The Lean Thinker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The fundamentals are based on the “Rules-in-Use” from Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System , a landmark HBR article by Steve Spear and H. The article, in turn, summarizes (and slightly updates) Spear’s findings from his PhD work studying Toyota. It is the direction that matters, not the reminders.

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Conger

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Because in this article, you’ll learn: What RF scanners are. RF scanning can reduce paper usage and reduce the time order pickers waste handling paperwork for each order. Education: Asset, attendance, and document tracking; staff communication. Wondering what an RF scanner is? You’re in the right place.

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Conger

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This article is your ultimate guide to equipment refurbishment vs reconditioning. Eliminates Potential Downtime Refurbishing eliminates the potential downtime and worries resulting from buying a used machine “as is.” For example, paper mills often use higher-capacity indoor cushion tire forklifts with paper roll clamps.

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Conger

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This article is your ultimate guide to equipment refurbishment vs reconditioning. Eliminates Potential Downtime Refurbishing eliminates the potential downtime and worries resulting from buying a used machine “as is.” For example, paper mills often use higher-capacity indoor cushion tire forklifts with paper roll clamps.

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Conger

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This article is your ultimate guide to equipment refurbishment vs reconditioning. Eliminates Potential Downtime Refurbishing eliminates the potential downtime and worries resulting from buying a used machine “as is.” For example, paper mills often use higher-capacity indoor cushion tire forklifts with paper roll clamps.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 4, 2015

Creating and maintaining detailed documentation on Tier I, Tier II and Tier III levels of ISO/EN with appropriate controls for review, approvals and distribution. Quality metrics is one example of information that can be provided to FDA in advance of an inspection. Reduce materials and ingredients costs.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 13, 2015

And on the subject of sustainability, SCDigest.com covered Walmart’s 2015 Sustainability report : Walmart, the world’s largest corporation, is fresh out with its 2015 sustainability report, the eighth such document it has produced. ” Walmart states early on. ” Walmart states early on. Decades in the Making.

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Logistics in War

AUGUST 18, 2019

When capability and attitude are misaligned, and where understanding is deficient, it is inevitable that the investment of time, effort and resources into military readiness is wasted. Part Two offered examples where militaries get it right, and a number of examples where events did not transpire as well as they might.

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Logistics in War

MARCH 6, 2020

When capability and attitude are misaligned, and where understanding is deficient, it is inevitable that the investment of time, effort and resources into military readiness is wasted. Part Two offered examples where militaries get it right, and a number of examples where events did not transpire as well as they might.

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Conger

DECEMBER 13, 2022

You’re in the right place because in this article you’ll learn: The 4 types of warehouse management systems. Cloud-based WMSs optimize warehouse activities, including streamlining warehouse workflows with automation, inventory reporting, reduced data entry time, and more. The features, advantages, and benefits of each type.

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Globalior

MAY 19, 2020

What kind of risks does cargo insurance eliminate? Mention the cost of each insured product on your shipment or its documentation correctly. Do not waste time if you have to make a claim You must submit a claim within the allotted time. For example, a bedroom or a kitchen. This stretches from a day to a couple of months.

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 29, 2024

For example, ShipMonk offers MonkProtect —a fully-integrated post-purchase suite with an automated claims portal where customers can easily self-report issues and they can quickly get automatically approved in most cases. And no, that wasn’t an exaggerated example to make a point. Move Like the Wind!

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 9, 2016

“ The most dangerous kind of waste is the waste we do not recognize ”: Shigeo Shingo. Lean thinking focuses on the elimination of all waste (where waste is defined as any non-value added process) and bringing value to the customer , beyond the customer’s expectations. Try to recognize all of your wastes.

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Conger

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Because in this article, we not only discuss the top operations management problems. We've documented them in this labor shortage post. Reducing employee turnover. For example, you can automate a lot of material handling tasks now. Wondering what the top operations management problems are? Then you’re in the right place.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 5, 2018

The benefit of improved yard visibility boils down to less time wasted by yard drivers (also known as “jockeys”), carrier drivers, and yard dispatchers and security personnel. In many implementations, gate personnel perform some scanning of bar codes on documents to check in a trailer. Compliance to U.S.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 5, 2018

Gilmore Says… In a great example of the balance in this book, Sheffi notes the actual evidence of consumer preference for Green products is tenuous at best. And it is this supply chain complexity (more on that in a moment) that in part makes crafting sustainability strategies such a challenge in practice.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 19, 2018

An off-cited analysis from McKinsey in late 2017, for example, found automation could destroy as many as 73 million US jobs by 2030, about one third of all jobs in the country. For example, in a story I remembered that we ran in 2014, a company called Parkdale Mills had recently re-opened a factory near Gaffney, SC that now produces 2.5

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 8, 2019

Products and parts are often hard to trace back to suppliers, making defects challenging to eliminate. Bitcoin as an Example of Blockchain. The brief description of blockchain above may seem a bit abstract, so let’s look closer at the real-life example of Bitcoin. However, it also happens to be the most well-known example.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 11, 2018

This article was first published in June of 2015. It received a lot of interest at the time and has continued to be a popular article over the last three years. One of the most notable examples is in agriculture, where equipment, fertilizer and seed vendors are working together to sell farmers guaranteed crop yields.

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Material Handling and Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2018

NOTE: Ron Giuntini also participated in the roundtable, but his contribution on the servitization trend will appear in a separate article. . In the world of economics, articles abound regarding the controversial issue of whether in the future the U.S. For example, the NIST demonstration shows an assembly operation.

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