This issue features a number of important topics, including supply chain management & logistics, plastics and metalworking & fabricating. But there seems to be one theme that continues to find its way into virtually every area, and that has to do with workforce—development, training and availability. One of the biggest concerns and considerations that companies, executives and site selectors need to factor into any decision is how they can conduct their business with their current workforce, how to improve their talent and how to ensure they’ll have the qualified labor needed for the future.
Ports are responsible for more than moving goods. They are also major engines that drive the influx of business development, which in turn has a trickle-down effect to the entire geographic area surrounding the port. Ports come in a number of forms—seaports, riverports and inland ports. Take a look at what is happening at ports coast to coast. more....