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Rail company optimises workshop logistics

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To make the workshop transports required for this more transparent and efficient, the company implemented the cloud-based version of the SYNCROTESS transport control system from the Aachen-based optimisation specialist, INFORM , as the central controller. The workshop in Cottbus made the initial start after a four-week test of the system.

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How ERP enables traceability in the automotive parts and accessories industry

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The automotive industry is in a perpetual state of change. The automotive industry sets some of the highest quality standards in manufacturing, driven by a need to ensure safety and a desire to control costs. When manufacturers have to recall vehicles to workshops, they can certainly expect media attention.

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Editor’s Choice: 8 Supply Chain Planning Challenges Retailers Will Face In 2022 And Tips To Overcome Them

Logistics Viewpoints

The ongoing chip crisis since last year affecting 100+ industries is the best example: supply couldn’t meet the increased demand, which led to rising prices and shortages in computers, cars, and pretty much any other electronics product with chips. In 2022, the stars of the fitness world are still outdoor sports and at-home workouts.

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Logistics industry delivers HGV simulator to Zambia

Logistics Business Magazine

Four big names from the transport and logistics sector have come together to supply an HGV driver training simulator for the Industrial Training Centre (ITC) in Zambia, which Transaid has partnered with since 2008 to help meet the country’s growing demand for professional driver training.

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Industry View: Where’s Secondary Packaging Going?

Logistics Business Magazine

The war on packaging waste is fought on many fronts in the beverage industry – from the manufacturers of packaging materials to the bottler. He explains what he means in the following example. To this end KHS is staging a number of workshops this year. What can we do to counteract this?”.

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Industry View: Competent Advice as an Economic Success Factor

Logistics Business Magazine

Hans Still already worked according to these beliefs when he founded his electric motor workshop in 1920, and they are the mainstays of the intralogistics advisory service used by STILL since 2017 to offer comprehensively integrated procedural solutions through product or system consultancy. 100 years of consulting, made by STILL.

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What is Lean Logistics? 5 Ways to Manage Lean Logistics Effectively

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Lean logistics allows for the streamlining of logistical procedures across all industries, not simply those of manufacturing firms. A workshop on lean management can assist with application. Lean management is now universally recognized as the norm for industrial businesses. What is Lean Logistics? It is where value is created.