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Boeing: The Turning Point(s)

The Lean Thinker

Of course, a high stock price enriches those people who already own shares, and makes options and stock grants more valuable, but they didn’t get into that either. A few weeks later, when overtime costs were climbing they were beaten up over that, and overtime would be shut down, leading everything started to get behind again.

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What are Reverse Logistics?

Logistics Bureau

In a manufacturing plant, reverse logistics performance is tied to the money or materials that can be recovered cost-effectively from the returned product. In addition, returns typically cost more to handle than outbound shipments – 3 to 4 times more for traditional retail companies, for example.

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The History of Fleet Route Optimisation in Logistics

Logistics Bureau

So thats the route were taking in this article (no pun intended), we’ll be exploring the evolution of fleet route optimisation from a time-consuming pen-and-paper exercise to a high-tech process that, in some cases, can be completed in minutes. Automated route planning software is improving in effectiveness and costs are coming down.