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Respect, Standards and Jidoka

The Lean Thinker

Many years ago I wrote an article for SME called The Essence of Jidoka. In that article I described a four step process designed to drive improve productivity and drive continuous improvement. Sometimes with attribution back to my article, may times without. This definition, of course, leads to a question: “What is a standard?”.

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US-Mexico Trade Trends Indicate Nearshoring Has Momentum

Blue Grace Logistics

Wolf | Staff Reporter December 7, 2023 The post-pandemic trend toward nearshoring of trade is on course to finish the year strong despite an earlier slowdown in broader trade activity, a shift experts view as a prelude to longer-term change. But there’s definitely been an increase. But there’s definitely been an increase.

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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. example may have been a somewhat extreme case, a recent HBR article by Julia Milner and Trenton Milner titled Managers Think They’re Good at Coaching. The HBR article lists nine skills that the authors associate with coaching: listening.

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A simple but clear perspective on the notion of Shipping Cartels

Shipping and Freight Resource

Based on this, there seems to be a natural and immediate view that these lines fit the definition of cartel “ A cartel is a group of independent market participants who collude with each other in order to improve their profits and dominate the market. I have reproduced the thought provoking article below.

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Ecommerce Inventory Management: Challenges & Solutions

Logistics Bureau

Standardise and Digitise The key to managing complexity, of course, is to be organised. Naturally, there is much more to return inventory management than we have space for in this article. So what can you do to ensure your inventory management meets the challenge of multichannel sales?

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Another Summer and More Fear from FTR

10xLogistics

I can set my watch by the articles that will be printed by the logistics' press such as FTR. And of course my response continues to be the same: Prepaying for tight capacity is a waste of money. Those who followed this course 3 to 5 years ago have paid a lot of money for a day that still has not arrived. It is like clockwork.

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7 Reasons Why ShipMonk is the Smart 3PL Choice

Ship Monk

If your ecommerce brand imports from international sources, this is definitely a reason why ShipMonk should be your 3PL of choice. Check out our Section 321 FAQs and supplementary article on why Section 321 is your solution to import savings. Have more questions? Overall, our 3PL is in the business of growth.

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