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I had majored in history at university, not logistics. If you survey the current population of logistics professionals, I don't think you will find many people that had formal training prior to their careers. They arrived in the supply chain world either by necessity or by chance.
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Times have changed. We now have low ocean freight rates (compared to the 1980s) and rising labor costs in China. Corporations look to their supply chain managers to identify ways to keep their products competitive, and their shipping costs at a minimum.
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