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Rail company optimises workshop logistics

Logistics Business Magazine

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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Hödlmayr optimises internal vehicle logistics processes

Logistics Business Magazine

For the areas of yard and workshop management, the Austrian vehicle logistics expert relies on the SYNCROTESS solution from the Aachen-based software company INFORM. Digital decision support in the yard and in the workshop. Hödlmayr International AG continues to make progress with its digitalisation strategy. million vehicles annually.

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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.

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“95 Thesis” on Kaizen Events and TPS

The Lean Thinker

That actually isn’t a bad analogy as I was advocating a pretty dramatic shift in the role of the kaizen workshop leaders. The vast majority of our teaching should be experiential, and based in real-world situations, solving actual problems vs. examples and contrived exercises. All Saint’s Church – Wittenberg, Germany.

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Greening the Supply Chain: Top Sustainable Warehousing and Distribution Practices

3PL Links

We will learn about warehousing and distribution logistics, the significance of sustainability in this field, the sustainable practices that may be used, the advantages of these practices, the difficulties in using them, and successful implementation examples. Driving efficiently can lead to lower fuel usage and lower pollutant gas emissions.

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Transaid puts the focus on public transport gender equality

Logistics Business Magazine

For example, in Cape Town, where minibus taxis are widely used, this took the form of a concise guide which outlined commuter rights, the responsibilities of transport associations, and included contact numbers for reporting complaints, particularly in relation to gender-based violence.

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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.