Category Archives: Logistics

HARLEY DAVIDSON ANNOUNCES NEW LOGISTICS COMPANY

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Though Harley Davidson has announced that Florida-based Comprehensive Logistics will replace their current Logistics company Syncreon, the roughly 600 employees who had handled third-party logistics for Syncreon in New York will remain in their jobs nonetheless. Paul Forberg, Comprehensive Logistics’ vice president of sales and marketing, claims: “we expect to transition 100% of them… I would say it’s more of an administrative function just to get them converted over to Comprehensive Logistics.”    Read more…

LOGISTICS MARKETS COOLING

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Logistics companies, such as C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc., have recently laid off countless workers, as there is a slower demand for freight transportation. The layoffs “come amid signs of slowdown in consumer spending and other activity after the U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates to combat inflation. CNBC reported last month of big declines in warehouse shipments and ocean freight orders.”  Read more

LOGISTIC EXPERTS SAY NOT TO FEAR DIGITIZATION OF THE INDUSTRY

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Harry G. Broadman, a leading consultant in the logistics industry, exclaims that workers should not fear the rise of digitization in the global logistics and supply chain operations. He insists that “there can be harmony between logistics technology and job creation,” and that while the jobs in a digital-logistics world may not be the same positions workers are used to, there will be jobs nonetheless.  Read more…

$70 MILLION COMING TO SOUTH CAROLINA LOGISTICS

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Arcadia Cold Storage & Logistics, a leader in modern cold storage solutions, recently announced plans to invest more than $70 million dollars into its new operations in Dorchester County. The investment will create 69 new jobs as the company “works to bridge supply gaps within the cold chain industry through modern cold storage warehouse development and services.”  Read more…

AUTOMATION HELPING CREATE LOGISTIC JOBS

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Many economists and researchers have worried for years over the effects of automation on jobs, especially jobs “largely based on the performance of regular tasks at certain times or for specific situations.”  While this may have come true for routine jobs, on the other hand,  non-routine jobs – “ jobs comprised of tasks performed at irregular intervals and often executed in different ways dependent on the situation,” such as logistic positions – have exploded.   Read more…

EMERGING SUPPLY CHAIN JOBS FOR THE FUTURE

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With continuous shortages and unreliable transportation in the supply chain industry, “it seems everyone’s suddenly interested in a field that has been generally ignored for too long.” Amongst all the new job openings in the sector, there are four in particular that stand out: data driven-planner, traceability analyst, supply chain communicator, and supply network innovator. Read more… 

JOHN LAWSON TRUCKING SCHOOL REOPENS

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Newly reopened in a JD Food facility near Fresno, California, the John Lawson trucking school held a ribbon cutting ceremony this past Thursday. Funded by federal dollars through the Fresno Economic Development Corporation, “the school wants to double the number of students” to bring a whole new generation of truckers into the workforce. Read more… 

AMAZON CLOSING WAREHOUSES

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Amazon.com Inc., has decided to cut down the size of its massive delivery operation amid slowing sales growth, and has abandoned many existing and planned facilities around the country:  “MWPVL International Inc., which tracks Amazon’s real-estate footprint, estimates the company has either shuttered or killed plans to open 42 facilities totaling almost 25 million square feet of usable space. The company has delayed opening an additional 21 locations, totaling nearly 28 million square feet, according to MWPVL. The e-commerce giant also has canceled a handful of European projects, mostly in Spain, the firm said.”  Read more…

LOGISTICS COMPANY BRINGING MORE JOBS TO VIRGINIA

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The warehousing and transportation company A. Duie Pyle has opened three new centers in Virginia, including in Roanoke, Manassas and Richmonds. According to the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, the business could create up to 75 jobs in all. Chairman and CEO Peter Latta said in a statement: “We have been planning to add locations in the Commonwealth of Virginia for some time, and we are thrilled to gather here today with our customers, local officials and business leaders to commemorate our expansion.”  Read more…