Material Handling and Logistics

JULY 29, 2018

About 11% of carriers have vehicles that use a fuel other than diesel or biodiesel blends, according to a 2016 survey by ATRI. For example, UPS is aiming to have 25% of its new vehicles run on alternative fuel or be an advanced technology vehicle, such as hybrid trucks that uses materials that improve fuel efficiency.

Sourcing Strategies 133

Sourcing Strategies Cost Reduction Price Reduction Efficiency 133

GlobalTranz

JANUARY 28, 2016

Each setting is an accurate image of manufacturing from different time periods in history, the past and the present. In 2005, the Manufacturing Institute created and launched the Dream It. However, do you know what these two different environments represent? Manufacturers Will Open Their Doors, Literally.

Manufacturing Procurement 77

Manufacturing Procurement Sourcing Strategies Buyer Training Material Savings 77

Logistics in War

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Clausewitz’s survey of history, as well as the Napoleonic Wars, led him to write that ‘[t]he end for which a soldier is recruited, clothed, armed and trained, the whole object of his sleeping is simply that he should fight at the right place and the right time’. [5] 6] What was possible was shaped by what was immediately practical.

Resource Reduction 83

Resource Reduction Cost Reduction Material Savings Sourcing Strategies 83

Logistics in War

JULY 23, 2019

Clausewitz’s survey of history, as well as the Napoleonic Wars, led him to write that ‘[t]he end for which a soldier is recruited, clothed, armed and trained, the whole object of his sleeping is simply that he should fight at the right place and the right time’. [5] 6] What was possible was shaped by what was immediately practical.

Resource Reduction 69

Resource Reduction Cost Reduction Material Savings Sourcing Strategies 69

Blog on Log

OCTOBER 31, 2006

Those 1,000 Rockin Sockin Robots your buying department purchased a decade ago, for example, take up valuable space. Present buyers with a graph showing the number of units and the years of inventory those units represent. Here are some strategies to consider for maintaining a lean storage profile in your DC operation.

Inventory Reduction 40

Inventory Reduction Picking Waste Reduction Material Savings 40

Material Handling and Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Every year, in our annual MH&L Salary Survey , we ask readers to identify the biggest challenge they face in their jobs, and every year they tell us the same thing: finding, developing and retaining talent. For example, the NIST demonstration shows an assembly operation. within the suppliers’) warehouses. .

Supply Chain Design Software 89

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software Inventory Reduction Supply Chain Planning Software 89