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 The Great British Freight Off   Business I don’t know about you, but my guilty TV pleasure in autumn is always TheGreat British Bake Off. As I watch the finalists battle it out in the last episode, I’m consistently struck by the similarities between freight forwarding and baking. Now, this may sound strange, but don’t laugh! Just bear with me. A Recipe for Success In the same way that you’d follow a strict recipe and mix all of the ingredients together to make a delicious cake, an efficient freight forwarding operation requires a step-by-step process, in which each ingredient comes together. Imagine that your operations manager is the chef that has to develop the formula for a successful delivery. Instead of filling the mixing bowl with flour, butter, eggs and sugar and beating them together with a sturdy whisk, they make sure that the fleets are filled with the correct goods and designate a driver to each truck. Getting the Timing Right Now that the mixture is  ready, i...

 Quick Overview of PXT Select Solutions: Hire The Right People   Business Hiring the right people for your business makes an enormous difference to the output you get from them. A high performing employee will be 2 or 3 times as productive as an average employee. There’s no denying that resumes matter, but selecting a candidate is hard, especially when the decision must be based on the available information. PXT Select Solutions changes that. Here’s a quick overview. What's PXT Select? PXT Select is a selection assessment that promises to ‘fill the gap’ between resume and interview. For example, if you are trying to understand whether a candidate is the right fit for the role, you can use the test to generate actionable data. Hiring and recruiting people needs to be a smart process, because it is more than just about filling up the roles. It is important to find people, who are able to do the job and would be engaged and satisfied doing the job. PXT Select brings the best of a...