ECW

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Steve shared insights on the Centralized Examination Station (CES) operations, the challenges of managing CES, and the critical role they play in ensuring the safety and compliance of cargo entering and leaving the United States. The funny thing about being a CES operator is that the business volume isn’t guaranteed.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 1, 2025

Together, they presented the vision for the future and innovation priorities. Innovation Pillars: Diagnose: primarily powered by Infor Process Mining, this capability helps organizations gain visibility into business processes, uncover non-conforming variants, identify critical bottlenecks, and optimize operations based on data.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 30, 2025

Warehouse managers and executives face constant pressure to meet rising customer expectations while maintaining cost efficiency and operational excellence. While traditional WMS platforms have served as the backbone of warehouse operations for years, their static nature can limit your ability to stay agile and competitive.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Decision-makers must operate with agility and speed, often orchestrating complex scenarios across vast supply chain networks. Planners need the right information at the right time, presented with the proper context, to make meaningful decisions. To break through the noise requires context.

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The Lean Thinker

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Compounding this was that, in his example, the training was TWI Job Instruction – how to train. Clipped from Tyson’s presentation. We often call this “managing change” or more cynically “overcoming resistance” but I think both Roger and Tyson are operating at a much more fundamental and human level.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 25, 2021

I recently attended a great presentation during which the presenter referred to a BHAG —a big hairy audacious goal. The person who gave the presentation I attended offered the example of a speech by late US President John F. For example, their increase in productivity was 217 percent.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Indeed, the transition has taken place so swiftly that some companies may still need to fully grasp the present or future possibilities to exploit distribution performance as a competitive advantage. In such a scenario, a primary constraint could be the ability of the warehouse operation to keep up with dynamic route planning.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

It also presented an ideal forum for dealers and customers to have conversations with Hyster experts on how to scale available solutions to their unique handling requirements. Visitors also saw the positive impact of up-to-date Hyster solutions from operator assistance systems to telematics and fleet management.

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MTS Logistics

MARCH 12, 2025

For example, numerous ports are still severely congested today. In 2024 carriers did learn how to operate better with service changes and blank sailings, and that will somewhat reduce congestion impact this year. years on planning and operating through a hub model. The situation is not very different at destination ports either.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Given the many aspects of retail operations outside a business’ control—from supply chain disruptions and labor shortages to inflation and interest rates impacting both operational costs and customer behavior—the fulfillment challenge this peak holiday season is acute.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 24, 2022

Warehouse management software ( WMS ) is the foundation of a smooth-running supply chain operation. To decide which is best for you, take a close look at your business model and determine what option – or combination of options – best accommodates your operating strategy, technology stack and budget. Let’s look at some options.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 1, 2022

Has your company ever suffered problems with, implemented, or even considered implementing a sales and operations (S&OP) planning process? More to the point, though, for S&OP to be effective, it matters not whether a company uses Excel spreadsheets or the latest best-of-breed sales and operations planning software.

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Stord

APRIL 21, 2025

With the global e-commerce market projected to surpass $8 trillion by 2027 1 , brands are presented with a massive opportunity for international growth. For example, a U.S.-based To put things into perspective, lets revisit the apparel brand example. This means far more than just new sales channels.

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The Lean Thinker

AUGUST 6, 2019

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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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

My family owned a manufacturing operation, so I experienced firsthand the challenges that mid-market manufacturers face. For example, before the pandemic, companies could get by with analog machines, paper-based systems, and disconnected point solutions. I should know. I grew up in manufacturing. The pandemic made that impossible.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

For example, an ERP for automotive distributors needs to include not just a standard sales function but also allow for automotive-specific processes like call-offs and contract pricing, as well as other processes like returns and lot traceability. An ERP provides a central repository for all a distributor’s data.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

By attending the webinar, participants will: Learn – in real world examples – what a Blockchain is, how it works, and which business processes are already benefitting from the technology. ABOUT THE PRESENTER. Paul has developed both direct and indirect sales and support operations in 52 countries. TOPICS COVERED.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 9, 2023

There is a fundamental difference between today’s warehouses and the Future Fulfillment Center: the system of the future is not only highly automated, but also and above all it operates proactively. At the same time, it offers maximum flexibility and thus relieves the operator’s workload.

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The Lean Thinker

MAY 27, 2020

For example – In sessions I facilitate, I routinely ask people if they can recall a time when they arrived home after work but realized they didn’t remember driving the route. Just like everyone else, usually they are caught in time, or other conditions aren’t present for a bad outcome.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

GXO Logistics recently briefed Logistics Viewpoints ( ARC ) on its recent operating progress and its formula for success. I was familiar with GXO as the former logistics segment of XPO and knew about select examples of its warehouse automation investments. Source: GXO Logistics Q3 2021 Investor Presentation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2025

What Celanese has accomplished is the single best example ARC is aware of employing agentic AI and copilots at scale. He also spoke at the ARC forum in 2023, and this article is based on that presentation as well. The company operates in over 20 countries and has over 12,000 employees. Celanese is an exception.

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Logistics in War

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The ability to operate in emerging domains such as ‘space’ and ‘cyber’, act in the ‘grey zone’, or investments in new technologies from hypersonic weaponry to automation and AI are seen as offsets to potential adversaries. The successful delivery of the ULAC has been greatly beneficial for both the Army and BAE Systems Australia.

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Logistics Bureau

JUNE 5, 2023

If your company operates a distribution fleet, you’ll know that the costs of running trucks for customer deliveries are continually increasing. But do you know how to operate your fleet for the maximum economy? Do you have any specialised vehicles , and could they be removed by changing how you operate?

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 3, 2025

By standardising distribution processes across your network, you can simplify operations for economy and efficiency. For a new network, it will certainly be worth comparing the trade-offs involved in operating several small distribution centres versus fewer but more extensive facilities. Its vital to think about your processes, too.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Single people mark the occasion by spoiling and treating themselves to gifts and presents, but it wasn’t until Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba chose the date to offer heavily discounted merchandise on its platform for 24 hours, starting at midnight on the 11th November, 2009, that Singles’ Day became a major commercial event.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 27, 2023

Transitioning from legacy systems presents hurdles that add to the true cost. industrial handhelds, and mobile units you have and what your operations will need. For example, monthly subscription fees, any software support charges, and data migration fees. Below are some tips for presenting your request to your supervisor.

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3PL Links

JANUARY 8, 2025

A fleet management system is a fundamental tool in the planning and operational control of the logistics sector. These advantages are sought both by organizations that assume the logistics responsibility of their business and by companies specialized in this type of operation. How does a fleet management system work?

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 2, 2025

The transition has taken place so swiftly that some companies may still need to fully grasp the present or future possibilities to exploit distribution performance as a competitive advantage. But with so many solutions now available, choosing the right one for your operation isn’t as straightforward as you might think.

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The Lean Thinker

AUGUST 31, 2022

This was written four years before I first encountered Toyota Kata , and reflected my experience as a lean director operating within a $2billion slice of a global manufacturing company. Are neither necessary nor sufficient to implement [our operating system]. All Saint’s Church – Wittenberg, Germany. Kaizen tools included.

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3PL Links

DECEMBER 3, 2024

During a visit to the United States, they observed how industries operated based on the mass production method created by Henry Ford, and decided to develop an approach that would serve as a counterpoint to what they saw. 3PL Inventory Management: Inventory is the bane for many companies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The BG innovation center is an operating warehouse where the development team creates, tests, and enhances its solutions. The solutions are designed to support single and multi-item processing typical in e-commerce fulfillment and store replenishment operations. Inventory totes arrive at an operator workstation. Final Word.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 18, 2021

For example, the manufacturing sector in Australia is one of the top three heaviest carbon emitters within the country. Achieving this environmental mandate presents an opportunity for manufacturers in Australia and beyond to increase their innovation, competitiveness, and resilience. The pressure to confront climate change.

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Ship Monk

OCTOBER 30, 2024

For example, accounts that are just starting out in ecommerce sales with lower monthly order volumes typically need a lot of attention. For example, a brand searching for its first 3PL will have different requirements and needs than one coming from a 4PL or transferring inventory from another 3PL that wasn’t previously meeting their needs.

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The Lean Thinker

DECEMBER 21, 2017

On the one hand, the practice has become more sophisticated as people explore and learn application in contexts other than the original industrial examples. That book provides working examples of vertical linkage between organizational strategy and shop floor improvement efforts. Study the Process’s Operating Patterns.

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The Lean Thinker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

I dutifully presented my findings to the plant manager and his continuous improvement manager. In the photo above, it is the operational leaders who are explaining what they are learning to me. And things pretty much ended there. Years later, another plant manager asked me to come out to their site and map their value streams.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Computer Vision can be used to improve process adherence in the warehouse Flymingo is an Israeli computer vision company that identifies supply chain mistakes in operating processes in existing warehouse camera feeds. The solution is used to drive high adherence to standard operating procedures in a warehouse.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 27, 2024

Robots offer many benefits for supply chain operations, such as increased efficiency, productivity, accuracy, safety, and flexibility. Examples of Supply Chain Robots at MODEX 2024 Several exhibitors at MODEX 2024 showcased their innovative solutions for supply chain robotics, demonstrating the diversity and potential of this field.

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