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A Lean Leadership Pocket Card

The Lean Thinker

I was going through some old files and came across a pocket card we handed out back in 2003 or so. Do you have “standard work” documents that are rarely followed? Some obstacle has been discovered, we have to better understand what it is – at least enough to get it documented. Develop and apply countermeasure.

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Logistics Hall of Fame Council meets in Berlin

Logistics Business Magazine

The Logistics Hall of Fame documents the major milestones in logistics. The Logistics Hall of Fame was founded in 2003 and honours leading figures who have made outstanding efforts to promote the further development of logistics and supply chain management. The award is given by the Logistics Hall of Fame and donated by TRATON SE.

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Logistics Unleashed: Unveiling the Most Pivotal Events that Shaped its Development

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

The Hanseatic League introduced concepts such as consignment, just-in-time delivery, and customs documentation. Their extensive network of ports, warehouses, and trading posts revolutionized maritime logistics. They laid the groundwork for modern practices in maritime logistics and established vital trade routes throughout Europe.

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Limping to war

Logistics in War

Similarly, a RAND report highlighted that while the US Army was nominally ready for Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, there were real limits to the time in which high-intensity operations could be sustained – luckily, these limits were not tested. adfwc/Documents/DoctrineLibrary/ADDP/ADDP_00_2_preparedness_and_mobilisation.pdf. [2]

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Guide to retrofitting warehouse software

Logistics Business Magazine

Personnel can also be introduced to new processes or dialogs and the documentation regarding software realisation is updated step by step up until implementation is successful. In 2003, SSI Schaefer installed its WAMAS version 3 warehouse management system at LANDI. From one day to the next: the big bang.

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Robotics pilot doubles productivity at Geodis’ Indianapolis warehouse

247 Customs Broker

The company’s web portal, Neptune, allows real-time co-ordination of transport activity, reporting and analysis of crucial performance indicators, and document archiving. The portal works within the framework of Zenith, the transport management system, which Geodis has been developing since 2003. .

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How to automate your warehouse

Logistics Business Magazine

When these steps are all carefully documented, you’ll find it much easier to evaluate whether to keep the existing processes, or change and adopt new, standardised methodology when automating your warehouse. The introspection about change regarding how you have done things vs. how you want to do things becomes very important.