TSMC Starts Next-Gen Mass Production as World Fights Over Chips
Supply Chain Brain
DECEMBER 29, 2022
Recent military exercises held by Beijing around Taiwan have reignited concerns about the world’s dependence on the island for semiconductors.
Warehouse Product Slotting: The Ultimate Guide
Logistics Bureau
DECEMBER 19, 2022
If you browse through the Logistics Bureau blog, you’ll find at least two or three articles—and about the same number of videos—that cover warehouse product slotting. So here it is—your ultimate guide to warehouse product slotting. What is Product Slotting. As this is an “ultimate” guide, we’ll start with the basics.
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Raising Productivity in Logistics Operations: The BHAG Approach
Logistics Bureau
JANUARY 25, 2021
As I explain in a YouTube video on this subject, I recently saw a good example of how a BHAG can galvanise a workforce and make a dramatic impact on productivity. They did a benchmarking exercise with us and we found that the industry standard was about 40 lines per hour. Slowly the productivity went up.
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Product Slotting in a Warehouse: Complete Guide
Logistics Bureau
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Product slotting is one of the few cost saving ideas that you can implement in your current facility whilst making no changes to infrastructure (although there may be further benefits to do that). Product slotting is a warehouse term that involves placing products in optimal locations within a warehouse to enhance operational efficiency.
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The SourceDay Story with Tom Kieley
The Logistics of Logistics
MARCH 18, 2022
On a personal level, Tom is a dad, lover of sports, and exercise fanatic. SourceDay helps small to large organizations solve their complex supply chain challenges in manufacturing, distribution and consumer product goods. He loves cars and anything outdoors. About SourceDay.
Ambitious Growth Plans? Your Customers Will Right-Size You
The Lean Thinker
AUGUST 6, 2019
He is reflecting his experience in varied industries that if a company grows beyond its ability to deliver quality product, on time, then order volume will drop until it reaches a point that performance returns. Then ask “What is our plan to close this gap?” – and run the same exercise on executing that plan.
How to Boost Worker Productivity by Promoting a Positive Mindset
GlobalTranz
MAY 13, 2016
Negativity in the workplace hurts worker productivity and costs money. Workers who are present but performing less than 100 percent due to illness or stress actually cost companies more on worker productivity than absent workers do, losing an average 12.4 days of productivity a year versus an average 3.5
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What is 3PL? A Full Explanation
Logistics Bureau
DECEMBER 31, 2024
A 3PL (Third-Party Logistics provider) is a company that takes care of your logistics operations – everything from warehousing your products to getting them where they need to go. Remember, every hour spent on shipping is an hour not spent on growing your business or improving your products. That’s exactly where 3PLs shine.
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Editor’s Choice: 8 Supply Chain Planning Challenges Retailers Will Face In 2022 And Tips To Overcome Them
Logistics Viewpoints
JANUARY 18, 2022
The ongoing chip crisis since last year affecting 100+ industries is the best example: supply couldn’t meet the increased demand, which led to rising prices and shortages in computers, cars, and pretty much any other electronics product with chips. this experience has changed how we dress and exercise.
How to Make Your Supply Chain More Resilient
Logistics Bureau
JANUARY 16, 2025
Just ask any manufacturer who’s had to halt production because a single critical component wasn’t available. Once this exercise is completed, your company can then assess the risk from tier-two suppliers onwards. These disruptions aren’t just inconvenientthey can make or break a business.
What is Order Picking?
Logistics Bureau
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
Order Picking is the productive operation in a warehouse operation. Any warehouse design exercise that doesn’t include a rigorous approach to designing the processes and equipment layout for Order Picking, is suspect. When we Order Pick, we are essentially “manufacturing” what the client is going to pay us for.
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What are Reverse Logistics?
Logistics Bureau
DECEMBER 6, 2024
Products come back in dribs and drabs, not in nearly packaged batches. Reverse logistics, while not being the opposite of forward logistics, is still about products moving backwards in the supply chain. Often, the term reverse logistics is used for products that have already reached the final point of sale or been bought by a customer.
Entering New Logistics Markets with Steve Elwell
The Logistics of Logistics
MAY 14, 2018
Over the course of his career, he launched over 30 products and services in industrial B2B and technology markets. 29:07 – Looking at sales as an operational exercise with variable inputs. Today, host Joe Lynch interviews Steve Elwell , a consultant and an executive who helps businesses improve sales revenue.
Reflections and Lessons From 1997
The Lean Thinker
MARCH 5, 2021
We were there to help them take some first steps toward “lean production.” From their perspective their biggest customer had people who knew their way around a factory spending days on their shop floor and, most certainly, ascertaining how much more productivity was possible if only, well, the buyers squeezed them hard enough.
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[INFOGRAPHIC] Surviving Business Start Up Stress & How to Deal With It
GlobalTranz
DECEMBER 13, 2016
Track what you did and understand how productive your day was. The tasks you achieved at the end of the day will keep you motivated, and you will be much more productive focusing on the "done" instead of fretting over what you have not yet accomplished and have lingered in the back of your mind. Instead keep a “Done List.”
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“95 Thesis” on Kaizen Events and TPS
The Lean Thinker
AUGUST 31, 2022
Thus, focusing on implementing the tools of TPS (takt time, flow, pull, etc) outside of the immediate response and problem solving context is an exercise which expends energy and gains very little sustainable change. This is independent of whether it is done in a week-long intense event or not. Every tool, technique, etc.
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[Infographic] 3 Simple Routines That Will Help Kickstart Your Day
GlobalTranz
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
I dont know if you all are like me, but I could use some extra motivation to get up and productive in the morning. Get Your Exercise In Early. Consider the following: Regular exercise increases energy and serotonin levels the brain, which can increase mental clarity and focus for anywhere between four to ten hours.
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Being Adaptive Drives Resiliency and Margins in Collaborative Supply Chain Networks (CSCN)
Logistics Viewpoints
AUGUST 1, 2024
In this scenario, by adopting an adaptive supply chain, the retailer uses real-time data analytics to identify emerging trends and collaborate closely with suppliers to quickly adjust production and inventory levels to meet customer demand. This collaboration enables faster response times and cost savings.
Learning to See in 2023
The Lean Thinker
DECEMBER 14, 2023
It took four 11×17 (A3 size) sheets taped together to depict what happened as raw steel came in one end of the building and was cut, bent, welded, painted, and assembled with purchased components into the final product. ” But there is another, more tactical, reason to ask this question.
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Supply Chain Optimization: Leveraging Integrated Scenario Planning as a Margin Multiplier
Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 23, 2024
APS are complex, live production environments requiring extensive configuration to accurately model a business’s operational reality. This involves setting up numerous parameters like lead times, inventory levels, production capacities, and demand forecasts, all of which must be adjusted for different scenarios.
3 Ways to Benchmark to Boost Supply Chain Performance
Logistics Bureau
APRIL 19, 2021
If you’ve never done a benchmarking exercise before, read on. They had a little issue with their picking productivity in the warehouse. This helped us realise that their picking productivity should be three times better than it was. And believe it or not, over a few months they did begin to improve their productivity.
Using Data to Improve Supply Chain Operations
Material Handling and Logistics
DECEMBER 14, 2018
The statistics that show robust demand for more advanced supply chain technology provide evidence of their willingness to set new standards of excellence by detecting fluctuations in demand earlier, handling raw materials more agilely and ultimately accelerating the delivery of products and services. More data is coming in than ever before.
Capability gaps and the absence of assessment – Logistics ‘unpreparedness’ and the International Forces East Timor mission in 1999 – Part Four
Logistics in War
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
A joint approach to logistics promised greater productivity and efficiency, allowing relevant agencies to coordinate the support needed. After all, productivity and efficiency gains could be – and ultimately were – seen an opportunity for Defence to reinvest efficiencies gained into what were nominally considered combat functions.
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The History of Fleet Route Optimisation in Logistics
Logistics Bureau
JANUARY 2, 2025
So thats the route were taking in this article (no pun intended), we’ll be exploring the evolution of fleet route optimisation from a time-consuming pen-and-paper exercise to a high-tech process that, in some cases, can be completed in minutes. But first, what is route optimisation?
Continuing Education For Licensed Customs Brokers
MTS Logistics
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
CBP believes though this continuing education can improve an individual customs broker’s skills, performance and productivity. It will also bring greater assurance that customs brokers are knowledgeable in customs laws and regulations, familiar with operational processes, and can properly exercise brokers fiduciary duties.
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Bottom Line: What is the ROI of Supply Chain Network Design Software?
AIMMS
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
One in the pharmaceuticals industry and another in consumer hi-tech products. While businesses differ in complexity and size, for this exercise we extrapolated based on these $7.5Bn baselines. To do this, we built two representative models of a business.
Key challenges and solutions for the fabricated metals industry
SYSPRO Smarter ERP
AUGUST 22, 2022
The fabricated metals industry operates with a low margin in a highly competitive market and material availability, production schedules and workforce skills must align to meet customer expectations. Within your ERP system product configurator tools can be used to maximize customer service and operational efficiency.
Top courses to upskill manufacturers
SYSPRO Smarter ERP
AUGUST 9, 2022
Understanding the product’s value will prevent their workforce from resorting to older, manual systems. Investing in an ERP system and other business systems is an expensive exercise and by not investing resources into training and education, manufacturers will not get the full return on investment. An evolving workforce.
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Logistics in War
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
A joint approach to logistics promised greater productivity and efficiency, allowing relevant agencies to coordinate the support needed. After all, productivity and efficiency gains could be – and ultimately were – seen an opportunity for Defence to reinvest efficiency into combat functions.
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Supply Chain Predictions for 2022 and Beyond
Logistics Viewpoints
JANUARY 13, 2022
However, the rapid shifts that companies are going through given the aforementioned trends, progressive companies are laying a robust data foundation and enabling a digital twin of the physical supply chain so they can conduct Design exercises on demand with increasing frequency.
Supply Chain Design Crosses the Chasm
Logistics Viewpoints
OCTOBER 21, 2021
The demand patterns significantly shifted in terms of the product and channel mix. The product flow paths and modes of transportation altered radically as well even without accounting for any network node changes, owing to port closures or shortages in various transportation lanes. Supply Chain Design has crossed the chasm after all!
New year’s resolutions: Accelerating digital transformation with ERP
SYSPRO Smarter ERP
JANUARY 24, 2022
The first step would be to replace paper-based systems with electronic systems to benefit from accurate real-time manufacturing intelligence and data to enhance collaboration and productivity. Industries should complete this same exercise of creating resolutions, what all of us in the corporate world call annual plans or strategic plans.
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The Effects of Cultural Differences on Transportation and Logistics
MTS Logistics
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Customs and Export Procedures Logistics companies need to exercise caution in navigating the varied customs procedures of different countries. Companies must be attentive to cultural nuances in product design, packaging, and overall strategy to avoid economic challenges arising from difficulties in breaking cultural taboos and rules.
Convey and CommerceHub tout new strategic relationship
Logistics Management
MARCH 23, 2018
At the core of this relationship, the companies said that retailers using CommerceHub’s drop-ship platform and network to expand product selections will now be able to leverage Convey’s active delivery management offering to drive new revenue growth opportunities for various product categories that, they said, “require complex delivery orchestration,” (..)
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4 tips to reduce cargo damage and save money on shipping costs
Shipping and Freight Resource
JUNE 29, 2020
Shipping damage is a massive threat to any products that travel on the supply chain. As per a Statista survey, eighty per cent of consumers say they’d return a product they received that was damaged in shipping. Clear, durable labels will also ensure that your items get where they’re going intact and promptly.
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To Slot or not to Slot? That is the question
Logistics Bureau
APRIL 15, 2016
Warehouse Product Slotting – To Slot or Not to Slot? Slotting is a warehouse term that refers to intentionally placing products within the warehouse storage medium to create warehouse efficiencies. Let’s consider what an essential aspect of good warehouse practise, product slotting benefits can achieve.
ShipMonk Summits Enhance 3PL Mindsets
Ship Monk
JUNE 20, 2022
Past summit highlights have included inspiring presentations from ShipMonk leadership, such as founder and CEO Jan Bednar , Chief Revenue Officer Kevin Sides, Chief Product Officer Rafael Zakinov, VP of Client Experience Christine Warren, and Chief People Officer Stuart Horowitz.
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Logistics Bureau
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
A Compelling Reason to set a BHAG One of our consulting clients, a leading automotive parts distributor in Australia, recognised that the picking productivity in their warehouse was not good—somewhere around 15 lines per hour. They did a benchmarking exercise with us and we found that the industry standard was about 40 lines per hour.
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40 S&OP in Agribusiness: How to Harvest the Benefits with Advanced Analytics
AIMMS
JULY 23, 2019
It’s not limited to managing crops and livestock, but encompasses all equipment, services, and product processing as well as commercialization. But supporting the process with advanced analytics goes even further, contributing to higher levels of productivity and profitability. The agribusiness supply chain is highly complex.
Preparing for preparedness – how should we begin?
Logistics in War
AUGUST 18, 2019
The first step towards improving logistics readiness is recognising that it is a product of routine and organisational behaviour, as much as it is about the appropriate allocation of resources to assigned strategic goals and the development of capabilities.
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Analyzing Product Costs: A Question of ‘What If’
Supply Chain Brain
MARCH 26, 2018
For most of human history, the success of that exercise has rested on the appointed seer’s years of experience, coupled with some indefinable grasp of probability. A single product can have 100 different costs based on size, color and targeted markets. In recent decades, machines have stepped up to aid humans in their efforts.
Editor’s Choice: Creating Full Truckload Budgets in a Volatile Market
Logistics Viewpoints
AUGUST 18, 2022
Although it’s important to acknowledge that shippers bring varying levels of sophistication to the FTL budgeting process, for many companies it comes down to a bare bone, two-part exercise. First, budget teams do their best to estimate what the volume of loads will be during the upcoming period.
How OEE and MOM can be used to streamline manufacturing
SYSPRO Smarter ERP
JUNE 15, 2022
Manufacturers know that the world has changed, They don’t have long production runs anymore, they know they have to ensure the quality and consistency of products, and they are under pressure to reduce costs and increase operational efficiency. Often, production team members have the best understanding of how processes work.
6 challenges facing medical device manufacturers and how ERP analytics can provide a cure
SYSPRO Smarter ERP
AUGUST 2, 2023
From stringent quality standards to comprehensive documentation requirements, Class 1 and 2 manufacturers must navigate a complex landscape to ensure compliance and product excellence. Manufacturers can exercise better control over the return and exchange of items bought from suppliers, ensuring smooth operations.
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