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Setlog cooperates with CSR consultancy

Logistics Business Magazine

Studies show in fact that only one-fifth of German companies with more than 500 employees complies with their due diligence obligations in terms of respecting human rights. In addition to the introduction of supplier questionnaires, the definition of processes and reporting structures are among the most important tasks.

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Cargo Chat: BlueGrace Execs Talk Nearshoring

Blue Grace Logistics

Jose Fernandez: It’s definitely the pandemic. 1 benefit, I would definitely say, is the flexibility and the scalability that you can have. Because most of these companies, their first step will be to build some sort of factory, some sort of distribution center in Mexico that would bring their supply chain closer to the U.S.

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Focus on people drives success for Utz Group

Logistics Business Magazine

Seven technicians maintain and repair machinery at the company’s factory in Alfreton, Derbyshire – which recently took delivery of its tenth injection-moulding machine – while four employees in the toolroom produce and service tools to meet production requirements. One of the apprentices at Georg Utz Ltd is Shaun Batty’s son, Finley.

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TWI: Is it Time to Rethink Job Relations?

The Lean Thinker

The Mechanistic View in Industry What do I observe that might lead me to conclude that the mechanistic view prevails in a business or factory? Are you comfortable with this definition of “good supervision?” But to me , this is the very definition of compliance. ” All I can do here is relate my own reaction.

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Laem Chabang Port Grows Upon Their success in 2019 and Marches Forwards to 2020

Logistics Manager

Several factories are now producing more electric automobiles, in both hybrid and fully electrical configurations.”. In an attempt to increase port throughput, Laem Chabang Port is studying the possibility in developing the Port into a transshipment hub. That way, I’m confident that the port throughput will definitely grow,” he said.

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What is a “Socio-Technical System?”

The Lean Thinker

The work also met every definition of “difficult, dirty and dangerous.” In the late 1940s the industrial engineers turned this craft production system into a factory system with the tasks divided between three shifts. The study I am citing here was commissioned to determine why. This all changed shortly after WWII.

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8 Reasons Why Your Business’ Success Depends Upon Your Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

The definition above is not from any textbook, but is one that I am sure you will agree, describes a state of affairs that any corporate leader or business owner would be happy to attain. . Mini Case Study: Walmart. Mini Case Study: Whirlpool. So if you want to be sure of business success, review your supply chain strategy.