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Meet ShipMonk’s New CEO Josh McCarter

Ship Monk

Josh succeeds Jan Bednar, who will maintain an active, ongoing product focus with the organization as Founder and Executive Advisor. Prior to Booker, Josh was a partner and president of Arbitech, an independent, global distributor of technology products that achieved $1B of sales under his leadership.

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Philip Morris International’s Pivot to Smoke-Free Products Complicates their Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

The Introduction of Smokeless Tobacco Products Complicated Philip Morris’s Supply Chain. Alexandros Skandalakis – the Director Global Manufacturing Capacity, Strategic Assets and Capital Expenditures at Philip Morris Products S.A. The tobacco industry is changing. Traditionally, the industry has been stable.

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4 Ways to Enhance Warehouse Efficiency with Prescriptive and Predictive Analytics

Logistics Viewpoints

Predictive and prescriptive analytics have emerged as valuable tools that enable warehouse operations managers to streamline processes, minimize costs, and enhance productivity. Slotting Optimization – Product slotting is a complex problem. Predictive analytics can inject some intelligence into this process.

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FreightHub stays on course – our crew successfully steers our customers digitally through the corona crisis

Forto

The supply chain, the heart of logistics, suffers from production and transport failures. The exchange of information, meetings and even training sessions run smoothly for us despite social distance – digital communication tools such as Slack or the video conferencing software Zoom make it possible.

Course 52
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FreightHub stays on course – our crew successfully steers our customers digitally through the corona crisis

Forto

The supply chain, the heart of logistics, suffers from production and transport failures. The exchange of information, meetings and even training sessions run smoothly for us despite social distance – digital communication tools such as Slack or the video conferencing software Zoom make it possible.

Course 52
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Gamification and Robotics Level Up Employee Engagement

Logistics Viewpoints

Many warehouse employees walk long distances and maneuver heavy items all day long; these innovative technologies have the potential to streamline manual tasks; increase employee productivity; maintain on-the-job satisfaction; facilitate a safer, highly skilled working environment; and reduce overall error.

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Toyota Kata: What If There Is No Takt Time?

The Lean Thinker

In other words, takt time is the required rate of production. The whole goal of an ideal “Just-in-Time” system is that we have only the capacity required to meet the demand. If I need to make 96 units during the course of an 8 hour day, then I need to have made 48 units in four hours. Think of it this way.

Capacity 360