Ex-NFL lineman Terry Unrein, a former executive at SEKO and EGL, will focus on building Crane’s Asia business Crane Worldwide Logistics LLC named Terry Unrein, a former executive under Chairman Jim Crane at EGL, as vice president of global sales. Unrein had been vice president for global sales at logistics…
The board of directors of power management company Eaton announced a number of senior leadership appointments on Tuesday in anticipation of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Alexander M. “Sandy” Cutler’s retirement at the end of May 2016. Craig Arnold, 55, has been appointed president and chief operating officer of Eaton…
LISLE, IL — Navistar International Corp. has lured a 20-year veteran of the parent company to rivals Peterbilt and Kenworth. Jeff Sass has been named senior vice president, North America truck sales and marketing, for the Illinois-based truck and engine maker. This follows a 20-year career at Paccar Inc., where…
As you probably know, recruitment is a process of selecting and assigning the most suitable candidate for a job position within a company. A job position may be temporary or permanent. Executive recruiting firms are hired to deal with this process of choosing individuals that work in highly important or difficult-to-fill positions. The recruitment…
Autonomous driving systems offer many possibilities to improve the quality of logistics networks. Self-driving commercial vehicles are bringing a new era in freight transportation. However, new technologies also bring with them a newer level of responsibilities for those in executive positions. This is why increasingly companies are attempting to innovate and implement new technologies.…
Traffic congestion has a negative impact on planning transportation routes and makes life more difficult for logistics companies. It occurs when freight demand exceeds the capacity of the transportation system. Route planning is an integral part of an executive’s job. This is why increasingly transportation and logistics companies use the services of executive…
The challenges of transport, logistics, and the shipping industry Freight demands are constantly affected by a wide range of variable factors which makes it hard to anticipate trends in future shifting. All of this makes the work of fleets and shippers challenging. Factors that influence freight demands include the economy, globalization,…
