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April 1st, 2008 — Editorial, Issue 6 April 2008
Three ways you can hang on to your most valued resource.
Many organisations tell their employees how important they are. Why did I stress on tell? Because it seems to be the only thing they do.
In our environment, with rising inflation resulting in a higher cost of living – hanging on to your most valued resource can be challenging, as Robin Lyndhurst and Darryl Judd tell us in this issue.
April 1st, 2008 — Issue 6 April 2008, Management
Skilled candidates are like gold dust in all industries today – none more so than the recruitment challenged logistics sector. Robin Lyndhurst outlines some of the key issues and tries to suggest ways to boost competitiveness and
appeal
The 21st century battlefield won’t be fought outside castles or on grassy plains, but in the recruitment department of every company globally. Everyone is scrambling for skilled staff, developed and developing countries alike.
Paul Stuiver, CEO, Barloworld Logistics
April 1st, 2008 — Innovation, Issue 6 April 2008
In the concrete flooring industry where speed and efficiency are paramount, the question remains: how flat is your floor?
As demand for warehouse and industrial space in the GCC soars, so to does the outcry for greater regulation in concrete flooring standards. The CoGri Group is coming forward with a solution, seeking to implement an internationally recognised certification for flooring contractors within the Middle East.
“The floor is arguably the most important part of the building. It is the table on which all operations take place. Not only is it part of the structure, but also an integrated part of the materials handling system,” says Kevin Dare, Managing Director of CoGri Group Ltd.
April 1st, 2008 — Issue 6 April 2008, Trends
Traditionally seen as a bastion of male workers, the logistics sector is gradually opening up to women. But a ‘glass ceiling’ that limits opportunities remains to be removed
Demographic trends suggest that businesses will increasingly be faced with the challenge of managing a more diverse workforce as the twenty-first century progresses.
April 1st, 2008 — Interview, Issue 6 April 2008
The thought of labourers in the Middle East conjures up images of
heavy, manual work…but is the life of a labourer here only that?
It is said that life is what one makes of it and that happiness is a state of mind. Quite right, but does that still hold when one is a labourer working eight hours a day lifting unimaginably heavy loads around one’s workplace – the warehouse –
April 1st, 2008 — Issue 6 April 2008, Trends
Muna Hamood, Supply Coordinator, Reshu Lakhanpal, GM, Azeyan e-gistics
Shell Trading Middle East
There’s no room for tears or makeup in the logistics industry, say the many women working in the supply chain.
April 1st, 2008 — Interview, Issue 6 April 2008
Faraj Bassil, Country Manager, Jordan Aramex
A regional leader in total transportation solutions, Aramex has spread its
wings around the globe. Kathryn Semcow talks to Faraj Bassil, Aramex
Country Manager for Jordan, where the company was born in 1982
April 1st, 2008 — Analysis, Issue 6 April 2008
As supply chain management experts argue the growing importance of the information flow over the physical flow, academics are proposing the concept of 5PL, which integrates the benefits of both 3PL (third party) and 4PL (fourth party) logistics providers
April 1st, 2008 — Issue 6 April 2008, LOG.Cafe
When she worked as a business development manager in the IT industry, Nermeen Mahmoud managed a team of men in Saudi Arabia without ever going to the Kingdom. Because women are not allowed to work in Saudi Arabia, Mahmoud would travel from Dubai to Bahrain twice a month to meet up with her team.
“I never really needed to go there,” says the Cairo native, who now works as Business Development Manager for Dubai Logistics City (DLC), as she nibbles at a blueberry muffin at Costa Café in The Greens.
April 1st, 2008 — Issue 6 April 2008, LOG.Notes
I started researching this month’s feature on women in logistics looking for drama. I wanted stories of sexual harassment, gender discrimination and glass ceilings. I wanted to blow the cover on an industry phenomenon I was sure existed. But I found nothing.
