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The Better Goal: More Fuel Efficient Trucks or Using Fewer Trucks?

Talking Logistics

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) jointly proposed standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles that would improve fuel efficiency and cut carbon emissions. billion barrels over the lifetime of the vehicles sold under the program.

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The Contagious Revolt By A Chinese Worker That Shook Up The Global Economy

EcoVadis

On May 17, 2010, instead of reporting to his workstation, Tan Zhiqing pressed on the emergency button and stopped the production line. As a result, Geoffrey Crothall told the China Labour Bulletin in 2011, “The global race to produce products at the lowest price, is over (…). In no time, 50 other workers also stopped working.

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Demand-Driven Transformation at Shell

Supply Chain Shaman

Nick strongly believes that it is insufficient to drive supply chain improvement through incrementalism. It is just not enough to do a software upgrade or slowly push continuous improvement projects. Completed in 2012, the ERP project forced the company to standardize organizational design, roles, and metrics. The reason?

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Lean Transportation: Are you Using Lean Thinking for Transportation Management? If not, Why?

GlobalTranz

Metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) measure how well the shipper-transportation provider does in daily continuous improvement. Create daily route designs, complete real time track and trace, generate real-time metrics , and complete daily problem solving. Problem-solving methods. Use: PDCA: Plan, Do, Check.

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Supply Chain Management:ERP in Cloud - Hype or Hope!!!

Infosys Supply Chain Management

Sourcing & Procurement. Sourcing & Procurement. ProcureEdge – Sourcing & Procurement. Typically, organizations have a very high lead time for procuring hardware and setting up networks. Business Process Outsourcing. Customer Service. Finance & Accounting. Human Resources. Product Categories.

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Navigating Regulatory Compliance: A Deep Dive Into QMS Compliance for Medical Devices

Arena Solutions

If there are process issues, or opportunities, this is then fed into the quality management system to ensure a continuous improvement of your processes. We provide what’s called Arena validate as part of a purchase. It’ll uncover your gaps, your opportunities in product processes with Arena analytics by good data.

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Supercharge the Value of your TrackVia Investment

TrackVia

Therefore, it is important that we are intentional about maximizing the value we derive from the things we purchase. When you first consider purchasing TrackVia, it’s likely that you intend to use it to address one very specific problem. One strategy I employ to maximize value is to shop for versatility. Economies of Scale.