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It’s Manufacturing Week! – A Look At American Manufacturing and Ingenuity for MFG Day

GlobalTranz

In October 2016, Manufacturing Day events across North America will help raise awareness of extraordinary careers in manufacturing and awaken the next generation of makers with Edge Factor’s latest film, American Ingenuity. Part of our campaign involves a national event called Manufacturing Day. This annual event began in 2012.

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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

Ceiling year of a study of 22 industrialised countries (Uni. The study also isolates the impact of bilateral free-trade agreements and GATT membership. Did You Know That … Early examples of intermodal containers include railroads from 1830s (various sized containers), and Pennsylvania Railroad regular container service (1929).

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World Shipping Council report on containers lost at sea identifies several active safety improvement initiatives

Shipping and Freight Resource

While the disasters of 2013 (MOL Comfort), 2020 (ONE Apus) and 2021 (Maersk Essen/X-Press Pearl) were the worst in recent times, across the period of 2008-2021 the WSC estimates that there were on average a total of 1,629 containers lost at sea each year. Discrepancy in container stacking strength.

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Supply Chain Management:Infosys Team at IBM Pulse 2013

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Case Studies. |. News & Events. |. « Dynamic Pricing : Is it really worthy | Main | Linear Asset Management and Dynamic Segmentation- Part I » Infosys Team at IBM Pulse 2013. I am back again in Vegas for IBM Pulse 2013. Hence summarizing the whole event in one blog. Mobile Banking. Offerings. |.

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How to Improve Manufacturing Floor Data Collection

GlobalTranz

A case study, published by Modern Machine Shop several years ago, caught our eye recently. Although it was published in 2002, the case study highlighted the data collection struggles of a particular manufacturing company that probably rings true for many SMEs and large corporations alike. Visit www.armagard.com.

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Suez Canal Blocked by Grounded Container Ship

Logistics Business Magazine

As one of the leading shipping insurers, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty constantly monitors and analyses risk scenarios in the shipping industry and annually publishes the Safety & Shipping Study. Between 2013 and 2016 there was an average of 12 shipping incidents a year but the numbers have declined since then.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Reverse Logistics: Managing the Business Circle of Life

GlobalTranz

It’s a story we have all heard: nature is a repetitive circle of events. In 2013, 35 percent of businesses reported using Reverse Logistics as a means of cost management for supporting additional sales, described the Hi-Tech Reverse Logistics & Aftermarket Services Report from eyefortransport. Reverse logistics.