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Inbound Logistics – The 2018 Global Logistics Guide 

April 11, 2018
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Education, Global

In the spirit of SOLE’s recently published Global Logistics For Dummies, we thought we’d call your attention to the March 2018 issue of Inbound Logistics.  This issue contains their “14th annual Global Logistics Guide” – a transportation and logistics world atlas designed to help their readers stay on top of shifting global dynamics.  Additionally, this issue contains their annual “Global Trade Management Solutions Guide.”  Both versions of the printed guides have special digital pullouts for easy reference: the “Logistics Guide” can be found at http://resources.inboundlogistics.com/digital/GlobalGuide_Digital_0318.pdf,…

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“Calling” All Logistics Managers & Leaders: Doctoral Dissertation Survey Input Opportunity  

April 11, 2018
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Education, General news, Top news

One of the ways that SOLE’s helps in “advancing the art and science of logistics” is to serve as a resource for logistics practitioners who are working on advanced degrees in logistics and logistics-related academic programs.  [See the item after this for news about the most recent ‘winner’ of SOLE’s long-standing prize paper award for MS in Logistics and Supply Chain Management candidates at the Air Force Institute of Technology.]  Many of the long-time SOLEtter readers may recall that in addition to its recognition…

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Who is a professional logistician?

March 2, 2018
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“WHO ARE THE PROFESSIONAL LOGISTICIANS?” – St. Louis Logistician, V29N7 October 1995 “What makes a logistician a professional? Do you have to be a Certified Professional Logistician (CPL) to be considered a logistics professional? For that matter, how many of us consider ourselves to be “logisticians”, professional or not? Everyone is a logistician, but some of us make a study of it.  Many folks only equate SOLE members or CPLs as being professional logisticians. Not true! All of us who make a living performing…

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Student logisitics clubs

November 2, 2017
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Transportation, Infrastructure & Logistics Club (Harvard Business School): http://www.hbs.edu/mba/student-life/activities-government-and-clubs/Pages/club-details.aspx?name=til To create a forum for HBS students interested in transportation, infrastructure, and logistics (TIL) to connect with each other and with the broader TIL community. Transportation and Logistics Club (University of Wisconsin): https://www.uwsuper.edu/studentorgs/transportation-and-logistics-club_studentorg795240  Helping connect transportation and logistics management students with industry professionals and learning about industry events. Supply Chain & Logistics Club (Georgia Tech): http://jacketpages.gatech.edu/organizations/view/44955  The club’s purpose is to bring together students with interest in Supply Chain and Logistics and help create a…

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September Is National Preparedness Month – Were/Are You Ready?

September 15, 2017
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Humanitarian and disaster relief, Top news

What a September it’s been so far for disasters! With raging forest fires in California; and not only Harvey, Irma, and Jose but what may well end up being the season of an increased number of devastating hurricanes and tropical storms in a number of years occurring one right behind the other, a large portion of the US will be caught unprepared. In 2003 the US Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) created “National Preparedness Month” as a way…

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