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Gemba Process Innovation Can Drive Wave in Europe

Logistics Business Magazine

This Japanese word literally translates to “the actual place” For example, in the supply chain the gemba is where things are made, moved, or sold; the site where value is generated and problems must be confronted: the factory floor, the warehouse, or points-of-sale; these are referred to as the gemba. In logistics.

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Supply chain trends to watch out for in 2023

Logistics Business Magazine

With the help of AI technologies, most companies are becoming knowledge-based organisations that are tapping into a highly constrained pool of knowledge workers. We are seeing increasing levels of automation permeate many jobs today, both in factories as well in the headquarters offices of many companies.

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6 Supply Chain Trends That Could Truly Shake You Up (2018 Update)

Logistics Bureau

If upstream partners fail, as in the case of Thai computer disk drive manufacturers (factories hit by flooding) or Japanese semi-conductor producers (the 2011 tsunami), supply chains running too lean may have no fallback solutions. One candidate is omni-channel distribution. Love-Hate Relationships Flourishing in Logistics.