Logistics in War

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

In a previous life, I had the opportunity to become very familiar with operational planning and experience first hand the impact of logistics (positive and negative) on various phases of a planned or active military operation.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 23, 2015

Off-shored producers are finding that the benefits of foreign operations are not what they had anticipated. Obscure costs and risks were overlooked by many in the rush to operate off-shore. Contributing to the reshoring movement is the fact that economics of off-shore operating have changed significantly.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 20, 2015

For a microcosmic sampling, the CMAP report published by the Illinois government (widely reputed as a resource for broader industrial indicators), reveals an acute shortage of qualified candidates to fill essential manufacturing positions in the Chicago region, including CNC Programmers, CNC Operators, Industrial Machinery Mechanics, and Welders.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 24, 2015

There were 10% fewer manufacturers in 2011 than in 2008—a record low since 1977, when the Census Bureau started collecting Business Dynamics data. However, there are a million fewer manufacturing jobs than in 2008. Noncompliance with any of a country’s exit rules might prohibit a company from future operation there.

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World Food Programme Logistics

MAY 1, 2019

I was in Aceh until the project finished in 2008. Most of my roles were in logistics and supply chain, but since WFP Indonesia’s strategy shifted in 2016, we’ve focused on technical assistance and capacity building. Now that you’re working with strategy, not direct assistance are the results still the same satisfaction?

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 30, 2015

Unfortunately, the passion began to fall through when the oldest millennials entered the workforce in 2007 and saw a huge economic collapse in 2008. For example, a position as a welder, which may be involved in manufacturing, sounds much more lucrative as a “metal repair shop” than a “mass-production manufacturer.” From [link].

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Logistics Manager

JULY 25, 2018

Schoon himself is a walking example of the dedication that Kuehne + Nagel places on their loyal employees. In 2008, amidst a cluster group revamp for Kuehne + Nagel, I moved to Singapore to take on an operational sea freight management role. This all again ties into our focus on customers, technology, and people.

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Trinity Logistics

JULY 29, 2021

This hasn’t taken since place 2008, citing a 12.8 For example, with rising lumber costs, you may find redwood or cedar to be more affordable alternatives. Now is the perfect time for companies to build resilience into their operations to be better prepared for future disruption we may see. INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGY.

Manufacturing Procurement 118

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JANUARY 15, 2014

Strategy, an engineering framework, failure mode analysis maybe.phew! 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. - The spine of maintenance philosophy, we all do it, dont we? Predictive Maintenance?

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

AUGUST 7, 2013

« Importance of Proactive Master Data Maintenance in SAP SCM Support | Main | Instance Consolidation Strategy » Key Asset Management trends in Oil & Gas Industry. For some time, we have been working on finding out key trends and defining strategies for next level of growth for us in this area. December 2008.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

The safety function typically operated in silos and performed the blessing act by providing the necessary clearances strictly going by the defined procedures. Lets consider an example of a work requiring safety and work management team to work in tandem and discuss on bringing in the coordination part in the important areas of safety.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 9, 2015

Since the collapse of the housing market and the economy in 2008, the freight transportation industry has managed to claw its way out of a damaging situation and maintain historically low trucking rates. Operating at Capacity. Today’s freight transportation industry is operating at maximum capacity.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 13, 2016

The shipping industry saw growth and expansion in 2014 when compared to the state of the industry since 2008. Gilroy of Transportation Topics News , shippers are looking to the future through investment into current operations to ensure long-term success and stability. Fleets Are Expanding.

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247 Customs Broker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

But while China’s recent Africa strategy remains largely linked to the development of its ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative, Beijing seems to be shifting away from concessional debt lending and introducing new financing instruments that place greater emphasis on private-sector-led investments in project finance, including trade.

Government 28

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 5, 2016

When the housing market collapsed in 2008 , the US and global economies went into a tailspin. Stocks plunged, layoffs became normal, and shippers scaled back operations in favor of surviving the collapse. For example, the Cerasis Rater enables rapid reporting, tracking of KPIs, and review of asset-allocation quickly and easily.

Negotiating Skills 55

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

Early examples of intermodal containers include railroads from 1830s (various sized containers), and Pennsylvania Railroad regular container service (1929). By 1973, US, European and Asian container ship operators are carrying 4 million TEUs. Example of the massive decrease in dock workers as a result of containerisation.

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247 Customs Broker

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Leading by example. Nigeria can also learn strategies and policy ideas from neighbors that have prioritised gas monetisation, like Equatorial Guinea. Certainly, Equatorial Guinea has established itself as a strong exporter of gas on the global stage, and Nigeria can learn from its example. Carrot and stick.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

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. Let us take an initiative such as Inventory Optimization as an example. It would have changed warehouse operations to create an agile value-added services organization.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JUNE 20, 2012

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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Infosys Supply Chain Management

APRIL 27, 2012

« Increase in Operational Efficiency through Voice Technology | Main | Online Grocery Retailing that too in.India » Best practices for defining Asset Register. The reason for discussion was an Asset Management consulting assignment where these folks were helping a utility company to define asset management strategies for them.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Though a risk assessment is predominantly a Safety function, it cannot and should not operate in isolation. The soft isolations are called Tag-out procedures which in this example would be a "do not cross tape"; works really well for the obedient ones but for the curious folks, there is a need for hard Isolation, also known as Lockout.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

APRIL 19, 2013

For example, to replace cathodic plates on a specific section of pipeline, the maintenance planner can specify the work area to be at a specific distance from "Shutoff Valve-4" with respective Y and Z offset defined. Instance Consolidation Strategy. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008.

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The Logistics Academy

JUNE 29, 2017

Already, applications are emerging to capture data from “things” equipped with sensors, barcode labels, GPS antennas, and other devices, move that data across the Internet, and use it to improve supply chain operations. Swisslog calls that strategy “prebubbling,” says A.K. ROBOTS ON THE GRID. .

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

APRIL 15, 2023

Strategies for effective waste management include: Implementing a comprehensive recycling program that covers a wide range of materials, including paper, plastic, glass, and electronic waste (Kontogianni et al., Providing accessible and well-marked recycling stations throughout campus (Koushki et al.,

Sourcing Strategies 52

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 19, 2018

Smith hit on an unconventional strategy. P&S would manage the operations and handle the certification, driver recruitment, insurance, fuel, and equipment maintenance. Houston Vaughn, P&S’s president and chief operating officer. But co-founder and CEO Scott Smith wanted to add value to customer relationships.

Modeling Software 28

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2015

In fact, we will release next week our first e-book of 2016 (of a monthly series of e-books) which will highlight several areas for shippers to focus on in order to create an effective transportation and logistics management strategy. . We hope you find the following top 10 transportation articles from 2015 educational and helpful!

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JULY 3, 2012

In this blog, with the example of Asset Management for personal health, they emphasize on identifying avenues for adding more Asset definitions to the EAM purview. The advent of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) paved a way for business functions and related software services to operate in a plug and play model. December 2008.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 5, 2012

Another interesting fact to know from Jamie Thomas (VP - Tivoli - Strategy and Development) was that IBM has 467 authorized Maximo partners delivering system integrator services. Some of the examples of this are automation scripts, graphical ways of configuring maximo. Instance Consolidation Strategy. December 2008.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Today, companies are trying to consolidate suppliers to service all points of their operation. For example, an internal social media application can help the purchasing team collaborate more effectively with the payables team. Instance Consolidation Strategy. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Just about a year ago,I penned a guest posting on the Infosys Supply Chain Management blog that commented on the pending 2010 holiday buying season and how consumers would test retailer multi-channel operations (MCO) and synchronization. Instance Consolidation Strategy. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008.

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MTS Logistics

MARCH 3, 2023

We explore the expectations for greener shipping in 2023 and the strategies that shippers can use to ensure cleaner shipping in their operations. For example, some companies are already looking into autonomous shipping, which could reduce the need for human labor and therefore reduce emissions.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

JUNE 26, 2012

Hence the aim of this two part series is to explore further on sustainable operations and client pain points. Do you see the industry starting to shift its focus to sustainable operations and green assets? A good example of this has been Dow Chemicals product transformation and its description of " Moving at the Speed of Small ".

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

OCTOBER 19, 2011

For example, to manage complex order promising process, ATP (Available to Promise) concept has been adapted with some modifications. In manufacturing industry, ATP is used to calculate exact delivery date for customer order considering constraints of operation capacity & materials and various supply and delivery side lead times.

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247 Customs Broker

MARCH 9, 2018

Nearly all trucking analysts agree that consistently steady industrial and retail demand, the tightening of overall trucking capacity throughout the industry, and LTL’s special operational niche all are factors in creating sparkling market conditions unseen in that sector in at least 10 years. industrial market since 2008.

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Blue Grace Logistics

AUGUST 11, 2020

The meat shortage in the United States is a perfect example of this. Understanding where various bottlenecks will occur means being able to create mitigation strategies which can include increasing manufacturing capabilities, adding more suppliers to the roster, or building up buffer stock. Back in 2008, during the recession, the U.S.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

MARCH 27, 2012

The stark message delivered by the Economist was: " To build a profitable online business, retailers must integrate it seamlessly with the bricks-and-mortar operations. Major retailers are readdressing business models to either emphasize more online sales or bring a balanced business strategy among brick and mortar and online sales channels.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Some of the key challenges that an Organization might end up facing are - • High operating and administrative cost. that supports business operations and incorporate the required intelligence and automation within them. Instance Consolidation Strategy. Doesnt sound easy! Lack of optimum utilization of resources. Categories.

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