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Project Management is Daily Management at Menlo Innovations

The Lean Thinker

I am saying all of that because I am going to use their project management system as a benchmark in this article, and I am most assuredly not an unbiased observer. One pair working for one week is the basic unit of capacity for planning purposes. The capacity is fixed. Now… sometimes things go really well.

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What is LTL Shipping and How Does it Work?

3PL Links

This article will provide a detailed reference to LTL shipping, including the definition of LTL, shipping prices, delivery method, and how to manage your LTL shipment to the fullest. LTL freight refers to the shipment of items that cannot occupy a full trailer container due to their weight, packaging structure, or shipping capacity.

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Stop the Spillage! 3 Overlooked Areas Where Chemical Companies Are Likely Overpaying on Freight in 2025

TransAudit

This article will shed light on three specific, often overlooked areas where chemical companies are incurring unnecessary freight expenses. Contractual Ambiguities : Contracts lacking clear definitions or caps on accessorial fees can result in unexpected costs. These factors often limit routing flexibility and increase costs.

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Stop the Spillage! 3 Overlooked Areas Where Chemical Companies Are Likely Overpaying on Freight in 2025

TransAudit

This article will shed light on three specific, often overlooked areas where chemical companies are incurring unnecessary freight expenses. Contractual Ambiguities : Contracts lacking clear definitions or caps on accessorial fees can result in unexpected costs. These factors often limit routing flexibility and increase costs.

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A Guide to Supply Chain Lead Time 

Logistics Bureau

Here are some examples with their definitions: Upstream lead times: These refer to the activities required to produce and deliver raw materials, components, and finished goods to your companys factories, warehouses, or other supply chain facilities. If you enjoyed this article, keep a look out for more posts on lead time in our blog.

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When everything is freight fraud, nothing is

Freight Waves

Without clear definitions, we chase our tails, mislabel threats, and solve nothing. Without clear definitions, we chase our tails, mislabel threats, and solve nothing. This article isn’t offering solutions. Urgent, dangerous issues have been reduced to marketing campaigns. The danger? The danger? It’s a call for honesty.

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Self-reliance and the sustainment of the force – logistics as the bedrock or quicksand of operations in a crisis

Logistics in War

The following text is of a presentation given at a 2019 Wiliams Foundation conference, ‘Sustaining self-reliance’ As the original article cannot be found on other sites, it is provided here with some slight adjustments. It examined the threat to US interests from Russia and China as they applied to its capacity to project power.