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How to Improve Manufacturing Floor Data Collection

GlobalTranz

Although it was published in 2002, the case study highlighted the data collection struggles of a particular manufacturing company that probably rings true for many SMEs and large corporations alike. A case study, published by Modern Machine Shop several years ago, caught our eye recently. nd white papers, for use by Armagard's marketing team.

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“Becoming a good driver is not easy”

World Food Programme Logistics

I worked briefly with WFP from December 1999 to May 2002 for emergency relief, and then started working with WFP again when they reopened their operations in October 2003. I got all the drivers together and we came up with ideas on how to keep them safe.” I started working at WFP when I was 42 years old as an office driver.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 27 – March 3, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Those same words were also said when the ports were shut down for 10 days in 2002 , and again in December 2012 when 600 clerks went on strike , shutting down the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach for 8 days. Of course, there are a lot of skeptics out there who don’t believe we’ll see driverless trucks anytime soon on our roads — if ever. “If