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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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LTL in a Post-Yellow World with Curtis Garrett

The Logistics of Logistics

About Understand LTL The Understand LTL education brand is a new initiative that is focused on simplifying the LTL industry and helping people to build the mental models in their mind to think about LTL clearly. For carriers, it presents an opportunity to expand their market share and increase their profitability.

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WMS Past, Present and Future: Where Is the Technology Heading?

Supply Chain Brain

Predictive AI models will power smarter inventory distribution, greater pick path efficiency and dynamic order grouping, thereby improving accuracy, reducing costs and accelerating throughput.

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Modeling brewing capacity to drive cost savings at HEINEKEN

AIMMS

Can you tell me about HEINEKEN’s AIMMS-based Brewing Capacity Model? I understand your team took ownership of this model. Yeah, so there was an existing Brewing Capacity Model which lived in an Excel file. I’m curious to learn more about your vision for the model. How did the model come together? .

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Looking to the Military Model to Improve Commercial Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

Military operations have always had an urgency to their supply-line management, something that has not always been present in commerce.

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Notes from the 2020 TWI Summit – Part 2

The Lean Thinker

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. Clipped from Roger’s presentation. It isn’t really – this model uses different words.

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How Do You Know They Know?

The Lean Thinker

Present the Operation. The TWI model reverses this paradigm with the mantra at the bottom of the pocket card which, though they vary from version to version, is some form of: If the student hasn’t learned, the teacher hasn’t taught. TWI Job Instruction is built around a four step process titled “How to Instruct.”. Try Out Performance.