The Lean Thinker

JULY 2, 2024

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. “You guys are showing me how to run a business if I end up starting one.”

Supply Chain Design Software 397

Supply Chain Design Software Price Reduction Supply Chain Planning Software Optimization Software 397

Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 2, 2025

Whether that is the case or not, a brief study of the origins and progression of fleet route optimisation, covering the last three decades or so and looking forward to the near future, highlights in a spectacular way how technology, in particular, has revolutionised the business of logistics. But first, what is route optimisation?

Logistics Network Optimization Software 75

Logistics Network Optimization Software Optimization Software Optimal Sourcing Logistics 75

Conger

JULY 20, 2020

Chapter 4: How to Pass Your Forklift Certification Test With Flying Colors. How to Decide If the ‘Operator’s Life’ Is Right for You. Chapter 6: How to Get a Job as a Forklift Driver. Part I: How to Get a Forklift License. How to construct, transport, stack, and unstack loads. Hands-on training and evaluation.

How To 63

How To Buyer Training Training Course 63

GlobalTranz

MARCH 3, 2016

How to start a freight brokerage. Getting the top freight broker training books is also important, so you can always refer to them when you’re unsure how to go ahead. You’ll also pick up practical knowledge about the work of a freight broker, and learn how to work with shippers, and how to handle shipping rates negotiations.

Negotiating Skills 51

Negotiating Skills How To Buyer Training Freight 51

Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 25, 2017

Supply chain workers can often pick an industry sector of interest (retail, travel, healthcare, automotive, utility, etc.), and leverage their supply chain skills and know-how to help them move to employment in that sector. This adds up to considerable potential for varied and satisfying supply chain careers.

Negotiating Skills 75

Negotiating Skills Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software 75

GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Think about how your operation functions. Are pallets and shipments picked on time and without errors? Will an inaccurate picking result in one error for the original problem or two errors for sending an incorrect product and retaining the original, correct product in your inventory?

Data 91

Data Vendor Strategies Logistics Network Optimization Software Expense Reduction 91

Locus

JANUARY 28, 2022

This can prove to be a daunting exercise without the right software and tools. Dispatch planning can help the customer pick the best possible slot keeping in mind customers’ priority, location, service type and availability of field executives. Do you wish to optimize your home service operations with smart and efficient logistics?

Logistics Network Optimization Software 52

Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Planning Software Optimization Software Supply Chain Software 52

WorkWave

APRIL 15, 2020

Throughout all of our communications, we have reminded employees to keep our culture in mind, but it wasn’t long before our team members picked up right back where they left off. With that shift in mind, we created and shared collaboration guides to all employees to help exercise and improve these new skills.

Video 98

Video Exercises Digital Maintainability 98

Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 20, 2025

The added benefit of working with such a partner is that because they collect performance data from hundreds of companies, they can help you choose the most appropriate key performance indicators to use in your benchmarking exercise. For example: How much automation will you need in your warehouse(s)?

Inventory Reduction 40

Inventory Reduction Resource Reduction Vendor Strategies Cost Reduction 40

Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

How to Improve Lighting Control It’s common for warehouse spaces to sit under artificial lighting even when or where it’s not strictly necessary. A warehouse benchmarking exercise is an excellent way to start the quest for improvement opportunities. There are several possible ways to eliminate this form of energy wastage.

Cost Reduction 98

Cost Reduction Purchasing Skills Waste Reduction Material Savings 98

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Exercise trackers like Fitbit or Garmin are part of an IoT network that collects and analyzes data from objects – people. How to implement an IIoT project. Quality control. By integrating sensors into the manufacturing workflow, quality-critical processes can be monitored by automated systems on a continuous basis.

Manufacturing Procurement 111

Manufacturing Procurement Sourcing Strategies Supply Chain Planning Software Optimal Sourcing 111

Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Picking and packing. If profits start to decline afterwards, your CTS data can offer valuable information about what changed and how to get back on track. Besides identifying low (or negative) margin customers and products, high-cost processes can also be picked out for improvement and optimisation. Efficient order terms.

Purchasing Skills 93

Purchasing Skills Cost Reduction Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software 93

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 5, 2021

Partly it involved adding new processes – things like slotting planning, efficient receiving and sorting for inbound operations, and put-to-wall picking – that were instantiated in the Dynamics 365 solution they implemented. This in turn meant adding new shifts, which was also a nontrivial exercise.

Supply Chain Planning Software 105

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chains Scenario Planning 105

Conger

MAY 28, 2021

How to develop your own in-house forklift training program. How to Start Developing Your Own Forklift Safety Training Program. The instructor may give a lecture, show a PowerPoint slideshow, play videos, or host a question-and-answer exercise to discuss training topics. How to calculate forklift capacities. Let’s dive in.

Buyer Training 94

Buyer Training Training Course Operations 94

Logistics Bureau

MAY 31, 2021

The tips in this article will help you know how to identify the customers, products, and processes that might be inflating your cost to serve (CTS) unnecessarily. Naturally, overall cost-to-serve will be higher for online than in-store sales due to the added expense involved in picking, packing, and delivering customers’ purchases.

Cost Reduction 98

Cost Reduction Purchasing Skills Expense Reduction Inventory Reduction 98

Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2019

Will your operation comprise intake, storage, picking, packing, and dispatch, or will you need areas set aside to perform value-added services? You will need to determine pick period activities as well as minimum activity levels. What activities will take place in your warehouse? What are the characteristics of your products?

Supply Chain Design Software 103

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Design Supply Chain Planning Software Scenario Planning 103

Talking Logistics

JANUARY 11, 2019

As reported by Reuters, “Amazon could build a stake of almost a third in warehouse robotics firm Balyo in the next seven years…Under the terms of the deal, Amazon will receive free stock warrants representing up to 29 percent of Balyo’s capital which it can exercise depending on orders of the company’s products.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 72

Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Software Optimization Software Logistics 72

Automotive Logistics

APRIL 15, 2019

Many early examples have focused on warehouse management and product picking, but, as the technology improves and the range of products on the market increases, there is some evidence that the use of this technology could go much further. . As Irma Gilbert, business development manager at Liverpool-based technology start-up Connect 4.0

Supply Chain Design Software 54

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Software Supply Chain Software 54

GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

This gives them the chance to focus on how to make their business more efficient while still on the train or having breakfast. Exercising in the morning stimulates your mind and body for the rest of the day. Also, by getting it over with in the morning, you’re less likely to skip your exercise regimen after a long day at work.

Optimization Software 54

Optimization Software After-sales Exercises ERP 54

Compactor Management Company

OCTOBER 21, 2021

But how to do that? Tell them that whenever they see littering of wrappers or trash cans anywhere, they should pick them up and dump them in the bin. You can include a beach clean-up exercise along with your picnic once in a while. This post will make it easier for you. They don’t need to do that dedicatedly.

Waste Reduction 52

Waste Reduction Material Savings Resource Reduction Waste 52

Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Whether that is the case or not, a brief study of the origins and progression of fleet route optimisation, covering the last three decades or so and looking forward to the near future, highlights in a spectacular way how technology, in particular, has revolutionised the business of logistics.

Presentation 95

Presentation Optimization Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Optimal Sourcing 95

Blue Grace Logistics

JULY 1, 2020

Once you have this information ready, you can pick the best possible combination of market, rate, and transport requirements. In case you need multimodal transportation to ship your cargo, carry out this exercise for all the transporters in the chain. Can they replace the container or the carrier in case of a breakdown?

Transportation 71

Transportation Buyer Training Negotiating Skills Temperature 71

Conger

MAY 6, 2019

Toyota Lean Management is a management philosophy that teaches team members how to solve problems in a way that is effective and sustainable. By surfacing the problems and then thinking through how to solve the problems, we teach the team how to think and take responsibility. Techs spent too much time picking up parts. "We

Waste Reduction 59

Waste Reduction Inventory Reduction Material Savings Sourcing Strategies 59

Penske Move Ahead

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Through Share the Road , a highway safety program developed by the American Trucking Associations (ATA) , professional truck drivers teach teen drivers how to exercise good judgment when driving on roadways shared with commercial vehicles like tractor-trailers. Driving Home Highway Safety. They are excited about driving.

Trucking 36

Trucking Presentation Tips Events 36

Conger

JANUARY 7, 2022

How to calculate your forklift's actual capacity. How a Forklift Works: A Balancing Act. How Much Weight Can a Forklift Lift? Forklift Capacity Plate: What It Is and How to Read It. How to Calculate the Capacity of Your Forklift. We’ll discuss this in more detail in the section How to Maintain Forklift Stability.

Capacity 52

Capacity Tips Handling Trucking 52

Conger

MAY 6, 2019

Toyota Lean Management is a management philosophy that teaches team members how to solve problems in a way that is effective and sustainable. By surfacing the problems and then thinking through how to solve the problems, we teach the team how to think and take responsibility. TECHS SPENT TOO MUCH TIME PICKING PARTS. "We

Waste Reduction 40

Waste Reduction Inventory Reduction Material Savings Sourcing Strategies 40

Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

On the other hand, progressive companies have learned how to leverage their supply chain as a customer service enhancer. You’ll probably need some external help to model your distribution network and identify how to optimise it, but that doesn’t make it any less fundamental to business success.

Supply Chain Design Software 40

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Design 40

Conger

JULY 28, 2022

How to Measure Warehouse Safety. How Safe Are Warehouses? How to Measure Warehouse Safety. Otherwise, how will you know if things got better, worse, or stayed the same? Near misses provide insight into the factors that led to the unsafe incident and provide a framework for how to fix them. Let’s dive in!

Tips 52

Tips Material Savings Training Materials Handling 52

Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2024

We’re going to look at reasons why companies outsource, how to choose a third party logistics organization (3PLO), who the main players are, and how to be successful in working with a 3PLO. Select low if the product supply process is simple e.g. receive order, pick and dispatch. It must be a joint exercise.

Outsourcing 52

Outsourcing Inventory Reduction Cost Reduction Price Reduction 52

Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 31, 2016

On the other hand, progressive companies have learned how to leverage their supply chain as a customer service enhancer. Order picking accuracy. You’ll probably need some external help to model your distribution network and identify how to optimise it, but that doesn’t make it any less fundamental to business success.

Supply Chain Design Software 45

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Supply Chain Design 45

247 Customs Broker

JUNE 6, 2018

Because an understanding of the opposing forces of economies and diseconomies of scale is necessary for shippers and carriers to know how to strike the right balance in their transportation planning. Finally, we’ll discuss the various ways “scale” can be achieved by transportation carriers. Why is this important? Defining economies of scale.

Purchasing Skills 28

Purchasing Skills Negotiating Skills Sourcing Strategies Supply Chain Planning Software 28

247 Customs Broker

OCTOBER 3, 2018

“We have seen Russian attempts to interfere and to influence,” said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who plans to visit Vucic in Belgrade next week during joint NATO-Serbia emergency-response exercises. “It Serbian leaders insist that they need not pick sides. “It

Cost Reduction 28

Cost Reduction Price Reduction Strategy Military 28

Automotive Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2018

GM’s intercontinental and port operations supervisor, Alrick Duncan, picked up on the use of technology to better serve the end customer and said the carmaker was looking at its own telematics service, OnStar, to bridge the gap between technology and customer service. Taking out the Nafta countries, there is still a trade imbalance.

Supply Chain Planning Software 39

Supply Chain Planning Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Design Software Modeling Software 39