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Analysis: Why Upcoming ILWU Contract Negotiations are Making Importers Uneasy

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For example, for a small container ship between 0 and 4,000 TEUs, the unloading and loading time is three times higher than the most-efficient port. Terminal operators are the main decision makers when it comes to automation. To give one example of the labor cost on the U.S. ports are quite low. For countries like the U.S.

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Supply Chain Management:'Asset' in Enterprise Asset Management

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We spoke with Rohit Choubey , Lead Consultant - ECS EAM and Rejeesh Gopalan , Consultant - ECS EAM to get their views on significance of Asset definition in EAM and how it can contribute to the emergence. An Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) framework is predominantly based on the definition of Asset. December 2008. August 2009.

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Supply Chain Management:Maintenance Practice- A standard to be.

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For example, preventive maintenance are either time based or meter based and it appears that it has got nothing to do with equipment dynamics in itself. Meant for strategists, the glass cabin folks, who are assumed to be Asset doctors with the knowledge of some magic formula to ensure a low cost maintenance with high operational reliability.

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Africa-Asia economic relations: Let the private sector shine

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Singapore is already an important trading partner, with about $15bn of foreign direct investment (FDI), more than $7bn of bilateral trade and more than 60 Singaporean firms operating in Africa. A recent report by McKinsey estimates that there are more than 10,000 Chinese-owned firms operating in Africa, most of which are SMEs.

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Supply Chain Management:Face book, Twitter and Asset Management

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These people could be the operators who operate those assets or users using the assets or even citizens walking on the streets and finding out a water leak or reporting a pothole. Gopi Krishnan - As regards operator driven maintenance, I see examples of the self-service concept here. And why not?

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Supply Chain Management:A New Lens for Supply Chain Roadmaps

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Are poor results only attributable to the usual suspects such as weak change control board, less than ideal program management, schedule/cost overruns, poor definition of requirements etc? The result is usually a supply chain roadmap that is more functional than operational , and aligned to getting quick wins and plucking low hanging fruit.

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Safety in Work and Asset Management- Part II - Infosys Blogs

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Though a risk assessment is predominantly a Safety function, it cannot and should not operate in isolation. is therefore very essential that they work as one unit, perform mutual tradeoffs where applicable and definitely, not at the cost of safety! December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008.

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