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Creating a Green Marine Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

To see these regulations through, the IMO is aiming to reduce total annual greenhouse emissions by 2050 by at least 50% compared to 2008 [4]. A storm, for example, could slow the vessel down and increase transit time from one port to another. Operational Considerations. Operational efficiency and energy savings are closely linked.

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Companies See Strongest Working Capital Performance Since Recession

Material Handling and Logistics

However, a new study shows that the deterioration in receivables is masked by a significant slowing of payments to suppliers. significantly improved their ability to generate cash in 2017, producing the strongest working capital performance since 2008. The 1000 largest non-financial companies in the U.S. days, an improvement of 1.5

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A Lean Leadership Pocket Card

The Lean Thinker

The article, in turn, summarizes (and slightly updates) Spear’s findings from his PhD work studying Toyota. Here’s an example: Say your plant has a set of rules about how fork trucks are to be operated – speed limits, staying out of marked pedestrian lanes, etc. Kent Bowen. Sometimes that gap is small. Go and see.

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Reshoring Optimism, But Not Much Else

GlobalTranz

In 2011, the United States was home to 10 percent fewer manufacturing firms and manufacturing establishments than in 2008. Yes, manufacturing jobs are up by 700,000 since 2010 , but there are still over 1 million fewer manufacturing jobs than there were in 2008. labor force was 35 percent smaller than it is today).

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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

Did You Know That … Early examples of intermodal containers include railroads from 1830s (various sized containers), and Pennsylvania Railroad regular container service (1929). Example of the massive decrease in dock workers as a result of containerisation. Ceiling year of a study of 22 industrialised countries (Uni.

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31 Motivations for Reshoring Manufacturing & Updated Reshoring Stats

GlobalTranz

And, according to a Boston Consulting Group (BCG) study, 54% of companies with above one billion in revenues are now considering reshoring. for example, compared to shipping state-to-state. For example, Chinese wages have increased 320% since 2000. Overall, from 2001 to 2008 average Asian wages increased 7.1-7.8%,

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Bringing Freight Online with WebCargoNet and Freightos

Freightos

Notable examples include K+N’s partnership with a tech accelerator, DB Schenker’s exclusive agreement with uShip, and here at Freightos, automating freight rate management for several enterprise forwarders. For some time now, LogTech startups have taken the lead. The WebCargoNet Team. What WebCargoNet Has Already Achieved.