Logistics Manager

MARCH 10, 2020

Gartner has released a report detailing how to secure supply chains amidst the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. As global leaders and health officials track the strain and make decisions regarding containment, supply chain leaders need to assess and plan for how the virus will impact global supply chains.

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Shipchain

MARCH 17, 2020

companies are particularly struggling with the lack of capacity in China, with over 44% of those interviewed revealing that they had no backup plan in the event of manufacturing disruptions from China, and between 50-60% experiencing delays or suffering from a lack of information from their Chinese suppliers. And according to AXIOS , U.S.

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The Lean Thinker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

I was going through some old files and came across a pocket card we handed out back in 2003 or so. It was used in conjunction with our “how to walk the gemba” coaching sessions that we did with the lean staff, and then taught them to do with leaders. PDCA Thinking. Today we would use Toyota Kata to teach this.

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World Food Programme Logistics

JANUARY 24, 2019

These new skills are the result of multiple training opportunities led by WFP on how to fly, map, and coordinate with UAS. The gathered data charts informal settlements and elevation levels to recommend the safest, quickest relocation options in the event of an emergency. UAS Coordination Training Madagascar, August 2018.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Earlier this week, the death toll from the Wuhan coronavirus rose to over 1,000 people, invoking memories of the 2003 SARS outbreak. It’s a fitting metaphor for the world’s supply chains, which have always had to figure out how to respond rapidly in the face of rug-tugging disruptions, although none at the scope of the current one.

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IoT World Today

MARCH 27, 2020

And while during the SARS epidemic of 2002 and 2003, China represented 4.3% An AI system needs to be fed data sets to learn how to behave and react. One-off situations pose a challenge, in that the system doesn’t have enough data to learn how to react. “In Indeed, by 2010, China surpassed the U.S. in manufacturing dominance.

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Blog on Log

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

Reengineering the Corporation: A Manifesto for Business Revolution” by Michael Hammer and James Champy (Collins, 2003) Publisher’s blurb: “This book leads readers through the radical redesign of a company’s processes, organization, and culture to achieve a quantum leap in performance.” Good luck. Excerpt: “Vigorous writing is concise.

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