Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 9, 2024

As businesses face tighter regulations on product safety, sustainability, and ethical sourcing, Digital Product Passports (DPPs) are becoming crucial for navigating these challenges. DPPs provide a streamlined, digital way to document a product’s lifecycle, making it easier to ensure compliance and improve transparency.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 21, 2025

Let’s look at my 7 truths of customer service that every business should consider; Most companies don’t truly know their customers’ service needs, though they think they do This often stems from insufficient customer interaction, lack of surveys, and limited performance measurement Even after working with thousands of businesses over (..)

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 29, 2025

I have recently completed the latest ARC Advisory Market Analysis on Global Trade Compliance, available here. Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) and the European Unions Forced Labor Regulation (FLR) are prime examples of this tightening framework. administration suggest plans to impose a 25% tariff on products entering the U.S.

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The Lean Thinker

APRIL 20, 2020

At KataCon 2020, Steve Medland posed a problem that comes up fairly often: The default Toyota Kata process analysis (“grasp the current condition”) involves determining takt times and cycle times for the process, and a lot of processes don’t have an obvious repeating cadence. are an example of this.

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WorkWave

JANUARY 21, 2025

Made in America Tax Implications A proposed 15% tax rate for American-made products, coupled with tariffs on imported goods, could increase production costs. For example, if an employee works 40 hours at regular pay plus 10 hours of overtime, they will not pay federal income tax on those overtime hours.

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MTS Logistics

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

For example, the need for container shipping from China may decline if U.S. As importers and businesses dealing with the rising cost of goods, prices of items such as electronics, clothing, furniture, and industrial products that consumers face increase. This is also fueling inflationary pressures in the U.S.

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MTS Logistics

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The emerald ash borer, a devastating wood-boring insect found in China and eastern Asia, is an example of a pest that is expensive to eradicate. Finally, because of their liking for wires, they have the potential to harm electrical products. They may also cause products to be destroyed and viruses to infect humans and animals.

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MTS Logistics

MAY 27, 2022

The new problems stem from the recent port lockdowns, factory closures in Asia, a slow down in production, and mixed signals on U.S. For example, recently Target was forced to write down the value of excess inventory that’s stuck in warehouses. consumer demand despite increasing inflation. Furthermore, T.J.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2024

For example, switching from air to ocean freight for non-time sensitive shipments can reduce carbon emissions by up to 95% per unit shipped. Product Design and Packaging If you’re serious about addressing supply chain sustainability, product design and packaging can also play their part in reduce supply chain emissions.

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MTS Logistics

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

For example, for a small container ship between 0 and 4,000 TEUs, the unloading and loading time is three times higher than the most-efficient port. The main motivation of automation as I gave in the example above is productivity gains and lower handling costs. To give one example of the labor cost on the U.S.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 19, 2022

If you browse through the Logistics Bureau blog, you’ll find at least two or three articles—and about the same number of videos—that cover warehouse product slotting. So here it is—your ultimate guide to warehouse product slotting. What is Product Slotting. As this is an “ultimate” guide, we’ll start with the basics.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 3, 2025

Quality and Detail of Data and its Analysis In some of our earlier posts, weve stressed the importance of simplicity in distribution network design , and we will return to that topic later in this article. It’s not a short list, so we’ll set it down here as a summary to help you with plans for analysis.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Products come back in dribs and drabs, not in nearly packaged batches. Looking to real-life examples for inspiration, we can ask, ‘Who does reverse logistics well?’ Reverse logistics, while not being the opposite of forward logistics, is still about products moving backwards in the supply chain. Tempting, but wrong.

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Material Handling and Logistics

JANUARY 8, 2018

For example, an analysis carried out by AIR on the potential impact of Hurricane Harvey on regional manufacturing found that, based on percentage of the total potential revenue loss, the top three subsectors are petroleum and coal products manufacturing (37%), chemical manufacturing (13%), and oil and gas extraction (12%).

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Product slotting is one of the few cost saving ideas that you can implement in your current facility whilst making no changes to infrastructure (although there may be further benefits to do that). Product slotting is a warehouse term that involves placing products in optimal locations within a warehouse to enhance operational efficiency.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 17, 2024

The company has 4 production plants in Lexington, KY, Winchester, KY, Columbus, OH and Franklin Furnace, OH. Erwin told us that the company supports community, sustainability , and provides products, solutions and services that exceed their customer’s needs by delivering high quality products to their consumers.

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MTS Logistics

APRIL 10, 2024

Dumping occurs when a foreign manufacturer/producer is selling a product in the U.S. government) or is selling at a price that is lower than the manufacturer’s production costs. And, just selling products at lower prices in the U.S. The dumping margin is the difference between the price in the foreign market and U.S.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 20, 2025

We’re looking at a complete transformation of how your business moves products from point A to point B. What are some examples of Supply Chain Automation? These systems can spot defects that are invisible to the human eye so only perfect products get to your customers. What are the benefits of supply chain automation?

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WorkWave

MARCH 5, 2025

Industry Examples of Breaking Data Silos Cleaning Industry A university case study revealed that a cleaning service provider struggled with inconsistent scheduling and supply tracking across multiple locations. Security Industry A notable example in the security industry is the case of a leading provider of security services in North America.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 16, 2025

Bosch uses 5G to connect production equipment in its smart factories, allowing for real-time data streaming and analysis. Fords example highlights how 5G helps bridge the physical and digital worlds in manufacturing settings. Maintenance is then scheduled proactively, reducing disruption to operations and minimizing cost.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Analysis of the supply chain The first step is to assess whether it makes sense to switch to reusable plastic packaging for your own application. To switch to plastic, they must first determine whether a customized solution is required or whether a standard product is sufficient.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 22, 2024

A KPI is a practical and objective measurement of progress, either: Towards a predetermined goal, or Against a required standard of performance It might help to think of a KPI as something like an instrument on a car dashboarda speedometer, for example. Why Are KPIs Important?

Supply Chains 74

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MTS Logistics

MARCH 10, 2025

That benefit even goes for fine wine produced by France as well; cheaper wines were very heavily taxed to maintain a slower flow of the product in order to boost the production and sale of beer in Britain. While this slowed the flow of cheap wine into Britain, it also saw the increase in the production of finer wines from France.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Black Friday only works as a great opportunity to offload discounted stock, for example, if the fulfilment process is super-efficient. Any problems, from inaccurate picking to product damage or delivery errors, will rapidly wipe out any margin on a discounted item.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 8, 2025

Given the recent developments in computing and the ability of AI models to learn and adapt, AI and ML will increasingly be used to improve efficiency, productivity, and creativity across manufacturing. In manufacturing, this can be the creation of optimized design alternatives for parts or products. What is AI and ML?

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WorkWave

APRIL 15, 2025

For example, Data Factory offers integrated solutions within the Wavelytics platform to truly make this a simplified business intelligence engine that outperforms manual analysis methods. Practical Benefits for Field Service Operations 1.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2025

The pace and scope of supply chain disruption are beyond human cognition, manual analysis, and consumer-grade spreadsheet tools. Human workers at the warehouse, for example, are guided by these AI agents, or co-pilots, as they complete their daily work via a user-friendly interface.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

For example, running a batch process that now takes 8 hours instead of 12 does not translate into supply chain agility. Planners spend considerable time preparing scenario planning and not the actual analysis. Executing the scenario fast provides diminishing returns when non-value-added tasks take up most of the planner’s day.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2025

Even after local processing, logistics organizations must ensure consistent and reliable data synchronization back to cloud-based systems for reporting and analysis without network congestion, version conflicts or other anomalies. This reduces dependency on external networks while retaining the benefits of centralized reporting and analysis.

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The Lean Thinker

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Like the pocket card in the last post, this is built on a foundation established by the work of Steven Spear, especially his PhD dissertation that is summarized in Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System. What About Root Cause Analysis? This makes no sense to me for a couple of reasons. Scientific Thinking is the Foundation.

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IoT World Today

MAY 21, 2020

Shortages for in-demand products abound, while shipment delays are common and production lines run at a fraction of capacity. We can’t operate the way we have,” said Milind Balaji, a senior supply chain manager at an East Coast manufacturer of toilet tissue, diapers, pulp and other products. There is just too much risk.”. “We

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 29, 2024

In the dynamic landscape of modern supply chains, one of the key challenges is the efficient management of resources to eliminate waste and enhance overall productivity. Another key strategy is right-sizing cartons to match the specific dimensions of the products being shipped. Product slotting is a complex problem.

Waste Reduction 119

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 15, 2024

The digital twin, for example, can be subjected to numerous stress tests that mimic real-world conditions and observe how different variables interact and impact the entire network. For example, the analysis from stress testing can reveal a particular supplier or production resource is a frequent point of failure under high-demand scenarios.

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3PL Links

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

At the second level, the company delegates the delivery of products to an outsourced partner, to ensure greater efficiency and agility. 3PL: F rom storage to delivery to the end customer A 3PL partner guarantees the collection, storage, preparation, and delivery of products to the end customer.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 8, 2021

Belcorp Corporation, headquartered in Peru, manufactures cosmetics and personal care products for women in 14 nations across South and Central America. It offers fragrances, facial and body treatment products, makeup products, and personal care products. These new products generate up to 30% of the company’s revenues.

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AIMMS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Manufacturers like Hyundai are experiencing a shortage of components that threaten s to halt production. Let’s explore some example s. . Unexpectedly, a breakdown in one of their plants caused a serious production issue which required quick, reactive decision making. – Tweet this.

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WorkWave

MARCH 27, 2025

Predictive Analytics for Proactive Decisions By utilizing historical data analysis and trends, companies can forecast future needs and challenges. This predictive analytics capability allows businesses to allocate resources effectively and prepare for potential disruptions before they impact day-to-day operations.

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