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Is Saint-Gobain Serious About Reducing Their Carbon Footprint?

Logistics Viewpoints

The 2030 roadmap is targeting a reduction in CO2 emissions of 33% for scopes 1 and 2, and of 16% for scope 3, versus 2017 ( definition for scopes 1, 2, and 3 ). In Brazil, across 16 business units, they operate 56 factories and 126 distribution centers and outlets. The company typically does 25 to 50 studies per year.

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What is a “Socio-Technical System?”

The Lean Thinker

The work also met every definition of “difficult, dirty and dangerous.” In the late 1940s the industrial engineers turned this craft production system into a factory system with the tasks divided between three shifts. The study I am citing here was commissioned to determine why. This all changed shortly after WWII.

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TWI: Is it Time to Rethink Job Relations?

The Lean Thinker

The Mechanistic View in Industry What do I observe that might lead me to conclude that the mechanistic view prevails in a business or factory? Are you comfortable with this definition of “good supervision?” But to me , this is the very definition of compliance. ” All I can do here is relate my own reaction.

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3 Things Good, Lean Visuals Have In Common & Mieruka: The Four Different Types of Visuals with Examples

GlobalTranz

Recent studies show that as high as 83% of human learning occurs visually. Here we discuss the purpose and definition of each category, and provide examples from Toyota’s factories and service oriented companies. Definition: helps you to know what something is. Definition: tells you how to perform a task.

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Companies Improve their Supply Chains with Artificial Intelligence

Logistics Viewpoints

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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Analytics in Supply Chain Management Becomes Central As Coronavirus Escalates

IoT World Today

Another Statista study indicated that 44% of retailers expect delays and 40% expect inventory shortages given coronavirus disruptions on the supply chain. It might not be in the right format, it may be inaccurate, have definitional issues, or it may be biased. And again, data quality is a huge concern.

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Setlog cooperates with CSR consultancy

Logistics Business Magazine

Studies show in fact that only one-fifth of German companies with more than 500 employees complies with their due diligence obligations in terms of respecting human rights. In addition to the introduction of supplier questionnaires, the definition of processes and reporting structures are among the most important tasks.