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How to Improve Manufacturing Floor Data Collection

GlobalTranz

A case study, published by Modern Machine Shop several years ago, caught our eye recently. Although it was published in 2002, the case study highlighted the data collection struggles of a particular manufacturing company that probably rings true for many SMEs and large corporations alike.

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Reflections on East Timor by a logistics unit commander – twenty years on

Logistics in War

At the operational and tactical level, East Timor may not be a great case study for combat arms officers however for the logistician [1] , there are lessons to be learned at every level from the Commander Joint Logistics down to the private soldier. However, for simplicity I’ll use the term logistics. [2]

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How Supply Chain Strategy Misalignment is Killing Kmart USA

Logistics Bureau

The two companies switched positions in 1991, an event which heralded the start of a decade-long decline for Kmart, which ended in bankruptcy in 2002 and led to a subsequent merger with Sears in 2004. Of course the birth of the information age has made it easier to develop an aligned supply chain strategy involving suppliers and partners.