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Assess your Inventory Optimization Process with This Quiz

AIMMS

We hope it serves as a though-provoking exercise to improve your approach! . The post Assess your Inventory Optimization Process with This Quiz appeared first on AIMMS SC Blog. You can also opt-in to receive a detailed report with our findings. Responses are aggregated and kept anonymous. .

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What is double brokering? Understanding freight broker frauds

Bulk Connection

In our last blog post on exercising caution with load boards , we touched upon the topic of fraud committed by some unscrupulous entities claiming to be freight brokers – double brokering.

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Using OEE and MOM with older manufacturing equipment

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

In the first blog on streamlining manufacturing , we discussed how OEE (Overall Equipment Efficiency) and MOM (Manufacturing Operations Management) can improve manufacturing processes. In the first blog, it was pointed out that any project to optimize manufacturing operations should start with a value stream mapping (VSM) exercise.

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Reflections and Lessons From 1997

The Lean Thinker

This was not my first visit – the episode with Mr. Iwata that I relate in my third post to this blog had happened there a couple of months earlier, and that visit had resulted in my company offering up Mr. Shimura’s time on our dime.

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[Infographic] 3 Simple Routines That Will Help Kickstart Your Day

GlobalTranz

Editor's Note: Today's blog is from our friends Magnatag Visible Systems. Get Your Exercise In Early. Consider the following: Regular exercise increases energy and serotonin levels the brain, which can increase mental clarity and focus for anywhere between four to ten hours. 3 Simple Routines That Will Help Kickstart Your Day.

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New year’s resolutions: Accelerating digital transformation with ERP

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Industries should complete this same exercise of creating resolutions, what all of us in the corporate world call annual plans or strategic plans. The post New year’s resolutions: Accelerating digital transformation with ERP appeared first on SYSPRO Blog.

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Editor’s Choice: Creating Full Truckload Budgets in a Volatile Market

Logistics Viewpoints

While this is a true statement, it is the contention of this blog that there are other factors that can result in destine budgets to inaccuracy. Although it’s important to acknowledge that shippers bring varying levels of sophistication to the FTL budgeting process, for many companies it comes down to a bare bone, two-part exercise.