The Lean Thinker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

I remember walking through a facility with a group of managers on the way to the area we were going to see. Throw them away if you aren’t willing to train to them, mistake proof to them and reinforce following them. I talked about this in a post way back in 2008: Not Just Asking Why – Five Investigations. Go and see.

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Logistics Manager

JULY 25, 2018

The proverbial waves of change will still often come crashing down and it’s always best to have a course of action mapped out. In 2008, amidst a cluster group revamp for Kuehne + Nagel, I moved to Singapore to take on an operational sea freight management role. I worked there for another 2 ½ years before arriving in Thailand.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JULY 26, 2013

This project was in a steady state from almost 2-3 years having Level 2 (support group based onsite at client locations) & Level 3 (support group based in offshore locations) model. We were also able to identify any specific "Training Needs" for planning community in the long run. December 2008. November 2008.

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The Logistics Academy

JUNE 29, 2017

Collecting data from sensors to monitor activities in real time is valuable, of course. “When the material handling truck picks up a group of appliances, a reader mounted on the truck reads the tag on each unit,” Montgomery says. Relevant Training: SCM Future Trend – Big Data & IoT Application.

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Trinity Logistics

JULY 23, 2021

Truckers Against Trafficking is one group raising awareness to help reduce those numbers. We’re proud to have partnered with the efforts of Truckers Against Trafficking, to ensure that the more than 70,000 carriers Trinity Logistics works with are trained on how to spot trafficking and how to report it.

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Forto

AUGUST 1, 2019

The challenge for the industry is its goal of halving carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 compared to 2008. IMO stays the course. They have also promised to cut 2008 level greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050. . Source: icct’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions from global shipping, 2013-2015 . The Paris Agreement Excluded Ocean Freight.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 3, 2018

Unfortunately for shippers, the wave they’re being hit with now contains a tsunami of higher rates, as truckers make up ground lost by the long slog back to normalcy following the Great Recession of 2008-2009. Pitt Ohio Transportation Group. Source: Company reports and SJ Consulting Group estimates. Celadon Group**.

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