Logistics Bureau

MARCH 3, 2019

For example, if speedy delivery is a part of your service strategy (which is often the case in today’s on-demand environment), you will either need to locate your warehouses close to customers, or close to the facilities of your preferred carriers. Your distribution strategy too, will have a bearing on network optimisation.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

This gives them the chance to focus on how to make their business more efficient while still on the train or having breakfast. Exercising in the morning stimulates your mind and body for the rest of the day. Also, by getting it over with in the morning, you’re less likely to skip your exercise regimen after a long day at work.

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Conger

MAY 6, 2019

When it comes down to applying lean strategies, it’s not so easy. So we asked six Toyota experts: how are you applying lean management principles at your facility? Toyota Lean Management is a management philosophy that teaches team members how to solve problems in a way that is effective and sustainable.

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Conger

MAY 6, 2019

When it comes down to applying lean strategies, it’s not so easy. So we asked six Toyota experts: how are you applying lean management principles at your facility? Toyota Lean Management is a management philosophy that teaches team members how to solve problems in a way that is effective and sustainable.

Waste Reduction 40

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The Lean Thinker

DECEMBER 21, 2017

When I landed in Detroit last week to visit Menlo Innovations , Mike Rother picked me up at the airport. That book provides working examples of vertical linkage between organizational strategy and shop floor improvement efforts. Learning a skill requires practice, plus knowing what and how to practice. It is a learned skill.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Picking and packing. Knowing your CTS per product and per customer also lets you better control different commercial strategies. If profits start to decline afterwards, your CTS data can offer valuable information about what changed and how to get back on track. Move pallet from storage location to pick face.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 31, 2021

The tips in this article will help you know how to identify the customers, products, and processes that might be inflating your cost to serve (CTS) unnecessarily. Naturally, overall cost-to-serve will be higher for online than in-store sales due to the added expense involved in picking, packing, and delivering customers’ purchases.

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247 Customs Broker

JUNE 6, 2018

Getting this right to maximize your transportation strategy is a balancing act—regardless of the mode or modes of shipping. How economies of scale affect that balancing act is the subject of this article. The bad news is that economies of scale don’t go on indefinitely. This is known as diseconomies of scale. Why is this important?

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247 Customs Broker

OCTOBER 3, 2018

The gift of the jets encapsulates Russian strategy in Serbia — and much of the world. The thrifty approach helps explain how a country with a faltering economy, a country President Barack Obama once derided as a “regional power,” has been able to wield outsize influence and confound its adversaries. . “We

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Automotive Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2018

GM’s intercontinental and port operations supervisor, Alrick Duncan, picked up on the use of technology to better serve the end customer and said the carmaker was looking at its own telematics service, OnStar, to bridge the gap between technology and customer service. Taking out the Nafta countries, there is still a trade imbalance.

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