The logistics industry has a recruiting problem. It's huge, making up 8.5 percent of GDP, and growing fast. But to most job seekers, it's misunderstood - or invisible. How can a $1.3tr industry, getting bigger every year, be hidden in plain sight?
The newly launched APICS Certified in Logistics, Transportation, and Distribution credential program is designed to set the global standard for logistics best practices and aims to elevate knowledge and skills in logistics, transportation and distribution practitioners.
For the past 15 years, America's trucking industry has periodically dealt with a shortage of truck drivers, but in 2016 this issue has ballooned into a full-blown problem that doesn’t appear to be going away any time soon.
Avnet Inc. has entered into a partnership with Arizona State University and its Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering to create the Avnet Innovation Lab.