Purchasing managers, buyers and purchasing agents make up a key component of a firm’s supply chain. They buy the goods and services the company needs either to resell to customers or for the company’s own use. Wholesale and retail buyers purchase goods for resale, such as clothing or electronics, and purchasing agents buy goods and [...]

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Shipping, receiving and traffic clerks keep records of all goods shipped and received. Their duties depend on the size of the company they work for and the level of automation used. Larger companies typically are better able to finance the purchase of computers and other equipment to handle some or all of a clerk’s responsibilities. [...]

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Perhaps one of the most challenging jobs in trucking today is freight sales. A sales career in trucking differs in a number of ways from the careers of most people selling goods and services. To start with, it is one of the few sales careers that offers a fixed salary rather than a commission. Although [...]

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Trucks come in all shapes and sizes, large, medium and small, and some have special features, such as refrigeration. All of these types are used through out the country. Whether you work all over the country or just in your own city or county, you will probably see these different types of trucks: A dry [...]

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There are two kinds of truck freight: less than truckload (LTL) and truckload. Less than truckload refers to a cargo that is insufficient to fill a large truck. Companies that provide LTL service use smaller vehicles that make several stops to pick up enough freight to fill a larger tractor-trailer. This truck then carries its [...]

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