The Lean Thinker

AUGUST 22, 2017

It may well be that that confusion originates from the same term having similar but different definitions depending on the context. According to Steve Spear (and other researchers), Toyota’s definition of “standard” is quite different. Anyone who asserts there is has, by definition, closed their mind to the alternatives.

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MTS Logistics

APRIL 10, 2024

This event takes place every year. This is a leading trade event for all sectors of the Seafood Industry. doesn’t automatically mean dumping – the selling has to occur within a very specific legal definition. government’s definition. from multiple countries. What is a Countervailable Subsidy?

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Shipping and Freight Resource

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Latest release of DCSA’s Just-in-Time Port Call Programme provides interface standards and API definitions for all 50 port call event timestamps. The interface standards allow carriers, ports, terminals and other service providers involved in a port call to exchange event data in a uniform way, enabling automated data exchange.

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MTS Logistics

OCTOBER 4, 2023

According to a Cargill executive profiled in the Times, the turbines can reduce fuel usage by 3 tons per day, which definitely makes an impact on emissions. Additionally, wind turbines and related equipment can easily be damaged in tropical weather systems or certain weather events.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 16, 2021

ARC’s definition is that a supply chain collaboration network is a “collaborative solution for supply chain processes built on a public cloud – many-to-many architecture – which supports a community of trading partners and third-party data feeds. What is this Market? The solution is called a supply chain collaboration network (SCCN).

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Material Handling and Logistics

JANUARY 11, 2019

This applies to pharmaceuticals that are characteristically toxic, or that meet the definition of certain “listed” wastes, such as P and U listed acutely hazardous substances. Upon being “discarded,” those pharmaceuticals become solid waste, triggering management obligations under the Resource Conservation and Restoration Act (RCRA).

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2024

As a general definition, a 3PL helps a company to get its offering, conceived in place A, into the hands of its customers in place B. The solution is to back up, figuratively speaking, to the general definition of the need and see how overall trends and developments in the world could make this need map onto other, different solutions.

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IoT World Today

MARCH 27, 2020

In order to build a correct demand plan, one-off events have to be identified and accounted for,” wrote Ralf W. It might not be in the right format, it may be inaccurate, have definitional issues, or it may be biased. The good news about that is these were changes they were going to have to make in any event.”.

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Material Handling and Logistics

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The trouble with this definition is that it doesn’t explain what exactly changes in supply chain management—that is, what gets “transformed”—when digital technologies are adopted. Since there didn’t seem to be a clear definition of digital supply chain transformation available, I developed one from first principles.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 11, 2023

Event-driven IBP – technological capabilities to monitor internal and external events (Supply Chain Control Tower) in real time. Contextualize and quantify event impact and be able to trigger re-plan in an integrated supply chain planning solution to create an executable and feasible plan.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 15, 2021

In my Logistics Viewpoints article in January 2021, “ The New Definition of Supply Chain Agility and Resilience in an Unpredictable World ”, I highlighted that modern supply chains must be built on a foundation of extreme agility and responsiveness. The Key to Long-Term Success: Build Agility, Resilience and Profitability Together.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Definitions of agility, resilience, visibility, and end-to-end collaboration are all very much tied together. And agility is about reacting quickly and hopefully effectively to the actual disruptive event. But the event might not be disruptive at all if you had planned for it. Resilience is About Planning for Agility.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 6, 2024

Easyfairs has officially opened registration for this year’s exclusive AntwerpXL (AXL) event at the Antwerp Expo in Belgium, taking place from 8 October to 10th 2024. The premier conference and exhibition is a key maritime and logistics event dedicated exclusively to the breakbulk, project cargo, heavy lift and Ro-Ro sectors.

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Now, That's Logistics

JANUARY 7, 2021

Reflecting on the events of 2020, Franco says the automotive sector was among the first to take a hit on the supply chain front, with many other industries following it down that path during the early part of the year. These and other factors contributed to some definite pivots in the contract logistics space in 2020.”.

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Trinity Logistics

AUGUST 22, 2024

Definitely no to the last one!) The conference is seen as the founding event of AI. This significant event was the first widely recognized successful application of Deep Learning. Like with Generative AI – at some point I know you’ve seen or heard something created by it and have had the thought, “This is definitely AI.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

ARC’s definition of omni-channel fulfillment is end-delivery centric. The focus is on customer demand in the short term, and enables the retailer to respond to local events to change their inventory levels. These studies utilize a comprehensive bottom-up process for evaluating markets.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The conference as a whole was fantastic, from the location and networking events to the conversations I had and sessions I attended. C-Suite Themes For the C-Suite, there are three main themes where supply chains make a definitive impact: increased customer retention, revenue growth, and lower costs. According to Ms.

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Logistics Bureau

JUNE 14, 2021

If, like many business leaders, you’re looking for ways to make your supply chain more resilient to major disruptions and black swan events, you might like to consider initiatives based on the following guiding principles. A resilient supply chain offers more than simple protection against cataclysmic events like the current pandemic.

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MTS Logistics

DECEMBER 27, 2022

There were definitely some challenges, like the last-minute winter storm that snarled air travel in many parts of the U.S. But that issue was not the result of a supply chain crisis, shortage, shortfall, or systemic issue – it was a result of a natural event. and resulted in some shipping delays in key markets across the country.

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Logistics in War

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Thomas Kane, in Military logistics and strategic performance, considered logistics to be a ‘slippery beast that can become important at many levels of an operation, sometimes as a cause of events and other times a consequence of them’. It is especially concerned with the preparedness of the combat force.” What do we know?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 4, 2021

Maintaining all past and future promotional events in a database. Maintaining outlier events that have influenced demand patterns or supply availability . Modeling the impact of weather events. Automatic identifying and removing outlier events from the historical data. Having accurate stock-out data.

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EazyStock

JULY 22, 2021

But first – let’s get a definition: What is inventory demand forecasting? Qualitative demand forecasting includes accounting for future events and external market factors, such as sales promotions and competitor activity. or unpredictable events (a competitor going out of business, natural disasters, etc.).

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

But for that special class of disruption, the low-probability, high-impact events like natural disasters, epidemics and other upheavals, organizations don’t know how to mitigate the risk and successfully manage their supply chains, and are now trying to find their way through the minefield of issues and challenges with no clear solution.

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Now, That's Logistics

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

I will always remember Ranger Byers, who was an amazing leader that taught me the true definition of a leader in the 90s,” says Davidson, who served in the Army as a Nuclear Biological Chemical NCO. “He For Davidson, Veterans Day is a time to reflect on service to our country and honor the personnel that gave the ultimate sacrifice. “I

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 3, 2021

Supply chain collaboration networks, which provide wide ranging visibility to events occurring upstream and downstream in supply chains, can help companies be more agile. These disruptions have elevated the supply chain function to the boardroom level. It is now understood that supply chain agility is imperative.

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Carter Logistics

APRIL 9, 2021

As I was driving the 3 hours to return home (I live in Indy, and the hospital is in downtown Chicago), the recurring thought was, How did this entire series of events make me feel? What one person deems critical and has a definitive emotional response can be entirely different from someone else. Some of these emotions came to my mind.

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Logistics in War

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Thomas Kane, in Military logistics and strategic performance, considered logistics to be a ‘slippery beast that can become important at many levels of an operation, sometimes as a cause of events and other times a consequence of them’. It is especially concerned with the preparedness of the combat force.” What do we know?

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20Cube Logistics

JANUARY 27, 2022

This article is an attempt at summing up the major economic events that are slated/expected to take place across Asia which is likely to shape up the economical picture of the continent. The international beneficiaries of the Asian market would definitely gain greatly out of this. Disinflation. Policies in Monitoring/Regulating Money.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Let’s start with a definition: any device that can perceive its environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of success at some goal is engaged in some form of artificial intelligence (AI). It is also worth pointing out, that based on this definition, not all forms of machine learning are particularly complicated.

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Ship Monk

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Towards the tail end of the ‘60s, three key events happened in quick succession: In 1968, The Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) commissioned the world’s first routers. In 1969, the military developed ARPANET to ensure that critical lines of communication would be maintained in the event of a nuclear attack. Shoot us a line here.

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 27, 2021

Although it might be easy to pin these closures solely on the eCommerce piñata, there are other factors that contribute to a store’s decision to shut down, namely: Events outside of our control , such as the economic effects of a global pandemic The shift from a service to an experience-based economy A shrinking middle class Poor management.

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Logistics Bureau

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Here are some examples with their definitions: Upstream lead times: These refer to the activities required to produce and deliver raw materials, components, and finished goods to your companys factories, warehouses, or other supply chain facilities.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Degradation occurs when a balanced status of systems, business processes and people organization is disturbed by some event and then over time the unused potential degrades to a new level where all three dimensions are in balance again. Degradation. The impetus for the initial degradation may be completely outside the control of the business.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 29, 2021

A good routing guide identifies the process necessary when errors occur, damage happens, or other events result in problems. Boost the confidence of your network by developing a definitive, agile routing guide with the proper data-driven history.

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Trinity Logistics

JANUARY 19, 2024

Now, there’s a lot of definitions out there, but here’s how I define it. For example, a robot in a warehouse that results in a physical action, or it could just be something as small as, if this event takes place, then make this phone call or change this data. What is Generative AI? It also comes down to three main components.

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 8, 2024

Definitely not. However, the ecommerce brand is responsible for their own lot traceability of products in the event of a recall. While you may not think much about these three little letters signifying the US Food and Drug Administration , they exist for the protection of all consumers. Exaggeration?

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Trinity Logistics

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

While these shippers are also exposing themselves to slightly more risk in the event of unexpected rate hikes, taking a chance might pay off in 2022. . This is a little harder to do but definitely on the radar. How Trinity is Here to Help. Keep You Updated. We are checking on trends for spiking locations across the U.S.

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