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State of the art Logistics Campus

Logistics Business Magazine

The development also incorporates MUGA sports pitches, allotments, edible planting, wildflower grasslands, extensive networks of footpaths to encourage cardiovascular exercise and external break out areas for staff wellbeing. Renewable energy will be generated on-site, with solar panels.

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Stuck on the wrong side of the world but still needing to deliver food to people in Ethiopia 5,000…

World Food Programme Logistics

So, I’m using my personal one now and learning how to scan documents on my phone and how to survive without being able to print anything, but perhaps I’m saving some trees in the process! Kamal’s two rooftop activities: reading and exercise. It’s definitely a relief that we’re all together in one place right now.

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Importation of Covid-19 response medical products

Globalior

If you intend to import any product even vaguely related to medical use or use in a hospital, clinic or laboratory – it is best to check with the local health authority if the product you intend to import falls under the definition of a medical device or not in that country.

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Data standardization and its benefits – Executive Insights with Thomas Bagge, CEO of DCSA

Shipping and Freight Resource

A financial modelling exercise to quantify the potential cost savings of the usage of digital shipping documentation, namely the electronic bill of lading (eBL) showed that at a global economic growth rate of 2.4% SFR : Ok, it seems like DCSA has definitely been doing a lot of things. But just data alone is not going to assist.

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Freeports and Logistics

Logistics Business Magazine

Customs measures include allowing imports to enter the free port custom sites with simplified customs documentation and a delay in paying tariffs. But as a small operator not used to these things, there’s a definite benefit.”. So far, it is hard to detect a clamour for freeports within the logistics industry itself.

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Building a better prepared Australian Defence Force after the Defence Strategic Review – supply-chains and logistics and the way in which both improve military resilience

Logistics in War

National Defence’s emphasis on logistics is clearly more than usual when compared to other Government policy documents of recent years, though this emphasis comes from an exceptionally low base. Supply chain resilience is, of course, a part of this narrative – as we are reminder every time we hear about guided-weapons or military fuels.

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6 Toyota Experts Share How They Apply Lean Management Principles

Conger

We did not measure the productivity gain, but we can very safely assume that we saved each tech 5 minutes (it was definitely more) per parts replenishment visit.". It was difficult to stock and exercise first-in first-out rules. In addition, we’re taking a more strategic, lean approach to documenting processes.