

Haylea Smith and Jag Banwait from the UK’s leading newsagent WHSmith talked about the growing importance of food in their offering, with chilled items now being sold in 241 of its stores, particularly targeting people wanting affordable meals on-the-go, often at transport hubs or visiting hospitals.