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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. 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. It is the direction that matters, not the reminders. Fundamentals.

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What are non tariff barriers?

Globalior

For example, the United Nations had imposed sanctions against Iraq from 1990 to 2003. Some licensing controls are onerous and complex, requiring the licensee to hold specific qualifications and/or attend training. Embargoes can include the establishment of a naval blockade and no-fly zone to cut off marine and air supply routes.

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The hazards of Ammonium Nitrate and 100 years of related disasters

Shipping and Freight Resource

240 tonnes of ammonium nitrate in sacks exploded after being hit by a shell from a nearby fire in a munitions train. On December 17, 1960, a 96-freight car train suffered partial derailment, in which the last 23 cars were derailed. Date:October 2, 2003. Date:August 5, 1940. Country: France. Location:Miramas. Tonnes:240.

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How to automate your warehouse

Logistics Business Magazine

Without becoming too philosophical in an article about Warehouse Management Solutions, understanding change and how it applies to the decision-making process of automating your warehouse is what I’ll be sharing with you in this article. Alexander Glazunov is a Manager & Delivery Director for First Line Software.

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Hoping and planning for the best: understanding war without logistics

Logistics in War

The second, Operation Iraqi Freedom of 2003, saw the logistics system falter during the advance at An Najaf , reminding operational planners that the contemporary logistics system based upon new assumptions and concepts was an entirely different beast. This year Logistics in War seeks your help to continue its offerings.

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Burying the hero – how logistics and readiness changed war

Logistics in War

This article looks at how logistics readiness has shaped military success and failures, created the nature of operations, and most certainly the capacity of militaries to be viable as a force. In 2003 the US Army halted for an operational pause outside An Najaf. [11] 6] What was possible was shaped by what was immediately practical.

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Burying the hero – how logistics and readiness changed war

Logistics in War

This article looks at how logistics readiness has shaped military success and failures, created the nature of operations, and most certainly the capacity of militaries to be viable as a force. In 2003 the US Army halted for an operational pause outside An Najaf. [11] 6] What was possible was shaped by what was immediately practical.