The Lean Thinker

MARCH 23, 2023

During the war there was huge growth and turnover within the industrial base as production shifted from civilian products (locomotives, for example) to wartime production (tanks). Transactional Relationships within a work group This model embeds some tacit assumptions including: If everyone does their job, we get the result we want.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2025

According to a survey by ARC Advisory Group, only 10% of industrial companies are ready to apply artificial intelligence/machine learning. What Celanese has accomplished is the single best example ARC is aware of employing agentic AI and copilots at scale. ARC has been actively studying industrial AI for over two years.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Well, as I learned at the recent Dangerous Goods Symposium organized by Labelmaster , dangerous goods compliance is a complex and dynamic process, and many companies lack the knowledge, training, and tools to do it right. (In This is the same issue that trade compliance professionals face within their organizations. Sound familiar?

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 8, 2024

For example, if milk wasn’t FDA-certified you wouldn’t have verification that the cows producing it are healthy. What these diverse groupings all have in common is how they’re protected within the US by the FDA’s high standards for them, and the facilities that handle them (like ecommerce fulfillment centers). Exaggeration?

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Apparel Logistics

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

At The Apparel Logistics Group, the goal of our apparel third party logistics services (3PL) is to make it easy for companies to: Be lean. For example, many apparel companies simply have no need for a dedicated, full-time accountant or accounting staff. Operate confidently. Offload the headaches and complications to us.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The bullwhip effect is one example of this disruptive effect, when small changes in demand cause huge demand spikes downstream. Table 1 describes a few examples of these types of risks. Examples of disruptive risks are suppliers going out of business or shipwrecks that result in the loss of cargo containers.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 11, 2021

For example, the manufacturing of pharmaceuticals vs. processing liquid waste in the mining industry. In the pharmaceutical example, it is a batch process manufacturing where the products are made as specified groups. Compliance and traceability. Compliance. Types of process manufacturing. Supply chain.

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Freightos

APRIL 25, 2024

customs workloads, inadvertently reduce compliance, raising serious concerns about product quality and the potential for the use of forced or childlabor in production of these low-cost goods. Eytan Buchman CMO, Freightos Group Eytan Buchman loves freight so much he shouts out container sizes while he walks around. market share.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 14, 2023

For example, start at the sourcing process to find, all else being equal, more sustainable suppliers, women-owned, or have characteristics that support compliance. Designing vehicle routes that explicitly optimize transportation routes with carbon footprint considerations is another example.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 30, 2015

For example, an order of new mobile devices may need to be fulfilled within 24 hours and all appropriate packaging may be manufactured on-site at the shipping facility. Additionally, increases in the number of individual businesses within the supply chain will lead to a more diverse group of products to manufacture and, subsequently, repair.

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Log-hub

MARCH 7, 2025

H&Ms Garment Collecting Program is a perfect example of reverse logistics in action. A great example is Fairphone , a sustainable smartphone brand that designs devices with replaceable parts, allowing users to repair or upgrade components instead of discarding the entire phone. billion in 2022 and projected to grow at a CAGR of 9.4%

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Robinson Reports 2018 Fourth Quarter and Full-Year Results TPG Capital to sell Transporeon Group to Hg BluJay Hires Andrew Kirkwood as Chief Executive Officer Tool Company Claims IPS Worldwide ‘Misappropriated’ Millions (WSJ – sub. Descartes Acquires Visual Compliance.

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Freightera

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Investing in quality packaging materials and ensuring compliance with labeling standards minimizes the risk of damage and loss, and ensures a faster customs clearance process for imports. Another benefit, for example, is that grouping shipments that have the same destination or route can minimize the amount of handling.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 2, 2022

It’s not just the risk of poor quality from a larger group of suppliers, but going further down the supply chain to identify other actors that may impact the supply of goods or pose potential problems in terms of regulatory compliance or quality. Supplier relationship management. Digital transformation of procurement.

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 26, 2024

While you may not be in the business of selling combustible materials, like lithium for example, all sorts of toys, electronics, and household items contain lithium-ion batteries, from cordless toothbrushes to vaping devices. You will also need to know the product’s ID number, proper shipping name, and packing group.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 24, 2018

Those are just some of the questions I discussed with Joely Callaway, VP Product Management and Customs Content, and Brendan MacCahill, SVP Trade Data Content, at Descartes Systems Group , i n a recent Talking Logistics episode. What’s Happening in Global Trade? I started our discussion by asking what is currently happening in global trade.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 1, 2021

Here are some examples of such use cases. As an example, a supplier who had never taken supply chain financing and now requesting this option, or a supplier requesting more frequent access to financing can be a trigger to dive deeper to see if the supplier is facing a liquidity risk. Prior to his role at LLamasoft, Dr.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 5, 2023

In terms of data and documents, we can identify three groups of functionalities: · Assemble: generation and management of compliant shipping and trade information. Audits: a complete document storage accessible anytime and anywhere, improved by blockchain advantages; thus becoming a key point at the moment of, for example, Customs audits.

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ShipLilly

OCTOBER 12, 2022

For example, a recent survey of 100 randomly selected people showed that many are not conversant with shipping industry terminologies, let alone the services. Freight forwarding is a service within the shipping industry that helps people, groups, and businesses organize or arrange their imports and exports.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 30, 2018

It only takes a simple example to remind you how e-commerce continues to evolve and the potential it has to disrupt traditional markets, supply chains and even governments. Let’s run through an example to demonstrate the impact of this scenario. The Traditional vs. Direct-to-Consumer Model. The post How Disruptive is Global E-Commerce?

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

For example, drivers are expected to arrive on time, maintain docking schedules, and avoid dead time. In each of these situations, scorecards can be automatically filled out to reflect the problems for specific employees or groups of employees on a given dock. You would be inclined to send additional workers to help with the problem.

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Now, That's Logistics

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The latter group of deskless workers accounts for 8.4 Take facility cleaning, for example. With data suggesting that viruses like COVID-19 can live on surfaces for days, for example, warehouse operators are putting more time and effort into ensuring cleanliness in all areas of their facilities. percent of the total U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Nulogy, for example, is a platform for collaboration between consumer goods brands and their copacker and comanufacturing partners. Forecast collaboration and visibility to potential exceptions, for example, allows copackers/comanufacturers to run their operations more efficiently. Then there is FourKites.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

For example, combining FBX and trucking data, FreightWaves have shown that as prices fluctuate, the cheapest way to ship from Asia to Chicago can flip from US West Coast to East Coast, or vice versa – an insight impossible to take advantage of without real-time price information. Freight is somewhat notorious for price opacity.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

″, “disruptive technology” and the “Internet of Things (IoT)” are just a few examples that continue to appear time and again. That went something like this: We asked in the Operations Manager LinkedIn Group: What is Reverse Logistics and How Is It Different than Traditional Logistics?

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Globalior

JUNE 26, 2020

Trade compliance: The Trade compliance team can work effectively from home. However, a trade compliance professional also spends a considerable amount of time doing documentary audits and attending meetings with external agencies. Definitely a role that will transition well to a home based environment.

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Globalior

MAY 9, 2020

These are classified into 9 groups. Each group represents a set of characteristics and degree of danger. In recent time, the most infamous example of a product that falls in this group is the lithium battery. It also requires the responsible person stuffing the container to declare that the packing was done correctly.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

So, for example, if your business competes strongly on price, you might go heavy on the cost-reduction side of supply chain management, setting objectives centered on savings. Conflicting KPIs: A Brief Example. Joining an existing peer group of companies that openly share performance data and best practice information.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 4, 2015

Rate: (CpK and PpK are ‘Short Term’ capability indicies using ‘Pooled’or ‘Within group’ Standard Deviation.). Mandates by the FDA and the USDA such as HACCP procedures and ISO 22000-based food safety management systems are the basis for many SQM and compliance programs in the food and beverage industry. Quality Metrics by Product.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Grouping together products that tend to be ordered simultaneously can dramatically reduce overall picking times, reports Shelf Plus. For example, orders from district A tend to include products B, C and D. Group like orders together to optimize pick tickets. of Distribution Center Management. Create an “Internal Warehouse.”.

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Conger

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The different types of MEWP along with examples of each. Examples of MEWPs. MEWPs are now classified according to Group and Type. There are Group A and Group B MEWPs, as well as Types 1, 2, and 3. For example, types of lifts included scissor and boom lifts. MEWP Classification By Group. And much more!

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CH Robinson Logistics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

For example, the NAICS groups truck transportation establishments engaged in long-haul transportation of flatbed loads, refrigerated freight, or chemicals into the same sector (NAICS 48423: Specialized, Long-Distance Truck Transportation)—even though we would consider these distinct industry sectors.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 9, 2018

People create loads based on the lowest cost to ship orders to customers within their acceptable delivery windows, execute those loads, and settle the payments based on agreed upon rates, charges and compliance. Mitch gave several examples of how continuous pool optimization can reduce costs and improve service.

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247 Customs Broker

MARCH 6, 2018

Deutsche Post DHL Group can look back on another very good financial year. The Group’s operating profit climbed by 7.2% Group revenue was up by 5.4% Deutsche Post DHL Group has applied the IFRS 16 accounting standard with effect from the beginning of 2018. billion in the 2017 financial year. billion to this total.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 15, 2020

They conform to ATEX standards, which are compulsory and a legal requirement in Europe and NexSys batteries are also available world-wide certified in compliance with IECx standards. The NexSys batteries’ ATEX certification was granted by CSA Group SIRA, which is an independent body.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 1, 2023

When it comes to manufacturing high-quality fashion, Walbusch Group relies on Polymax Group, among others. Three stories, large windows, white facade: From the outside, the Polymax Group factory in the Chinese coastal city of Ningbo could also be located somewhere in Germany. He feels at home in China.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Woodland Group takes a proactive approach towards mitigating risks of disruption to shipping routes, creating a more sustainable sea freight model and supply chain infrastructure, which otherwise could be impacted by extreme weather and intensified climate change for example.

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