by synterresourcegroup | Apr 6, 2018 | Blog, Business Insights, Transportation and Logistics |
The life of the American trucker has been romanticized in stories, songs, and film since the first eighteen wheels hit the asphalt, despite the grueling and lonely realities of the job. Now, however, a study reported by WebMD shows that those who are routinely exposed...
by synterresourcegroup | Apr 2, 2018 | Blog, Business Insights, Transportation and Logistics |
Dave Dein is not the typical entrepreneurial story, but then again, who is? His previous business was getting trucking jobs for those who were recently released from prison. However, new regulations no longer permitted this, so his new project is to focus on teaching...
by synterresourcegroup | Mar 23, 2018 | Blog, Business Insights, Transportation and Logistics |
Shipping is an enormous cost in business, but it is also a cost that customers are stubbornly unwilling to support. A study covered in Marketing Land found that 9 out of 10 online shoppers ranked free shipping as their #1 incentive to spend more money online, ahead of...
by synterresourcegroup | Feb 22, 2018 | Blog, Transportation and Logistics |
International Women’s Day is celebrated every year on March 8th, and March is Women’s History Month. Some of the innovators and pioneers in the transportation field include these women whose names deserve to be remembered every month of the year. Alice Huyler Ramsey...
by synterresourcegroup | Feb 12, 2018 | Blog, Transportation and Logistics |
In her TED talk, Rose George goes in depth about the shipping industry and current challenges that the industry faces; one of these challenges being ship hijacking by pirates. Many believe that shipping is an obsolete industry that is old-fashioned. However, Rose...
by synterresourcegroup | Feb 5, 2018 | Blog, Transportation and Logistics |
Transporting billions of goods and accounting for 90 percent of global trade, the global shipping industry has become an integral part of life in the 21st century and shows no sign of slowing down. However, such seaborne shipping comes at great human and environmental...
