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Disruptive Tech In The Supply Chain with Charley Dehoney

The Logistics of Logistics

Charley is the Vice President of ZEBOX AMERICA, an international incubator and accelerator of innovative startups focused on two sectoral areas: transport, mobilities, logistics and industry. ZEBOX focuses on two sectoral areas: transport, mobilities, logistics and industry X.0 About Charley Dehoney. on the other hand. ?

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Boeing: The Turning Point(s)

The Lean Thinker

I was fresh out of the Army, and one of the contractors I had worked with in my last assignment was working as an Industrial Engineer in Boeing Flight Test. Industrial engineers dutifully analyzed each job, and determined the time it should take. The structural designs were far more tolerant of production variation, for example.

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What the Coronavirus Pandemic Means for Global Supply Chains

Shipchain

Although initially compared to the SARS outbreak, Coronavirus seems to be hitting much harder and much more quickly than the 2003 epidemic. More industries are dependent on China than ever before, especially when compared to how the global picture looked in 2003.

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10 Ideas for More Efficient & Productive Warehouse Operations

GlobalTranz

Bureau of Labor Statistics, tripping, falling, and slipping account for the majority of “general industry accidents.” Accenture predicts the value created by the IIoT could reach as high as $15 trillion by 2030, paving the way for more efficient, productive, and intelligent industrial warehouse operations. According to the U.S.

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Toilet paper and total war – the psychology of shortages and what it means for resilience

Logistics in War

The impact of this turbulence on essentially fragile national logistics, commerce and industry capability is starkly evident and has forced the nation to consider its national resilience. The military organisation – perhaps even government and industry – will rapidly try to respond to rapidly growing military requirements.

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Conscious Clothing? Why Fashion's Going Green

Material Handling and Logistics

For years now, we’ve watched the old guard of the packaged-food industry get pummeled as consumers look to fill their grocery carts with trendier items bearing feel-good labels such as “natural” or “sustainably sourced.”. So we can’t help but wonder: Is the apparel industry next? Catering to Millennials?

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What are non tariff barriers?

Globalior

Countries can employ various non tariff barriers such as : Sanctions Embargoes Bans Quotas Licensing controls Regulatory requirements What are a few non tariff barrier examples to illustrate the above? For example, the United Nations had imposed sanctions against Iraq from 1990 to 2003.