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A Lean Leadership Pocket Card

The Lean Thinker

I was going through some old files and came across a pocket card we handed out back in 2003 or so. Do you have “standard work” documents that are rarely followed? Throw them away if you aren’t willing to train to them, mistake proof to them and reinforce following them. Simple is Best.

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BIFA award winners crowned

Logistics Business Magazine

Dawson said that all the winners demonstrated a clear understanding of overcoming last minute challenges to achieve success, which reminded him of his own final mile, or last minute, delivery to Jonny Wilkinson in 2003, who then scored a drop goal that enabled England to win the Rugby World Cup.

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Robotics pilot doubles productivity at Geodis’ Indianapolis warehouse

247 Customs Broker

Under the pilot project, up to 80% of the units have been picked by the robots daily, which helped to double the employee productivity and reduce 50% of time to train new employees. Robots helped to simplify the training process for the employees.

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How to automate your warehouse

Logistics Business Magazine

Cons: There will be significant breaks in established processes that will deviate from the ‘usual way of doing things’; A potentially more expensive training process and possible personnel resistance; There are conceivable risks of complex integration with existing specific legacy or self-written systems. About First Line Software.

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Limping to war

Logistics in War

This is what daily life in the military is all about; generating forces, individual and collective training, assessing capabilities and conducting remedial activities to correct any problems or deficiencies. 4] Routine exercises and training can achieve high standards of preparedness, at least for a time. 1] ADDP 00.2

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Why Is It So Hard to Find Good Help These Days?

Material Handling and Logistics

Jim Shephard, president, Shephard’s Industrial Training Systems. ? Instead of using Google to search scientific literature, imagine hundreds of women using massive mainframe computers searching for physical documents based on key words submitted by scientists. Jim Tompkins, CEO, Tompkins International. ? I tell this story for a reason.