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Trane Technologies’ Digital Simulation Journey

DELMIA Quintiq

Trane Technologies is addressing climate change by improving the way the world heats and cools indoor environments, as well as how refrigerated cargo is transported. For the AME team, it is not about scaling more proof of concepts (PoCs), but returning more value to the company by scaling better. and sustainability strategies. [1]

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Canadian Ports: A Fast Lane for Asia-U.S. Imports?

Talking Logistics

West Coast ports continue , causing importers like Lululemon Athletica to delay store shipments by up to 10 days, other shippers are heading to Canada’s West Coast ports, such as Prince Rupert where cargo traffic headed for the U.S. has increased 11 percent so far this year. ports have also spurred some shippers to look north. .

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7 Supply Chain Cost Saving Ideas from SpaceX

Supply Chain Opz

Due to material shortages during World War II, companies needed to find the alternative materials on a regular basis. Musk sold the company for millions of dollars, after that, he studied how he should invest the money he got. The simplest yet effective method is called "Value Analysis". In 1947, Lawrence D.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 4 – 10)

Logistics Viewpoints

Now, however, Amazon is shipping cargo for outside customers in its latest move to compete with FedEx and UPS. While smaller companies have tried different strategies to get ahead of the shipping crisis, large companies are taking a very different approach. Walmart, meanwhile, has begun chartering its own ships.

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Viral Reaction: Zika and the Supply Chain

Elementum

This kind of hazardous situation is not just affecting people’s lives, but it has alerted some companies like UPS and DHL as well. More than a dozen cases have been reported in Florida, prompting the logistics companies to heighten their mitigating measures against the disease. SARS And Its Contagion Effect. In, ArcelorMittal S.A.’s

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Lessons to Glean From the West Coast Port Dispute

MIT Supply Chain

It appears that ports on the US West Coast are back in full swing after a protracted labor dispute delayed cargo worth billions of dollars and caused untold reputational damage to the companies caught in the crossfire. First, over the next several years, new shipping options will become available to US companies.

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Creativity and the Modern Enterprise, Part 2

Enterra Insights

Tools Creativity Companies Should Have in Their Kit. As I recall, Buckley recommended that the company expand into the maritime transportation industry. His recommendation was followed and the company lost millions of dollars. Watson once faced a situation in which an employee’s mistake cost the company ten million dollars.

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