The Lean Thinker

AUGUST 31, 2022

These are some notes I wrote back in 2005 that I thought might be interesting here. Thus, focusing on implementing the tools of TPS (takt time, flow, pull, etc) outside of the immediate response and problem solving context is an exercise which expends energy and gains very little sustainable change.

Events 44

Events Modeling Software Workshop Buyer Training 44

Shipping and Freight Resource

APRIL 11, 2020

Under sections 80(1) (g) of the National Ports Act, 2005 (Act No. 12 of 2005) as of 18th March 2020 crew change is prohibited till further notice in all eight commercial ports in South Africa – Durban, Richards Bay, Cape Town, Mossel Bay, Saldanha Bay, Port Elizabeth, Ngqura and East London. Crew Change.

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Cargo Food and Agriculture Resource Reduction Government 111

GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Examining what went right and identifying areas for growth and opportunity are powerful exercises that both prevent the recurrence of negative behaviors and reinforce our commitment to priorities. By comparison during the last major driver shortage in 2005, trucking had 20,000 open jobs. Would you have done something differently?

Supply Chain Planning Software 92

Supply Chain Planning Software Scenario Planning Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Design 92

World Food Programme Logistics

MARCH 19, 2020

South Sudan is among East African countries experiencing invasions on a scale not seen since 2003–2005 in West Africa A handful of locusts in county Magwi, South Sudan. Scaring off locusts in Magwi is a sadly futile exercise. This is the worst locust infestation since the swarms that hi t West Africa in 2003–2005.

Food and Agriculture 52

Food and Agriculture Security Exercises Groups 52

Logistics in War

JANUARY 23, 2019

4] Routine exercises and training can achieve high standards of preparedness, at least for a time. Military Preparedness , US War College, USA, 2005, p 1; available at [link]. [4] There comes a point, however, where human energy is consumed, machinery is run-down, supplies exhausted and the performance of units begins to drop. [5]

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Military Resource Reduction Sourcing Strategies Supply Chain Planning Software 97

World Food Programme Logistics

MARCH 6, 2020

Photo: WFP I joined the humanitarian world in 2005 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Let us exercise our greatest potential at any opportunity presented to us as that is how we get to inspire more women. “A Being a woman will mostly have no impact on the job and when you are the only woman in the room, own it, you belong there, they say.

Emergency logistics 52

Emergency logistics Meeting Logistics Network Optimization Software Logistics 52

Logistics Bureau

JULY 21, 2017

Unlike Kmart Australia, the American company has a long history of steady decline in performance and profit, and is still in trouble today despite its merger with Sears in 2005. After becoming the largest retailer to ever file for bankruptcy, Kmart eventually merged with Sears in 2004.

Cost Reduction 68

Cost Reduction Inventory Reduction Price Reduction Vendor Strategies 68