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How Good is Your Logistics Service Provider?

Logistics Viewpoints

An interest group of the Singapore-based Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society (LSCMS), the Shippers Council is a professional association that counts members from organizations with a vested interest in logistics, including end users, technology and service providers, government and academia.

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TWI: Is it Time to Rethink Job Relations?

The Lean Thinker

Transactional Relationships within a work group This model embeds some tacit assumptions including: If everyone does their job, we get the result we want. That is the purpose of these meetings. We have two groups that are identical. The supervisor is largely responsible to define the jobs. Consider this hypothetical.

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Focus on people drives success for Utz Group

Logistics Business Magazine

Celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, the Utz Group believes that – in addition to its technological innovation and local service – it is the company’s culture of focusing on people and fostering a sense of community that drives its success. Utz recently held a group-wide conference (pictured) to mark its 75-year milestone.

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Omni-Channel Fulfillment is Key for the Holiday Season

Logistics Viewpoints

ARC Advisory Group, the company that I work for, releases a number of market studies on a number of technologies. ARC’s definition of omni-channel fulfillment is end-delivery centric. These studies utilize a comprehensive bottom-up process for evaluating markets.

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What is a “Socio-Technical System?”

The Lean Thinker

The work also met every definition of “difficult, dirty and dangerous.” Success of the three shift cycle depended on each shift meeting a rigid schedule, but that schedule did not account for the simple fact that coal seams are not uniform. ” The system was not without its problems, however. The Mechanistic View.

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Carrier Capacity Management Levels the Playing Field in a Carriers’ Market

Logistics Viewpoints

Despite the epic supply chain problems, some companies have taken big steps to profitably meet consumer demand leading up to and during the busy holiday season. Rate shopping groups help address these capacity constraints as part of shippers’ ongoing decision-making about the best way to ship each parcel out the door.

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Advanced analytics meets social good: how Angel Flight West optimizes flight routes for families in need

AIMMS

I’m currently training the coordinators at Angel Flight West and other groups. Angel Flight West is in Santa Monica, one of the other groups is in Kansas City, and there are others in Long Island and Florida who will use it. Definitely time savings, especially during the summer months. – Tweet this. Donate today.