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.
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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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.
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.
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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Importation of Covid-19 response medical products
Globalior
APRIL 14, 2020
In light of the Covid-19 situation, many traders now find themselves attempting to import or export pharmaceuticals, medical support products and medical devices across borders. This includes PPE products such as masks, gloves, gowns and protective glasses. Duty free imports of certain medical products maybe possible.
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Logistics trio acquire Freight Software Business
Logistics Business Magazine
MAY 20, 2024
Davies Turner has been assessing the freight software company’s products as part of an exercise aimed at enhancing its existing freight management systems that have been developed in-house to date.
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.
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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.
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.
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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Pick Aisle Slotting (Chapter 5)
Camelot 3PL Software
APRIL 16, 2020
Most eCommerce fulfillment operations would benefit from maintaining a pick aisle for some or all of the products being fulfilled. By performing an analysis of the top products by average daily/weekly demand, it is possible to determine the fastest moving items that should be allotted prime accessible pick locations.
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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.
Build Resilience in Volatile Freight Environments
FreightWaves SONAR
MAY 14, 2024
From a shipper’s perspective, transportation is a cost center, and the exercise of sourcing trucking capacity is not much different than that of procuring raw materials for production. The costs of production disruption and missed demand fulfillment are extremely high yet difficult to quantify.
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.
[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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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.
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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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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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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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.
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!
Distribution Network Optimization: Modeling Tools Won’t Give You the Answer
Kane is Able
JUNE 27, 2019
Distribution network optimization has become a white-hot topic these days as “the Amazon effect” leads businesses to evaluate how quickly they can get products to customers. Warehouse optimization modeling exercises examine the upside of being closer to customers versus the downside of carrying more inventory in more locations.
My Inventory Control at Home
Logistics at MPEPS at UPV
MARCH 29, 2023
Here you can check my schedule: Safety Stock Management Next, I counted the essential products needed for cooking these meals per week and forecasted the demand. I also defined a safety stock for some products. I created a list of the goods that I buy and the frequency of ordering (they include food and drugstore products).
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Report uncovers hidden cost of workplace accidents
Logistics Business Magazine
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
However, Alex Hinton, a product innovation manager at Seton , believes this is just the tip of the iceberg: “All employers have a legal obligation to protect their staff from harm but it’s more than a tick-box exercise. per fatal injury and £8,800 per non-fatal injury.
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Freight Procurement is a Different Game
Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
They are a leading supplier of poultry, pet food and animal nutrition products based in Siloam Springs, Arkansas in the US. Depending on the product, their customers are consumer goods companies, retailers, food service distributors and restaurant chains. That factory also aims to rapidly process the raw materials into product.
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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Five Tips for a Healthy Lifestyle on the Road
Women in Trucking
JANUARY 5, 2020
Studies have shown that, on average, adults need seven to nine hours of sleep each night to be most productive. Stretch and exercise. Strengthen weak muscles supporting the spine with moderate daily exercise, such as a brisk walk, biking and weightlifting. There are even in-cab workouts available. Manage stress. Wear sunscreen.
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The Counter to Constant Supply Chain Volatility Is Pervasive Visibility and Industry Collaboration
Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Raw materials are in short supply, many manufacturers have temporarily mothballed production lines, transportation costs are rising, and labor is getting tight on our roadways , railways and ocean vessels. It’s no longer sufficient to only know where products are while in transit. The impact? But we have to go further.
Yale double stacker provides innovative solutions
Logistics Business Magazine
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
A versatile truck , the MS20XD offers increased operational efficiency and productive transportation of goods. From increasing working efficiency to reducing operational costs, Yale Europe Materials Handling is focused on developing products that cater to its customers’ needs. “The The flexible advantage. Solutions that work.
BD Achieves End-to-End Supply Chain Visibility
Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Mr. Nelson points out that it is possible for a sourcing problem deep in a supply chain to halt production for BD. BD has about 5000 suppliers that are delivering, components and materials that go into their products. Some of BD’s products are critical healthcare products. BD is a big company with a very big supply base.
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.
Supply Chain Design: A Tool to Help Maximize Value
Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 22, 2023
Moreover, this exercise might need to be repeated several times depending on how the war proceeds. However, they could decide not to aggregate their SKUs because of the vast difference in production time and margins. Can every customer get products from every warehouse? Their time frame was short and resources limited.
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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A Lean Leadership Pocket Card
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 path for every product is simple and direct. The path a product follows deviates from the route specified. It is the direction that matters, not the reminders.
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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.
2023 Peak Season: A New Approach for Importers
Dedola Global Logistics
JULY 28, 2023
This period, fueled by back-to-school purchases and holiday season preparations, typically sees a significant surge in US product demand. The industry has observed lower volumes as importers exercise caution, contrary to expectations. Prioritize Critical Products : What products are most crucial to your reputation and bottom line?
High Ocean Freight Rates Might Spoil Holiday Season Shopping This Year
Turvo
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
In such tricky times, exercising forward-thinking and planning shipments in advance can help businesses take advantage of the holiday season. Add import spikes to stock up on products ahead of the peak season to this, and shipping terminals will continue to run extremely congested. .
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Improving the Driver Experience using Technology with Joshua Walls
The Logistics of Logistics
JULY 9, 2019
Living a healthy lifestyle – finding affordable, healthy food, exercise. Productivity tools like email, texting, Voice activation applications are growing. Apps like our can lighten the load for drivers, which in turn will increase productivity, safety and profits. Sleeping in an unsafe/unsecure location.
Walking Ramp in Air
20Cube Logistics
MARCH 6, 2022
And the products need to be kept safe from getting tarnished. If the integrity of the products is given a toss while concentrating on the agile delivery, the value of the investment made for the supply goes into the dumps. In this way, the manufacturer is ensured that the quality of the product is not getting compromised in any way.
Finding Your Ecommerce Brand Niche
Ship Monk
AUGUST 2, 2023
So that’s why, in business terms, a niche is a specific place where your product or business belongs — it’s your nest, so to speak. If you have 10 seconds to tell someone about your business or product, what do you say? A niche is not a niche if there are thousands of other products, brands, or retailers in it with you.
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5 Reasons How RFPs Help in Selecting the Right Logistics Technology Platform For Your Enterprise-Level Business
Locus
APRIL 26, 2024
This exercise not only helps internal stakeholders align on project goals and business outcomes but also signals to solution providers exactly what is expected of them. How important is customization of the solution? This can lead to the discovery of new technologies, methodologies, or approaches that can give the company a competitive edge.
Reimagining Logistics: Focusing on What’s Ahead, Not What Happened
Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 26, 2022
This is not a continuous improvement exercise, but a matter of survival as greater unpredictability prevails in our markets, continually taxing resources, and challenging forecast accuracy on both the demand and supply sides. The past two years have been challenging across our industries and around the world.
Peet’s Coffee and the Roasted Bean Supply Chain
Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 5, 2021
Craft food products usually have unique flavors and are sell at a premium price. They roast all their coffee in a roast-to-order production process. Direct store deliveries contribute to freshness in another way; the reps help to maintain a first-in-first out rotation of products on the store shelf. “If
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