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Overcoming Perception: Logistics,Transportation, and Distribution Jobs Essential to Global Economy
We expect goods to be available at retail. Logistics, transportation, and distribution jobs make this happen. These jobs are essential to the global economy and create jobs locally.
Can you send me any articles on why a locality would want distribution/warehousing? What does the future hold for distribution/warehousing ?
 

Tim Feemster, Managing Principal, Foremost Quality Logistics
Contrary to perception, industrial development offers good jobs in the $12-15.00+ range. This is far better for high school graduates than flipping burgers or being a WalMart greeter. If the company does value added services, there will be quality assurance positions, engineering/lean/process improvement positions, and multiple supervisory jobs.

Distribution will always be in the picture. We expect goods to be available at retail. Logistics, transportation, and distribution jobs make this happen. These jobs are essential to the global economy. Local communities have to overcome the perception that these jobs are low skill and low pay, they are not. They require multiple skills including computer data input, fork lift operation, lean concepts and execution, and customer focus.
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Tim Feemster, Managing Principal, Foremost Quality Logistics
Over 35 years of experience have provided Tim Feemster, Managing Partner, Foremost Quality Logistics, with a variety of problem solving situations in real estate, transportation, logistics, and distribution. Tim is quoted frequently in the industry press and makes over 20 presentations a year to professional organizations. Before starting FQL Logistics, Feemster was a senior manager in three manufacturing companies, a consultant, an executive in two 3PL logistics providers, and a Practice Group leader two real estate companies. Feemster has been responsible for transportation & warehouse operations, real estate site selection, economic development strategy consulting, strategic planning, and lean quality management. Feemster holds an M.B.A. in Marketing from the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and a B.A. in Mathematics from DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. Feemster is an active member in the Warehouse Education and Research Council (WERC.org), where he is Past President; Council Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP.org); Industrial Asset Management Council (IAMC); Intermodal Association of North America (IANA.org), International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses (IARW), and the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC.org). He is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Trade Data Exchange (TDE) Corporation.

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