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Selling in Tough Times with Nick Strober and Melanie Flores

The Logistics of Logistics

Nick is a Senior Account Executive and Team Leader at Lean Solutions Group , and Melanie is the Director of Solutions Consulting at Symtrain. Nick Strober is a Senior Account Executive at Lean Solutions Group , where he is known as a jack of all trades. His time abroad has given him the tools to understand not only the U.S.

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Fashion Transparency: China to Germany

Logistics Business Magazine

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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OTTO Motors Commits to Production Logistics

Logistics Viewpoints

Many of my ARC Advisory Group colleagues were in attendance due to our company’s strong focus on manufacturing automation. Systems Integration and Customization OTTO Motors has developed an ecosystem that includes systems integrators that specialize in specific industries or geographies.

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ZF’s Transition from Lean to Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

at the ZF Group, about their digital supply chain transformation journey. ZF is a Tier 1 supplier to the automotive industry. This information includes a supplier profile that sets out the criteria for which suppliers are used to support the manufacture of designated products, and which factories those vendors supply.

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What is a “Socio-Technical System?”

The Lean Thinker

In the late 1940s the industrial engineers turned this craft production system into a factory system with the tasks divided between three shifts. Their conclusion, in short, was that the new work organization was built around the paradigm of a factory assembly line without regard for the variation of geology. They do nothing.

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6 Types of Automation [Benefits, Pros/Cons, Examples]

Conger

This may include IT automation, business process automation (BPA), industrial robotics, and personal applications like home automation. Examples of automation range from a household thermostat to a large industrial control system, self-driven vehicles, and warehousing robots. 6 Types of Automation Automation has wide applications.

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Case Study: Demand Management Efficiency for Brandt Group

Logistics Business Magazine

Brandt Group, the Franco-Algerian home appliances manufacturer, has optimised the supply of washing machines, cutting costs and excess stock by up to a third after implementing supply chain software from FuturMaster. The manufacturer operates four factories, two in France and two in Algeria and has three warehouses around the world.