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“95 Thesis” on Kaizen Events and TPS

The Lean Thinker

Kaizen Events. Kaizen events (or whatever we want to call the traditional week-long activity): Can be a useful tool when used in the context of an overall plan. This is independent of whether it is done in a week-long intense event or not. The content of training is as critical as the way it is delivered.

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Supply Chain Optimization: Leveraging Integrated Scenario Planning as a Margin Multiplier

Logistics Viewpoints

Situation Companies are increasingly confronted with complex planning scenarios due to predictable events such as mergers and acquisitions, category expansions, supplier changes, and distribution evolution, as well as disruptive events including demand volatility, material shortages, capacity constraints, and logistical surprises.

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We Love Our Employees: Evans Internal Programs that Go Beyond

3PL Insights

There is always an event showing our holiday spirit, whether it be Halloween, Christmas, Thanksgiving, March Madness and Opening Day. We also throw holiday themed events like our recent Valentine’s Day blog-a-thon. The goal of these events is to allow employees to have fun with other employees they don’t normally work with.

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Cultivate a Stickier Customer Base Using WMS Add-On Technology

Logistics Viewpoints

Maximize Revenues and Efficiency with Automated Billing An automated billing solution benefits both customer and 3PL alike, in that it captures all billable activities performed by the 3PL, while accurately reporting charges at the rates and conditions associated with each customer’s specific negotiated contract.

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Are your L&D programs reaping the outcomes you need?

UL EHS- Sustainability

We’ve all been there—days spent away from our jobs completing required training programs that ultimately left us disappointed, confused, marginalized and with no new learning assets. But the most successful learning and development teams also understand how to measure the success of each training course and react accordingly.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] How to Become a Freight Broker: Your Ultimate Guide

GlobalTranz

They negotiate good shipping rates and fast deliveries from transportation companies, and connect them with the businesses that need to transport goods or cargo, so carriers can maximize their loads. Refresh or Develop Some General Skills. Take Freight Broker Training. Essentially, freight brokers keep the economy running.

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6 Practical Supply Chain Education Tools for Employers

Logistics Bureau

However, running a supply chain still depends largely on manual skills, aided by mechanical handling equipment and business technology, particularly that of a mobile nature. Another way to provide supply chain education to your executives, managers, and other employees is to develop your own training/education program.