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Gartner Releases Report on How to Secure Supply Chains Amidst the Coronavirus Outbreak

Logistics Manager

Gartner has released a report detailing how to secure supply chains amidst the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Supply chain leaders and their teams can, for example, conduct a scenario planning exercise and develop action plans. It is not a matter of if it will happen but to change the focus to be prepared when it happens.

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How to automate your warehouse

Logistics Business Magazine

How to automate? Let’s examine one example of this compromise keeping in mind that there can be many processes which under certain circumstances may not allow for 100% automation. The post How to automate your warehouse appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine. This is why compromises will always exist.

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What the Coronavirus Pandemic Means for Global Supply Chains

Shipchain

Although initially compared to the SARS outbreak, Coronavirus seems to be hitting much harder and much more quickly than the 2003 epidemic. More industries are dependent on China than ever before, especially when compared to how the global picture looked in 2003.

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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. 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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Drones to the rescue as Cyclone Desmond storms Mozambique

World Food Programme Logistics

These new skills are the result of multiple training opportunities led by WFP on how to fly, map, and coordinate with UAS. It is an example of how new technology can save lives and help communities hit by disasters within shorter time spans.” UAS Coordination Training Madagascar, August 2018.

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9 Apps in 2 Days: Business App Development Acceleration

AIMMS

I sat down with Christian to learn how Höegh is using optimization to transform their operations and to get his impression about the AIMMS hackathon. In 2003 I moved from the United States to Norway and started to work for Höegh Autoliners. One of our largest customers, for example, is Nissan.

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Analytics in Supply Chain Management Becomes Central As Coronavirus Escalates

IoT World Today

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.