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Mistake Proofing ? Getting People?s Attention

The Lean Thinker

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. As we watch Jürgen’s videos it is easy to assign character attributes to the drivers who hit the bridge. But over a dozen a year do.

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Closing the Gaps in Supply Chain Visibility [Video]

Talking Logistics

When it comes to transportation visibility, are the challenges the same across all modes or does each mode present unique challenges? Can you share some examples of how closing the gaps in supply chain visibility delivers business value? What about between domestic and international shipments? How do companies get started?

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6 Critical Success Factors in Distribution Network Design

Logistics Bureau

If youd like to know how much time were talking about, youll find a helpful video on our YouTube channel, discussing timescales for network design at various levels of detail. Its worth remembering, for example, that secondary distribution tends to generate higher transportation costs than primary distribution.

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The Ins and Outs of Onboarding Your Brand to a 3PL (Featuring Bryce Clark)

Ship Monk

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 Essential Role of Warehouse Management Systems in Optimizing Cold Chain Operations

3PL Links

To illustrate this better, imagine the following example: a perishable food supply chain. Maintaining specific temperature conditions presents a series of obstacles that can compromise the quality, safety, and efficiency of the process. In addition, product safety is also related to protection against theft and tampering.

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Boeing: The Turning Point(s)

The Lean Thinker

With the justification aside, they next had us go through exercises calculating net present value and ROI for a hypothetical capital investment in tooling – as though a shop floor supervisor would do this at any point in the course of their job. The structural designs were far more tolerant of production variation, for example.

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Mike Rother: The Toyota Kata Practice Guide

The Lean Thinker

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.