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Navigating the Loading Bay’s Hidden Risks

Logistics Business Magazine

It’s well known in the industry that factors such as an ageing population, socio-economic impacts, and a growing technology skills gap have contributed to a shortage of labour. Companies have fewer experienced employees who are knowledgeable about their operations, processes, and safety procedures to lead by example.

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Cost to Serve Analysis—And the Costs of Neglecting It

Logistics Bureau

Bundling/Upselling Opportunities For example, some of your products and/or services might have price structures that complement one another, creating opportunities for bundling or upselling. Negotiation in B2B Pricing The points I’ve raised here are valid for all businesses. In short, you can’t. I can think of a few more.

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Private Investors Looking to Capitalize on Nearshoring Trends Turn to Mexico

Blue Grace Logistics

companies opening factories in Mexico, for example, nor investment in private real estate. along with a strong manufacturing-based economy, skilled workers and free-trade pacts like the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Not all firms, particularly ones based outside the country, are well-equipped to negotiate them. billion volume of 2019.

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Ethics in Procurement – Simple, but Not Always Easy

Logistics Bureau

For example, how would you deal with the following situations in procurement? Your Italian company is negotiating the supply of aerospace products to a government in Asia. Read on for more about these examples in the text that follows. Stolen and black-market supplies are further examples.

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What is Inbound Logistics and How Can a 3PL Help?

Kanban Logistics

Right now, your buyers probably spend a good percentage of their time negotiating with, and procuring goods from, makers of boxes, nuts, bolts, and other consumable parts and materials. Free up buyer time to work with tier 1 & tier 2 suppliers. Putting it all together: a case study. Third-party procurement.

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TWI: Is it Time to Rethink Job Relations?

The Lean Thinker

Background TWI stands for Training Within Industry, a program developed during WWII by the U.S. During the war there was huge growth and turnover within the industrial base as production shifted from civilian products (locomotives, for example) to wartime production (tanks). War Manpower Commission. It is about the 1944 material.

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Advanced analytics meets social good: how Angel Flight West optimizes flight routes for families in need

AIMMS

There are many great examples where advanced analytics have contributed to social good. The organization’s network of 2,000+ volunteer pilots donate their aircraft, piloting skills, and all flying costs to help families receive vital treatment that might otherwise be inaccessible because of financial, medical, or geographic limitations.