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based BlueGrace Logistics, who presented at this year’s MODEX , the material handling and supply chain show held in Atlanta in March. Its seminar was almost full, and probably for a good reason. Sometimes, the application simply doesn’t suit the automation technology. Breaking Down Barriers to Automation.
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Anybody who knows me well is aware that in addition to working with my wonderful colleagues at the Logistics Bureau, I run several spin-off businesses. I will be a 1 man fully self-contained ‘travelling seminar’ Where do you think I should go?”. Worldwide, One-Man LogisticsSeminars. So… Where Should We Go?
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– General Angus Campbell, Chief of Defence Force (then Chief of Army), Chief of Army address to the Army Logistics Training Centre, 3 rd December 2016. No matter which military we are talking about, and as the now Chief of Defence Force remarked, successful logistics comes with the efforts of many.
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These systems can be another tool for managers to use when tackling daily tasks or long-term projects. For example, a manager struggling with late deliveries can review delivery route data and find out that a specific route is causing these issues, and can then suggest an alternate course to take.
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For the first time, STILL is also supporting the dual course of study in ‘Computer Engineering & IT Engineering’ The STILL training team welcomes new recruits to the company with the traditional Welcome Day at the Hamburg head office and via video streaming to all branches. Innovators of tomorrow.
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And generally they are really expensive missed opportunities—expensive in financial terms, as well as in poor customer service and reduced sales! Of course there are other easy targets for cost reduction that we might discuss at a later date—but this one is often an overlooked ‘opportunity’. We’ll call them ‘missed opportunities’.
He is the Founder and Group Managing Director of Logistics Bureau. I had worked in the British Army for about twenty years in several senior supply chain and logistics related roles. Over the years you’ve managed to bring multiple management consulting firms and related businesses together under the Logistics Bureau Group umbrella.
That is where the analogy stops: for a supply chain also continually changes as markets evolve and new technologies arrive. Marketing slogans, products, services and even technologies now only offer transient advantage. Competitors can catch up too fast to stake a companys future on these items alone.
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