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TWI: Is it Time to Rethink Job Relations?

The Lean Thinker

During the war there was huge growth and turnover within the industrial base as production shifted from civilian products (locomotives, for example) to wartime production (tanks). The challenge, of course, is that nobody owns this material. Therefore, leaders intercede when something threatens production.

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7 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

The following five mini case studies explore a few high-profile companies that have managed to sustain their supply chain cost-reduction efforts and keep expenses under control. With each Atom product being a single component, there was also no way to reduce duty payments. plants to four.

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How Changing Climate Conditions Affect Project Cargo Transportation and What to Do About It

MTS Logistics

But, keep in mind it is documented that most of our infrastructure was built using the temperature records from the mid-20th century. Of course, this is not the world we are in today. In 2017, a study assessed extreme climate impacts on infrastructure in Europe. Right now, the going trend in the U.S.

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RFID Case Study: Can a Supply Chain be Digitised?

Logistics Business Magazine

The aim was to define the factory of the future and to implement its products in the digitised factory. What matters is speed, a complete overview of complex processes, and, of course, a maximum focus on the customer. Storage and retrieval, loading of the route cars, and supply at the assembly line are largely automated and documented.

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Online Learning is Growing Exponentially—And it’s Here to Stay

Logistics Bureau

Whereas online courses and programmes were previously managed as a separate entity, they are now an integral part of most academic systems. Even before the arrival of the pandemic, the global e-learning market was expanding at an astonishing rate, with a 2019 study estimating that it would reach $336.98 Article Summary.

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Ultimate Guide to eCommerce Packing Slips

Ship Monk

What’s more likely once you open that package — you study the packing slip in the box in great detail or you just tear through the box retrieving the items inside like a basset hound going after a bone buried in the backyard? Exact details of a packing slip are based on the products being shipped and the eCommerce business they come from.

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A Lean Leadership Pocket Card

The Lean Thinker

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. The path for every product is simple and direct.