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The Free TMS with Tim Higham

The Logistics of Logistics

Tim Higham and Joe Lynch discuss the free TMS, which is of course AscendTMS. Prior to starting AscendTMS, Tim co-founded and ran a national 3PL, where he invited Palm Beach Capital LLC to become minority equity shareholder in July, 2009 in order to speed both internal growth and outside acquisitions. AscendTMS).

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HBR: Managers Think They’re Good At Coaching. They’re Not.

The Lean Thinker

” None of this, of course, had anything to do with what had triggered the tirade. This, of course, is consistent with the message that we Kata Geeks are sending with Mike Rother’s Coaching Kata. As the organization matures, of course, that structure can shift. Fed from The Lean Thinker. They’re Not.

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Automation To Help Smooth Singles’ Day Peak

Logistics Business Magazine

Single people mark the occasion by spoiling and treating themselves to gifts and presents, but it wasn’t until Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba chose the date to offer heavily discounted merchandise on its platform for 24 hours, starting at midnight on the 11th November, 2009, that Singles’ Day became a major commercial event.

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Why Are There Fewer US Manufacturing Jobs Today? 4 Driving Forces to Understand

GlobalTranz

You have, no doubt, heard of offshore manufacturing, or outsourcing, throughout the course of the previous decades. This is largely due to the role that social media and awareness through the Internet has played in the course of manufacturing. Cheaper Products From Alternate Economies.

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What are Reverse Logistics?

Logistics Bureau

Hidden Opportunities for Supply Chain Cost Reductions Of course hidden costs, if you can find them, mean hidden opportunities. Much depends upon the nature of your supply chain operation of course. Clearly, successful reverse logistics cannot be left to luck. A plan is necessary, possibly based on one of the following strategies.

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Sustaining National Defence – logistics investment in the National Defence Strategy

Logistics in War

This Program was a component of the Strategic Reform Program initiated with the 2009 Defence White Paper. There are, of course, many other examples where assumptions had led to risks being accepted in advance of war, and preparedness failures occurred as a result. Before this time, the situation was grim.

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Clark Moves its French Office in Strategic Move

Logistics Business Magazine

“The relocation of Clark France to Saint-Quentin-Fallavier was an important move, not only to set the course for further growth, but also to be able to respond even better to the requirements of French customers,” says Rolf Eiten, President & CEO of Clark Europe GmbH in Duisburg.