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Interoperability in the Supply Chain: Leveraging the OSI Model for Seamless Logistics

Logistics Viewpoints

By applying the ISO OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) seven layer model, traditionally used in networking, to logistics, businesses can achieve a structured framework that enhances communication, reduces friction, and improves collaboration throughout the supply chain. Presentation Layer: Translates between data formats.

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Notes from the 2020 TWI Summit – Part 2

The Lean Thinker

Compounding this was that, in his example, the training was TWI Job Instruction – how to train. Clipped from Tyson’s presentation. He used the Stanford design school model to experiment his way toward a solution that used the framework of Job Instruction in a way that worked for the particular situation.

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The Past, Present, and Future of Technology in the Warehouse

Logistics Bureau

For example: Paperwork and data entry: WMS has reduced the need for people to spend time completing paper forms or entering data from documents into spreadsheets and other data-management applications. That’s just what we’re seeing here, a prime example of how even more people are being displaced from the warehouse environment by technology.

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Predictability in a Time of Uncertainty: Machine Learning in Logistics

Logistics Viewpoints

ML looks into historical data (for example, transit time statistics of carriers) and data from impactful external factors (such as port congestion, weather or holidays) and uses this information to develop more accurate transit time estimates. The model learns continuously and can adapt to changing conditions in the network.

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The Marketplace Model: A Proven Model for Success & Why the Shipping Industry Should Adopt It

GlobalTranz

In this blog, Max discusses everything you need to know about the marketplace model and why shippers should adopt it. The Marketplace Model: A Proven Model for Success & Why the Shipping Industry Should Adopt It. History and anthropology provide many examples of marketplaces throughout time. A History of Success.

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Ambitious Growth Plans? Your Customers Will Right-Size You

The Lean Thinker

The business literature is full of examples of this – companies who could not keep up with their own success, their performance deteriorates and, well, many of them go out of business. Starry-eyed executives often look only at the financial models, maybe equipment capacity, and skip over the operational aspects of their due diligence.

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The 4 Ps of Logistics: An Overview of the Model for Success in Shipping

MTS Logistics

There are many different models that ensure success in any company, but for the purposes of simplicity, we have chosen one model: the 4 Ps of logistics (product, price, promotion, and place). Product The P for product can simply refer to the product itself or can be present in more subtle ways.