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Boeing: The Turning Point(s)

The Lean Thinker

With the justification aside, they next had us go through exercises calculating net present value and ROI for a hypothetical capital investment in tooling – as though a shop floor supervisor would do this at any point in the course of their job. The 787 program had run years behind schedule and billions over budget.

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Fatigued operators are 7.3x greater accident risk

Logistics Business Magazine

The US DoT study, Fatigue Status of the US Railroad Industry , used data collected in the railroad industry in the US between 2003 and 2005. The analysis revealed the probability of a human factors accident (HFA) per 200,000 employee-hours, in cases with severe fatigue and, separately, in cases where no fatigue was present.

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BIFA award winners crowned

Logistics Business Magazine

Dawson said that all the winners demonstrated a clear understanding of overcoming last minute challenges to achieve success, which reminded him of his own final mile, or last minute, delivery to Jonny Wilkinson in 2003, who then scored a drop goal that enabled England to win the Rugby World Cup.

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The Role of Robust Logistics in Pharmaceutical Supply Chains

Logistics Business Magazine

Implemented in 2003, updated in 2017 Good Distribution Practices (GDP) defines the standards of transporting the pharmaceutical products, which is crucial and required to comply with by logistics companies. And with digital tools the results can be easily reported and provided to the company, to present them as scope 3 emissions reduction.

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The three biggest risks in logistics

Logistics Business Magazine

Background: 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 Logistics Hall of Fame also presents the TRATON Logistics Leader of the Year Award to current pacesetters in logistics.

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The State of LTL Shipping in Light of YRC Freight Bankruptcy

TransAudit

Notable Acquisitions Acquisition of Roadway (2003): This acquisition was strategic for Yellow, but integrating two massive LTL carriers came with challenges. This presents a golden opportunity for existing players to expand their footprint, capture a larger customer base, and increase their market share. Yellow Corp.

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Utz Group celebrates diamond anniversary

Logistics Business Magazine

The first was in Germany in 1971, followed by Great Britain (1990 – pictured ), France (1992), Poland (1997), USA (2003), China (2005) and Mexico (2017). Today, Utz employs almost a hundred times more people than the 16 who worked in the Zurich workshop all those years ago.

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