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Key Takeaways from Oracle CloudWorld 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

And of course, Oracle with their investments in Cloud computing, Internet of Things technology, and artificial intelligence can be used to minimize inputs while increasing productivity. In hospitals inventory tends to be stored in all sorts of nooks and crannies across the facility. Uber has an ecosystem.

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The Cancer of Fear

The Lean Thinker

This, of course, gets reflected in the conversations throughout the organization. He is getting the response he expects – people are not offering thoughts (other than his) for improvements, though they are experimenting in stealth mode in a sort of continuous improvement underground. Asking for help?

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Automation To Help Smooth Singles’ Day Peak

Logistics Business Magazine

Originating at China’s Nanjing University in 1993 as a sort of anti-Valentine’s Day, Singles’ Day is celebrated by unmarried people in China on the 11th November. Of course, this enormous spike in volumes puts retailers’ supply chains and distribution networks under extreme pressure. billion (€120 billion).

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What Conversations Does Your VSM Drive?

The Lean Thinker

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? Who reports on progress?

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Sustaining National Defence – logistics investment in the National Defence Strategy

Logistics in War

The media, think-tanks and all sorts of commentators have followed Ukraine’s experience of invasion to find another prompt that something should be done. There are, of course, many other examples where assumptions had led to risks being accepted in advance of war, and preparedness failures occurred as a result. .’ $11-$15

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Warehouse Capacity – How to Increase It and Avoid Moving

Logistics Bureau

They’re trying to sort of retrofit or redesign existing warehouses to fit more in. So 85 maybe 90% depends on the sort of storage media that you’re using. Businesses merging and sort of at the same time rationalizing their warehouse network, but also trying to fit more in. So it’s a very common challenge.

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The Exploding Use of Robotics in Logistics and Manufacturing

GlobalTranz

For example, retirement benefits, paid-time-off, overtime pay, adherence to daily work schedules, and other aspects of typical workers is completely eliminated when robotics are employed in supply chain processes. For example, humans must create build an item from the inside out, as our tools only allow us to perform certain actions.