Many LGV (Large goods vehicles) drivers may be lacking crucial first aid and road traffic incident management skills, according to the RTITB (The Regulatory Body for Workplace Transport Training). It said that data from the Master Driver CPC Consortium, since September 2015 showed that only two per cent of Driver CPC Periodic Training courses delivered included first aid and/or road traffic scene management. By contrast,...
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Η αποθήκη είναι ένας από τους τομείς μιας επιχείρησης όπου η υιοθέτηση της αυτοματοποίησης και της τεχνητής νοημοσύνης έχει προχωρήσει πιο γρήγορα από ό, τι σε άλλες λειτουργίες. Οργανισμοί όπως το Amazon και το Ocado, με τις καλά δημοσιευμένες επενδύσεις τους στον τομέα της ρομποτικής τεχνολογίας, προσφέρουν υπέροχα παραδείγματα για το τι είναι δυνατό και τι ήδη συμβαίνει στις αποθήκες και τα κέντρα διανομής σήμερα....
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Everything old is new again. Liner shipping, like all other sectors, suffered a bad year in 2016 and prospects for 2017 are just as dim. It’s curious that it was the first year in living memory that every shipping sector was simultaneously depressed and there was no in-house innovation around the corner – like a switch from sail to steam or (later) steam to oil...
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The referendum vote to leave the EU was described as an “earthquake moment” by Road Haulage Association chief Richard Burnett. But Logistics Manager’s quarterly trends survey found that 81.6 per cent of 320 respondents said they had no plan in that eventuality, despite the fact that 52.2 per cent said that a UK exit would have an impact on their business. The survey, for the second quarter of...
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Logistics Bulletin reports on a world first, as Amazon completed the first drone delivery of an order to a customer, delivering to a domestic address in the UK. The delivery was completed just 13 minutes after receiving the online order. Amazon is starting its private trial with just two customers, but will add dozens in the coming months. The delivery was made in a region...
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Everyone knows it’s important to build a network. But once you’ve made a connection with someone, how do you maintain it over the long haul so that you can call the person when you need help (e.g., a job reference or a professional favor)? How frequently should you be in touch with your contacts? And how do you balance efforts to bring in new people...
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The global third party logistics (3PL) market is expected to be worth $925.31bn by 2020 and will be partially driven by the outsourcing of secondary business activities, according to a new report. Orbis Research’s study found that the challenges of managing geographically dispersed supply chain operations as a result of increased globalization has led to several companies to outsource their logistics function. And difficulties with...
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The global third party logistics (3PL) market is expected to be worth $925.31bn by 2020 and will be partially driven by the outsourcing of secondary business activities, according to a new report. Orbis Research’s study found that the challenges of managing geographically dispersed supply chain operations as a result of increased globalization has led to several companies to outsource their logistics function. And difficulties with...
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Όταν μιλάμε για ασφάλεια στην αλυσίδα εφοδιασμού τροφίμων, οι απαιτήσεις αφορούν όλους τους εμπλεκόμενους και όλα τα στάδια της αλυσίδας. Με τις εταιρίες 3PL Logistics να έχουν το προβάδισμα σήμερα στην αποθήκευση, διακίνηση και διανομή τροφίμων και ποτών, οι πελάτες ασφαλώς επιζητούν τη μείωση του κόστους και ασφαλώς πρέπει να απαιτούν τη διασφάλιση της ποιότητας και της ασφάλειας των τροφίμων. Η συνεχής παρακολούθηση και η...
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