The Lean Thinker

JULY 11, 2024

No matter which of those courses of action I chose, they are not things I can assign to someone else to do for me. The expansion, examples and explanations are my interpretation. A new ERP system is a prime example. This is also the text for a course by the same name taught by the Kansas Leadership Center.

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MTS Logistics

MARCH 10, 2025

Of course, like most peoples reaction to tariffs, the colonists didnt like that idea. For example, when colored TVs first hit the market, the prices for Australians were virtually unaffordable. These are just some of the many examples of tariffs in history. Of course things change, but some fundamentals stay the same.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

So everything in the retailer’s Supply Chain strategy needs to be focused on the customer, and of course the shareholders, that goes without saying. Well that of course depends on the type of retailer we’re talking about. Quality is of course a given. What is Retail Supply Chain Services Management? Often 60-70% of total sales.

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Truck News

MAY 1, 2023

The Toronto Blue Jays come playoff time, for example. And of course Game of Thrones, Daenerys Targaryen in particular. There are bandwagons I can happily jump aboard. But I digress […]

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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). The challenge, of course, is that nobody owns this material. Now… reality is more subtle than this, of course. War Manpower Commission.

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The Lean Thinker

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The answer is, of course, a little situational. For example, name the feeling you are picking up to test your hypothesis: “It seems you are really frustrated by this…” Then listen. For example, perhaps something like “If this obstacle were cleared, how would the process operate?”

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Looking to real-life examples for inspiration, we can ask, ‘Who does reverse logistics well?’ For regulators and the public, reverse logistics may be judged by how safe and how green the process is, for example, recycling products instead of throwing them into a landfill. Some industries experience more returns than others.

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The Lean Thinker

MAY 27, 2020

For example – In sessions I facilitate, I routinely ask people if they can recall a time when they arrived home after work but realized they didn’t remember driving the route. How many opportunities to they have to make a mistake every day… every hour… in the course of their work?

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 3, 2025

Of course, it can add up to a vast pool of data, so realistically, access to advanced modelling and analytics tools will be essential to get the most value from it. Its worth remembering, for example, that secondary distribution tends to generate higher transportation costs than primary distribution. Getting Complicated?

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

In the supply chain arena, the need to make course corrections is exploding. The platform has thresholds that say, for example, “If the dollar value of orders changes a little, that doesn’t matter. Frederic Laluyaux, the CEO of Aera Technology, agrees with this assessment. Business cycles are compressing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2022

For example, the rapid increase in the price of oil to over $100 a barrel for WTI is sure to result in additional inflation in our current inflationary environment. Of course, fuel shortages can cause factory production delays that can subsequently hinder downstream production processes. Beyond Fossil Fuels. Then There is Cyber.

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The Lean Thinker

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Compounding this was that, in his example, the training was TWI Job Instruction – how to train. Tyson took a quick show-of-hands poll and informally confirmed his hypothesis that most people who take the TWI Job Instruction 10 hour course are already engaged in training and teaching.

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The Lean Thinker

AUGUST 15, 2018

.” 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. .” As the organization matures, of course, that structure can shift.

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The Lean Thinker

MARCH 30, 2018

Of course, had we done this correctly we would have gone back in time to the previous KataCon, gotten the profiles from the attendees lists, interviewed people, and put together profiles for “typical” people who attend. For example, for an ideal retail experience, a mom with two kids in tow would be a different customer than a single guy.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Of course, Amazon is investing heavily in its infrastructure and working toward market share gains, likely in detriment to earnings. Nike’s 2020 earnings are another example of costly e-commerce operations’ impact on the bottom line. percent profit margin. Not a magnificent maring. But that is exactly my point.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The Department of Commerce lists warehousing companies, but of course, most warehouses are not owned by third party logistics or public warehousing companies. So, for example, if the back of a store is picking and packing ecommerce orders, that backroom is a warehouse. Why not the Department of Commerce?

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Of course, this enormous spike in volumes puts retailers’ supply chains and distribution networks under extreme pressure. For example, a system such as the 3D vertical sorter from Libiao Robotics enables retailers to handle exceptional volumes of items even at peak times. billion (€120 billion). billion (€28 billion).

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

More digitalization, more automation, more transparency, more traceability, and more sustainable development are all examples where startups can bring real added value and disrupt a market that has long been dominated by a few giants. The founding team which play a leading role in the success of a startup is of course added to this.

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WorkWave

JANUARY 20, 2025

Lets explore how AI and BI empower these industries, using specific examples to illustrate their transformative potential. This proactive approach results in a significant reduction in operational downtime over the course of a year. The Importance of Focused Data Not all data is created equal.

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Now, That's Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2021

And even if there’s an imbalance, good forecasts allow organizations to course-correct before a real problem emerges. At the end of August, for example, 44 container ships were stuck outside of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in California. Planning is obviously key,” says Chrapko.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In the course of updating our annual research on the supply chain planning market , I talked to executives across the industry. Lead times, for example, are a critical form of master data for planning purposes. The processing units in an oil refinery, for example, operate at high temperature and high pressure.

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Envase Technologies

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Of course the event was fun, but the real goal is raising money and awareness for two very important and essential causes. This event in Houston is just one example of how Envase gives back to the community. Envase and Jim were happy to be able to co-sponsor the event.

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MTS Logistics

JULY 26, 2024

New advancements in technology have, of course, made new and improved ways of shipping through new routes, but new technologies have also improved or have expanded old existing methods and routes. For example, think about the Suez Canal. The Silk Road is a prime example of that.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Of course, this was an exaggeration, but it illustrated his point well. “ Of course, fiber optic land lines offer greater bandwidth. Most examples of warehouse robotics adoption in China are at operations in support of domestic consumption and these examples are predominantly consumer goods retail fulfillment operations.

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The Lean Thinker

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

2 At some point, of course, you will likely bump into the threshold of knowledge for the entire organization – the point beyond which nobody really understands how it works. When someone says “no” they can feel more in control and are more likely to offer corrections or additional insights.

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Material Handling and Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Successful procurement leaders are operating smarter by leveraging analytics and technology such as integrated suites to generate clean data (at least if they have a unified data mode) and master data management solutions for addressing issues in back end systems, cleaning and normalizing suppliers’ records, for example. How do you do that?

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 3, 2022

In warehouses, for example, one solution is labor management. Labor management systems break the work down into very granular activities, set targets for doing those tasks in an allotted period of time, and measure how workers do against the time standards over the course of the day.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 2, 2025

A good KPI dashboard can show you for example, the difference between planned and actual kilometers for each route. Drivers adherence to routes is visible in real-time, and planners can even change a drivers itinerary on the fly, in response to a long traffic tailback, for example. Is Your Fleet Routing the Best It Can Be?

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Of course, no disruption comes close to those that have been experienced to date in 2020. Consider this example. Consider this example. . Of course, even those capabilities hinge on AI to digest, interpret and act upon data. . And 56% experience supply chain disruptions annually. Now, what’s a meaningful insight?

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The Lean Thinker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Of course that implies that we (our community) is still largely stuck in the same groove we were a decade ago. I think Learning to See actually had the impact of establishing a genre – practical application workbooks that sent beyond just discussing benchmark examples and general principles.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 6, 2022

Transportation is, of course, a major source of green house emissions. For example, Oracle is using average emission from a 5-ton truck, or a bulk tanker. For example, if they buy a component for their hardware products in Thailand, they have an estimate for the logistics emissions associated with the component.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Of course, measuring revenue through the growing demands for both contract and spot freight transportation is never simple addition and subtraction. Of course, tracking overall detention across a carrier’s network can seem overwhelming. Of course, it helps to know how the trends are shaping up over days, weeks and even months.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

For example, while not unique to any one country, issues such as heat and high humidity must be allowed for in many aspects supply chain operation in a hot country (like Thailand, for example) warehouse design included.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 19, 2024

The apparel industry is a prime example. Businesses, of course, seek to maximize profits. A prime example of a fast fashion brand is Zara. This waste could fill more than 1.5 million 40-metric-ton trucks which, if placed bumper-to-bumper, would form a line long enough to wrap around the equator. That is the heart of capitalism.

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AIMMS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Prescriptive analytics “describes a set of analytical capabilities that finds a course of action to meet a predefined objective, such as maximizing revenue or minimizing costs.” This is a great example of how machine learning can improve productivity and free up resources from time-consuming tasks. . Prescriptive Analytics.

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Parade

MARCH 3, 2021

And in the example of invoices, the unwieldy process of cross-referencing and auditing means that fraud in the logistics business is all too common. For freight brokers and third-party logistics providers, efficiency is king. Whether in packing a freight truck or tracking invoices, wasted time and resources can quickly eat into your margins.

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The Lean Thinker

JANUARY 25, 2024

In this working example, asking the shop floor workforce to fix this problem would be futile. ” Of course the answer was “No.” The shop floor can’t, for example, transition from a push scheduling system to pull on their own. ” Who Needs To Fix This? Because they didn’t talk about it every day.

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