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3 Tools to Minimize Waste: A Boon to Lean Manufacturing Strategies

GlobalTranz

The 3 Most Important Tools for Lean Manufacturing Strategies 1.) Although set in order can only be achieved after complete management of the workforce. Standardization: Here we ensure that all the equipment are similarly colored, workers are professionally uniformed which can only be achieved through proper training and orientation.

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5 Ways To Get The Most Out Of Your Logistics Business

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Therefore, good logistics manager knows their job is far from done after their plan has been made, as they need to follow the supply chain at every point and put out fires whenever they turn up. For this, you need to invest in ethical training of the employees. This helps in enhanced efficiency and satisfaction of the clients.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

percent in March, according to Census Bureau figures, after pulling back over several months from a record high last August. This year, Amazon has been ramping up efforts to crack down on the sale of counterfeits on its marketplace. Inventories at U.S. general merchandise stores expanded 1.2

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The Power of Impactful Employee Incentive Programs & How To Measure Their Success

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Retaining Top Talent and Keeping Employees Happy The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) conducted a survey estimating that employers spend the equivalent of six to nine months of an employee’s salary to properly find and train their replacement.

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Two Million Vacant Manufacturing Jobs by 2025…How Can We Tackle the Skills Gap?

GlobalTranz

Insufficient on-the-job training — Over the period from 2002 to 2013, investments in internal training programs such as apprenticeships, company classroom training, and other structured on-the-job skills development for current manufacturing employees were cut from 469,000 to 288,000 (nearly 40 percent). Annually, 3.2 - 3.5

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[Infographic] What Successful Manufacturing Leaders Do from 8am-8pm

GlobalTranz

We also included some other tips successful folks do before 8 am and right before bed to stay as optimized as possible, including a few productivity tools. After all as Eric Kimberling's analysis of 'leadership lessons' says: “The differing results of manufacturers are due to unique leadership traits of their executive teams.”.

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Reshoring in America: The Future Outlook, Current Hindrances & Issues, and Ways to Stimulate Reshoring

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Sales increased in 2012, but productivity ran far below projections in their new U.S. And, after building the new U.S. Failure to resolve all exit issues prior to scheduling activities in the U.S. can seize up reshoring efforts. Otis Elevator (as well as NCR, GE, and Whirlpool) became overwhelmed by reshoring complications.