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How Many Warehouses Does the US Have? Nobody Knows

Logistics Viewpoints

According to JLL , the CAGR between 2010 and 2020 was 1.3% The CAGR numbers for Statista cover 2010 to 2021. So, for example, if the back of a store is picking and packing ecommerce orders, that backroom is a warehouse. To engage in those activities, they do detailed research on commercial markets. Then there is Statista.

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Ghost Victories – an excerpt from Upstream by Dan Heath

The Lean Thinker

The story I cited above about inventory levels is a great example. For example, I was working at a large company where a significant part of their product cost was a commodity raw material. For example, I can think of an ongoing story of a product development project that hit its cost and schedule milestones (what was being measured).

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Editor’s Choice: Tips for Trucking Companies to Decrease Their Insurance Premiums

Logistics Viewpoints

As an example, from data taken from the ATRI report, in 2020 a small fleet of fewer than 20 trucks would have paid about three times as much as a large fleet with more than 1,000 trucks. In 2010, the average-sized verdict for a crash involving a truck was $2.3 Agencies Advocate Tort Reform. By 2018, the average grew to $22.3

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Mike Rother: The Toyota Kata Practice Guide

The Lean Thinker

On the one hand, the practice has become more sophisticated as people explore and learn application in contexts other than the original industrial examples. That book provides working examples of vertical linkage between organizational strategy and shop floor improvement efforts. Study the Process’s Operating Patterns.

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If There’s a Manufacturing Skills Gap, How Do We Close It? 4 Ways to Combat the Gap

GlobalTranz

According to US News , fewer than 7 percent of all new jobs added to manufacturing since 2010, and some women working in lower paying positions already have the skills needed to move up the ladder in the industry. For example, parents may say, “You could become a lawyer or doctor.”

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Reshoring Optimism, But Not Much Else

GlobalTranz

While the economy has added some jobs since its nadir in 2009, labor statistics show that employment growth since 2010 has matched, not outpaced, growth of the labor force. Yes, manufacturing jobs are up by 700,000 since 2010 , but there are still over 1 million fewer manufacturing jobs than there were in 2008.

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The Evolving Supply Chain Skills of the Workforce

Material Handling and Logistics

Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the number of jobs in logistics will grow by 26% between 2010 and 2020, according to Crandall. For example, the current ideal leader is a Type A person, who is outgoing and not afraid to speak their minds. A recent study by Deloitte bears out what Speier?Pero Pero is finding.