Conger

MAY 28, 2021

How to develop your own in-house forklift training program. How to Start Developing Your Own Forklift Safety Training Program. The instructor may give a lecture, show a PowerPoint slideshow, play videos, or host a question-and-answer exercise to discuss training topics. How to calculate forklift capacities. Let’s dive in.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 3, 2016

How to start a freight brokerage. Getting the top freight broker training books is also important, so you can always refer to them when you’re unsure how to go ahead. You’ll also pick up practical knowledge about the work of a freight broker, and learn how to work with shippers, and how to handle shipping rates negotiations.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 19, 2022

If you browse through the Logistics Bureau blog, you’ll find at least two or three articles—and about the same number of videos—that cover warehouse product slotting. So here it is—your ultimate guide to warehouse product slotting. What is Product Slotting. As this is an “ultimate” guide, we’ll start with the basics.

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UL EHS- Sustainability

OCTOBER 31, 2019

But the most successful learning and development teams also understand how to measure the success of each training course and react accordingly. Certainly, employee development plays a pivotal role in every successful enterprise today. The best training strategy in the world can’t fix operational issues. Thank you, big data.)

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 6, 2021

But the rapid shift from retail to online purchasing for staples and the surge for protective equipment, as well as unanticipated products like bread makers and home-schooling items, left many retailers flatfooted. Of course, toilet paper and paper towels were in short supply as well. 2020 Was A Year Of Supply Chain Disruption.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 30, 2020

Until the Coronavirus began wreaking its havoc, global companies could run their supply chains on the assumption that disruptions would be rare and short-lived, and that products should be sourced, produced, and distributed at the cheapest locations to be found, wherever in the world that may be. 1) Create Transparency.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 1, 2022

The need for any S&OP process to have an executive sponsor who actively participates in the process, albeit only by exercising final approval over plans and, of course, making any decisions that call for executive authority, cannot be overstated. S&OP is ostensibly a numbers game, of course. The Executive Sponsor.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2019

Of course, it would be possible to write an entire book on this particular subject, so for the sake of keeping this article relatively brief, I’ll stick to a short explanation of crucial factors to consider when planning a warehouse network (even if it is a network of one). What are the characteristics of your products?

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World Food Programme Logistics

MAY 20, 2020

My job entails the day-to-day running of the office, coordinating with UNHCR, nutrition partners, government counterparts, and overseeing a variety of operations like food distributions for refugees and livelihood assistance like crop production, livestock, fisheries, backyard gardening, bee keeping and banana cultivation. Final thoughts?

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 4, 2022

So how can you be sure you’re getting the best freight rates possible? The answer is to benchmark your freight, of course. Freight Benchmarking: How to Do it Right. Firstly, if you plan to benchmark as a one-off exercise now and again, you might engage a specialist team of consultants to execute a project for you.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 18, 2022

The added benefit of working with such a partner is that because they collect performance data from hundreds of companies, they can help you choose the most appropriate key performance indicators to use in your benchmarking exercise. Step 5: Consider Productivity and Visibility. How to Prioritise New Supply Chain Capabilities.

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The Logistics Academy

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Darren Prokop, University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA): As in the academic world in general, there is a trend to online course delivery. Another trend is learning how to deal with the avalanche of data that supply chain managers have at their fingertips. My courses change from year to year based on industry events and trends.

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Conger

JULY 28, 2022

How to Measure Warehouse Safety. How Safe Are Warehouses? How to Measure Warehouse Safety. Otherwise, how will you know if things got better, worse, or stayed the same? Near misses provide insight into the factors that led to the unsafe incident and provide a framework for how to fix them. Let’s dive in!

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Logistics Marketing Advisors

JUNE 20, 2018

Communication is a two-way street, of course. If an honest assessment points more to the latter, now is a good time to course correct. You can still contact these people under “legitimate interest” if it is reasonable that they would be interested in your product or service (e.g., emailing past buyers about a new product).

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Conger

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Blue safety lights can promote safety and productivity in workplaces. Having adequate illumination not only improves the productivity of the forklift operator but also fulfills the visibility requirements of various individuals. Industries should work to protect their employees, reduce accidents, and improve productivity.

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247 Customs Broker

JUNE 6, 2018

Of course, that would be hard to do if the business in question needs to pile on costs just in order to increase its market share. Because an understanding of the opposing forces of economies and diseconomies of scale is necessary for shippers and carriers to know how to strike the right balance in their transportation planning.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Whether that is the case or not, a brief study of the origins and progression of fleet route optimisation, covering the last three decades or so and looking forward to the near future, highlights in a spectacular way how technology, in particular, has revolutionised the business of logistics. Could Drones Ease Road Congestion?

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 5, 2020

By Anne van de Heetkamp, VP of Product Management GTC, Descartes: Acknowledging potential weaknesses in your supply chain before they are exposed by elements beyond your control is of critical value. To identify potential soft spots, a review should not be limited to a single product flow or single supply chain element.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Even if you simplify your product range and your upstream suppliers, you still have to deal with the ramifications of diverse customers, their expectations, their location and the logistics needed to meet their requirements. It costs you a certain amount to make a product. You then set a sales price for that product.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 31, 2021

The tips in this article will help you know how to identify the customers, products, and processes that might be inflating your cost to serve (CTS) unnecessarily. For example: Compared to selling a product in-store, the cost to deliver that same item as a small parcel can be several times higher. Equipment use.

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Conger

JANUARY 7, 2022

How to calculate your forklift's actual capacity. How a Forklift Works: A Balancing Act. How Much Weight Can a Forklift Lift? Forklift Capacity Plate: What It Is and How to Read It. How to Calculate the Capacity of Your Forklift. We’ll discuss this in more detail in the section How to Maintain Forklift Stability.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Sufficient due diligence is exercised in partner selection. However specialised or unique your company’s product(s) may be, there’s almost certainly a 3PL prepared to tailor logistics processes expressly to your needs and those of your customers. Insource or Outsource: How to Choose the Right Reasons.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 21, 2015

To further define it, let’s look at 2 business models: Under the typical business model : When a distributor needs product, they place an order against a manufacturer. Each Supplier gives a presentation about their company’s expertise, and overview of how they have worked with you. The distributor maintains the inventory plan.

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247 Customs Broker

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Since 2008, Moscow has controlled domestic production, too, after Serbia’s national energy company was sold to Gazprom for a bargain price. On a recent afternoon, Hungarian volunteers were practicing how to excavate bodies from an urban building collapse under the watchful eyes of Russian instructors.

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Automotive Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2018

New technology was certainly seen as the answer with around half of delegates at the summit this year voting it the best opportunity for North American vehicle imports and exports above capital investment and US vehicle production. It is an academic exercise to speculate …but there are some big dollars at stake here.”.

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