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Toyota Encounters Systems Related Production Shutdown

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While Toyota ’s infamous just-in-time production system has long been viewed as one of the most lean manufacturing and quality control process framework, it is obviously vulnerable to these types of multi-day unplanned disruptions.

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Canadian West Coast Ports Labor Contract Ratified- Finally

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Even the conservative leaning Wall Street Journal acknowledged in a report published on Sunday that inflation and resentment has stoked heightened labor activism resulting in concessions from multiple U.S. railroads, U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters Most Read Blogs in 2021- Part Two

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Noted was that the digital transformation of Lean practices requires new definition and direction for just-in-time inventory management flows. In the “ new normal ” of Lean , information is constantly changing, and the flow of supply will be interrupted because of market, supply, or logistics network disruptions.

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Inditex Achieves Added Business and Supply Network Accomplishments

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That was counter to Inditex’s prior stance to operate a very lean inventory levels. In the latest report of quarterly financial performance, the company CFO told analysts that a decision to accelerate inventory inflows was made to increase product availability in the face of supply network disruptions.

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ASCM 2023 Conference and a Conversation with ASCM’s CEO

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While Abe acknowledges that this is positive for ASCM and other supply chain focused professional societies that are responding to continual skills education needs, they are not a replacement for the foundational leaning that schools must provide. Starting salaries are second only to data engineers.

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FedEx’s Ongoing Business Restructuring Becoming Clearer as to Implications

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If FedEx elected to consolidate ground deliveries into the Express unit, it reportedly could risk the carrier being subject to a labor unionization effort, hence the leaning toward the independent contractor model, doing away with staffed drivers over time. After a one-month ‘ cooling off ’ period, a strike can take place.

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UPS Q3-2022 Financial Performance- A Different Narrative

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She indicated to Reuters that the company’s adjusted plan is to “ lean in, and whatever comes our way, build enough agility into our operating plan that we can turn on a dime.”