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ShipMonk Summits Enhance 3PL Mindsets

Ship Monk

And, of course , that the page they’re on is informed, thorough, and forward-thinking. Yes, there are also cute company dogs present, warehouse tours, and the occasional lighthearted team-building exercise, but overall, employees keep their eyes on the prize of enhancing our 3PL’s ability to kick eCommerce butt.

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Fleet Route Optimisation in the Past, Present, and Future

Logistics Bureau

Indeed, the transition has taken place so swiftly that some companies may still need to fully grasp the present or future possibilities to exploit distribution performance as a competitive advantage. In reality, it would take several rounds of fine-tuning to get all the orders sorted into routes without leaving any vehicles underutilised.”

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“95 Thesis” on Kaizen Events and TPS

The Lean Thinker

Kaizen events (or whatever we want to call the traditional week-long activity): Can be a useful tool when used in the context of an overall plan. 1 There are times when any specific tool is appropriate, and there are no universal tools. Kaizen tools included. Classes and Courses ? Teaching and Learning.

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Cost to Serve Analysis—And the Costs of Neglecting It

Logistics Bureau

And, of course, I will also share how knowing your cost-to-serve will help you to solve those all-too-familiar performance gremlins. Of course, it’s always possible to factor estimates of those costs into your product or service pricing, but then you can find yourself overpricing them. Are Your Profit Margins Declining?

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Modeling brewing capacity to drive cost savings at HEINEKEN

AIMMS

But it had its limitations, of course. It was taxing to report above the country level with this tool. This drove us to adopt a better strategic decision-support tool. This was not easy to do with an error-prone tool. My vision was to have a tool that would allow me to answer any capacity question within a few clicks.

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Modeling brewing capacity to drive cost savings at HEINEKEN

AIMMS

But it had its limitations, of course. It was taxing to report above the country level with this tool. This drove us to adopt a better strategic decision-support tool. This was not easy to do with an error-prone tool. My vision was to have a tool that would allow me to answer any capacity question within a few clicks.

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Drone Operator Wanted: apply within?

Logistics Business Magazine

And of course, the skills and know-how associated with supporting and operating these technologies are new too. The trouble is, human capabilities are extremely difficult to define accurately and traditional methods of record – CVs, IQ tests and the like – woefully inadequate tools for doing so.