Who owns Nautor Swan? OY Nautor Ab, a Finland boat builder owns Nautor Swan. OY Nautor AB was founded in 1966 by Pekka Koskenkyla in Pietarsaari, Finland. This boat builder builds a very popular Swan series of sailboats, so sometimes people refer to this company as Nautor Swan. Nautor Swan’s main head office is in […]
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What does going offshore mean? Going offshore means boating in open water and away from shore areas. The opposite word of offshore is onshore. If you are boating onshore means you cruise in closed water in light weather, such as boating at a lake. How far offshore is offshore? There is no clear definition of
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If your dream of life is on the water, you should know you have other choices besides buying a boat. You can choose chartering a boat, or fractional ownership of a boat. Which one should you choose? buying a boat vs chartering a boat vs fractional ownership? You should choose based on your budget and
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What is Catalina yacht? Catalina Yachts is a U.S based shipbuilder and also is America’s largest sailboat builder. Catalina Yachts was founded in 1969 by Frank Butler in Hollywood, California. Catalina Yacht built over 80,000 boats to this day. Catalina Yachts focus mainly on manufacturing sailboats for over 50 years. Catalina’s sailboats range from 8
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The history of Jeanneau Company Henry Jeanneau is the founder of the Jeanneau company. He built his first power boat with a wooden hull in Les Herbies, France in 1957. He won first prize in the 6-hour Paris race in this boat. Jeanneau company focus on power boats from 1950 ~ to 1963. Jeanneau produced
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Who produces the Beneteau boat? Beneteau is a family-owned french boat company that is around 136 years old. Benjamin Beneteau founded the Beneteau boatyard in the French port city of Croix-de-vie in 1884. Benjamin Beneteau designed and produced the first Beneteau engine-powered fishing boat in the early 1900s. Where are Beneteau boats made? Based on
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Inventory on hand are items that are physically present in the warehouse. The items can be finished products, components, or raw materials. How do you check the inventory on hand? 2 methods can check the inventory on hand: What are inventory days on hand? Inventory days on hand means how many days these items are
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J boats are a series of sailboats designed and manufactured by J/boat company. Because all J/boat company’s sailboats models start with J, people call their boats J boats. What are J boats? J boats are a series of sailboats designed and manufactured by J/boat company. Rod Johnstone-a salesman of a sailing magazine and his brother
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What is ETA? ETA is an acronym for the ” estimated time of arrival “. This acronym is used very often in the logistics industry, in the office, and on social media. There might be other meanings of ETA, such as ” electronic transfer account”, “equity transfer agreement ” etc. but the standard meaning of
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People hate hunter sailboats is mostly because of their poor quality, poor structure, and not sailing fast. However, there are also quite a lot of hunter-owners who love their boats. Poor quality Some hunter owners complained that their boats are made from plastic, it is easy to break pieces during strong weather. One hunter-380 owner
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Boaters hate jet skis because a group of people runs the jet skis carelessly and irresponsibly. They drive jet skis fast and loud and put others in danger. Problem #1 Speedy Jet Skis are built fast. The average speed of jet skis is between 40 to 70 mph (miles per hour). It is ok for
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Warren Buffett advised that the secret of a great marriage is not look, intelligence or money. It is a low expectation to keep a long-lasting relationship. Boat ownership is like any relationship. There will be ups and downs. If you have a higher expectation on your boat and expect her to be fast, look elegant,
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People hate paying for shipping because psychologically people can not accept different prices after seeing the original price, and people expect online shipping to be free because of the free shipping service provided by some e-commerce sites. Psychological perspective The first impression of the price tag makes consumers think that’s the price they are going
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Amazon Drivers do not know what they are delivering unless the box comes apart or opens up. Drivers only see the address and receiver’s name from the outside of the package. Does the amazon delivery man know what’s inside the box? Based on amazon drivers aren’t given any information on what is inside the box.
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In normal circumstances, a longer distance has a higher freight rate. In actual situations, distance has very little or no effect on freight rate. Supply and demand is the real factor affecting freight rate. How are freight rates determined? Generally speaking, freight rates are determined by 4 factors Freight destination Transportation mode Distance Freight weight
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Freight can be the cost of transportation of goods or can be goods or cargos carried by ship, plane, truck, or train. Freight is a commodity if it means goods. Freight is not a commodity if it means the service fee paid for transportation. What is the definition of freight? There are 2 definitions of
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#1, Where does the bullet train name come from? A Bullet train is a high-speed passenger train. This high-speed train has a bullet nose, that’s why people call it a bullet train. #2, The history of bullet train The first bullet train originated in Japan. Hideo Shima, a Japanese engineer, was the inventor of the
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Introduction to U.S. freight railroad Based on the U.S. Department of Transportation railroad the U.S freight rail network is the largest, safest, and most cost-efficient freight system in the world. The U.S. freight railroad system operates on 140,000 route miles. 7 class I railroads, 22 regional, and 584 local railroads. 7 class I railroad consist
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#1 How much freight moved by train According to UP.com that approximately 28% of the total U.S. freight is moved by train. Each year freight rail haul around 1.7 million tons of goods ( based on aar.org). aar.org also pointed out that It would need 99 million additional trucks to transport goods if America freight
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It normally takes 1~3days for most truck freight to ship domestically. It might take 4~10 days if the cargo is cross-country long haulage or cross board service going to Mexico or Canada. What is truck freight? Truck freight is cargo transferred by truck. The majority of truck freight is domestic, but there are some cross-border
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Manufacturing is one of the major parts of the supply chain system. Supply chain management manages supply chain planning, designing, production, delivery, and return. Production is manufacturing. Manufacturing is a very important stage of the supply chain. You have to know suppliers, and production very well to be able to control the quality and flow
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The majority of supply chain majors are in the business field, but some of them are counted as STEM in 2022. I got my supply chain management degree in 2018. My diploma shows a supply chain major but in business. More and more schools are considering bringing this major to STEM because the supply chain
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It is pretty easy to get a job in the supply chain management field because supply chain management covers a broad category of industries. The job is getting hard when you get to management roles such as supply chain manager or supply chain director. It is difficult when you need to oversee the whole supply
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I got my supply chain management degree in 2018. Based on my own experience that it is not hard to get a degree in supply chain management. I had a part-time job while obtaining this degree. Some of the classes are pretty easy. I would say it is a medium-level difficulty to get this degree.
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