The Lean Thinker

DECEMBER 9, 2022

When “trams” (coal carts) were in short supply, for example, the “trammers” would horde carts to optimize their team’s performance at the expense of other teams being limited by the number of carts available. .” The system was not without its problems, however. This all changed shortly after WWII.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The rise of e-commerce has led to higher volumes of smaller orders that need to be fulfilled and shipped individually. Volatile demand means warehouses need to pivot quickly when order volumes change. It matches labor, equipment, and other resources accurately with order volumes, in real time. The result?

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The Lean Thinker

JANUARY 25, 2024

Getting a continuous improvement culture into place means changing the day-to-day patterns of interaction between people and groups of people. We can put in all of the lean tools we want, but if those conversations don’t follow, the system quickly reverts to the previous baseline. There is an icon in the middle of the map.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2023

The products that are produced by this make-to-order process come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes to fit the needs of a variety of different industries. For example, while GEON has over 2000 customers, initially they are manually building forecasts for 600 customers and 1200 ship-to locations.

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CLX Logistics

MAY 15, 2024

In the US, CLX Logistics and a global chemistry company with leading market positions (the Company) have been working together to implement continuous transportation improvement projects— and that program is now expanding to the Company’s European group.

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CLX Logistics

MAY 15, 2024

In the US, CLX Logistics and a global chemistry company with leading market positions (the Company) have been working together to implement continuous transportation improvement projects— and that program is now expanding to the Company’s European group.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 1, 2023

When it comes to manufacturing high-quality fashion, Walbusch Group relies on Polymax Group, among others. At the same time, users of the tool save a lot of time because they are more effective without having to use tedious Excel lists, e-mail traffic and phone calls. The group also complies with the OEKO-TEX Standard 100.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 9, 2021

Because of the Covid 19 pandemic, the analysed companies ordered about a quarter fewer goods during the studied timeframe – in some cases, it was even more than 30% less. For the current year, companies ordered another 9% less on average. Currently, delays across all shipping companies amount to about seven days.

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Transporeon

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

It’s usually obvious when you’re using the wrong tool. So then why do logistics professionals go on using the wrong procurement tool? So then why do logistics professionals go on using the wrong procurement tool? Why use the wrong procurement tool? So which tool is the right procurement tool?

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

As the holiday shopping season reaches its peak, ecommerce business owners everywhere are crossing their fingers, hoping they have enough product in stock and that they didn’t order too much. Accurate data forecasting requires accurate data, robust data analysis tools, and people who understand how to use them.

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EazyStock

MAY 28, 2019

EazyStock is one of the automation tools I see provide high value to my customers. For example, using Excel to manually calculate buffer stock levels and re-order quantities. Now we know how you help others achieve their automation goals, what other kinds of automation tools do you use? When to buy.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 25, 2024

Additional connecting elements with internal clamping improve the frictional connection and provide more useful space, for example for supermarket shelves or material trolleys. The free MTpro planning software speeds up engineering, for example with quickly adaptable models.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 7, 2023

Generix Group, a global provider of collaborative SaaS Software solutions for the Supply Chain and commerce ecosystems, announces Resource Management System, its warehouse resource planning and optimization solution. Lastly, it measures the productivity of operators, considering the context of execution, to feed the HR tools.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Another success for Greenplan: the EPG (Ehrhardt Partner Group) route planning solution has been included in the 2023 Gartner Market Guide for Vehicle Routing and Scheduling after just two years on the market. The Greenplan tool can then be adapted to these requirements.

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Ship Monk

APRIL 12, 2022

Today, the Business Intelligence Group announced ShipMonk as winner of a 2022 Excellence in Customer Service Award. The Excellence in Customer Service Awards celebrate those who are winning by supporting their own customers and those who are developing the tools to help others find success. About Business Intelligence Group.

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EazyStock

MAY 28, 2019

EazyStock is one of the automation tools I see provide high value to my customers. For example, using Excel to manually calculate buffer stock levels and re-order quantities. Now we know how you help others achieve their automation goals, what other kinds of automation tools do you use? When to buy.

Automation 40

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Transporeon

MARCH 16, 2015

BSH Group, manufacturer of domestic equipment, has strongly improved its transportation tendering and planning processes. Optimized tender processes The first step in the worldwide optimization project was the implementation of Ticontract, the tendering platform of the Transporeon group. All this is done webbased.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 9, 2023

The TGW Logistics Group will demonstrate its Future Fulfilment Centre – how it works, how users can benefit from its advantages, and what technology it uses – for visitors at the LogiMAT intralogistics trade fair in Stuttgart from 25 to 27 April. At the same time, it offers maximum flexibility and thus relieves the operator’s workload.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the invention of RFID which has become a problem-solving tool for front-line workers in warehouses and other industries. In fact, both groups — 82% of associates and 76% of decision-makers — acknowledge they need better inventory management tools to achieve better accuracy and determine availability.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 9, 2022

The result is often a peak sales volume for a specific group of items. Sophisticated transport networks are great in logistics, but the bottom line is how quickly an order gets moved through a warehouse. The truth is, the faster an order leaves the warehouse, the more orders can be processed within this period.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

His statements are based not only on discussions with experts from the industry and research, but also on data from Setlog customers who use the SCM tool OSCA. To ensure that more truck drivers are back home in the evening, for example, the forwarding association Elvis wants to set up a meeting network for full truck loads.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 2, 2022

The Walbusch Group has taken a decisive step forward in modernising its infrastructure as well as IT applications: Since the end of 2021, the Solingen-based company has been using Setlog ‘s cloud-based SCM software OSCA DC (Digital Core) to gain transparency and improve management, collaboration, and communication in the supply chain.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MARCH 13, 2023

Programming languages are very useful tools for companies when it comes to automating boring and repetitive tasks to focus on more creative ones. Continuing with the previous example, the design of the information would depend on how we are interested in obtaining it.

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Stord

APRIL 4, 2022

Orders have been placed. Integrated Order Management and Inventory Planning “Proper demand planning beyond replenishment plans. Today, customers look at their order volume from the past year, and then estimate an organic growth number to plan for the upcoming year (e.g., Your customers are waiting…but for how long?

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Stord

JANUARY 11, 2022

More partners require significant overhead and capital to maintain." - Sarang Damle, Group Product Manager, Orders & Inventory Data and Service Capability Silos "Supply chains are too often built in and operate from silos. This is a huge headwind hindering margin improvements for brands.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2023

Baoli, the forklift manufacturer that is part of the KION Group, is launching a newly developed electric forklift series across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The new KBE family is manufactured at the new production plant in Jinan (Shandong province), the fifth Chinese production site of the Frankfurt-based KION Group.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 30, 2022

We took a deep dive into KiSoft Analytics , the company’s multi-site BI tool. I found it interesting how Körber is using the tool to assist clients in determining opportunities for performance improvements at their warehouses. Blue Yonder highlighted its solution for end-to-end unification of logistics and order management.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2022

His statements are based not only on numerous conversations with economic experts and scientists, but also on data from Setlog customers who use the SCM tool OSCA. In the fashion and fast-moving consumer goods sectors alone, these are more than 100 brands, including, for example, Marc O’Polo, Jack Wolfskin, KiK and Wenko.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Currently, there isn’t a full order file at the beginning of the day, or at the point where drivers and routes have to be fixed for the next day’s operations. Intelligent systems can continually replan, modify and optimise the routes as the order profile builds up.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 10, 2022

Companies must also offer a healthy workplace which listens to their workforce and offers modern tools that keep workers happy in addition to being productive. You can offer Easy/Standard/Advanced workflow modes, adjustable verification steps, shortcut keys, and New/Veteran user group settings. Technology can play an important part.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JULY 26, 2023

At the highest level, brokers can secure more loads, increase their margins and uncover new revenue opportunities by utilizing the cutting-edge tools and indices — including tender data and general market insights — available in SONAR.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 18, 2023

Full-to-bursting warehouses means fewer orders for manufacturers, which translates into lower levels of business activity and, ultimately, weaker growth. Millions of Amazon orders are arriving on doorsteps across the U.S. Customers typically are able to choose at checkout if they want extra packaging or prefer their order without it.

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EazyStock

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

When it comes to inventory management, ERP systems are ideal for tracking stock along the supply chain, monitoring stock levels and order processing. To remain competitive they know they need the tools to ensure the right stock is in the right place at the right time. ERP inventory management limitations.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

For example, when a UPS strike was looming last year, the Interos solution automatically highlighted Cooper’s strategic suppliers that relied on UPS for shipping. Agility and Resilience Dr. Runkle gave a few examples of the varied ways in which they use the solution to improve their operations. Then the risk solution fills in the gaps.

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Ship Monk

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Major shipping carriers such as FedEx, UPS, USPS, and DHL use shipping zones to determine the shipping cost of an ecommerce order. The United States, for example, is broken down into Zones 1 – 8 for domestic shipments. Traditionally, shipping zones are dynamically calculated based on where an ecommerce order is shipped from.

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CH Robinson Logistics

OCTOBER 28, 2021

For example, at C.H. It’s our scale, information advantage and expertise that help us offer smarter solutions and easily group our customers’ LTL orders – cross-border or domestic ones – with others into the same European routes, reliably and safely, so they arrive on time and in full.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2023

NOKERA, a German green-tech firm for serial production using timber, has placed an order with 4PL Central Station AG (4PLCS) to centrally manage its road transport logistics operations. These include, for example, tender procedures for transport services, checks on freight costs and damage management.

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