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Haulage firms face a crisis. What is to be done?

850lb Polar Bear Transported to Saint Louis in USA

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Can Drones Deliver to your Door?

Amazon boasts that it’s ready as soon as regulations are finalised, but technological intricacies still need to be ironed out.

Will the whish of tiny propellers populate our skies? If Amazon is to be believed then the answer is yes, and soon. This isn’t ripped out of dystopian fiction but is on the verge of tomorrow. But others aren’t so sure, the possible and the acceptable being cited as concepts which aren’t always aligned: public safety being top of the priority list.

Distance Learning College’s Success Rally

IoSCM are delighted to sponsor the DLC Success Rally which is taking place in Canary Wharf on the 2nd of July. IoSCM and DLC have worked closely together as partners for many years and sponsored The DLC Learning Conference which took place in Durham in 2014. The DLC Rally is set to be bigger and better with guest speakers, workshops and an awards dinner, supported by IoSCM.

AMAZON AT IT AGAIN, THIS TIME WITH A MOBILE APP

The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Amazon.com is considering a plan in which it will launch a service based on a mobile application that would have regular people picking up packages and delivering them to customers, similar to the way Uber, Lyft and other companies are now providing tax services. In 2011, new rules for large trucks were set for models built in 2014 through 2018, so this is the second round of changes under the Obama administration.

5 reasons to work in Supply Chain Management

If you’ve clicked through to this article, you might be thinking one of two things:

“Only five reasons to work in supply chain management? Surely that’s a disservice to the industry?”

Or:

“Supply chain management? What’s that?”

Well, fear not. Both responses are completely understandable, and this article will help to clear up both.