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Lean Six Sigma for SMEs: A Path to Continuous Improvement

SCMDOJO

Adapted from Ehrlich (2002); Stamatis (2002); George (2003); Bendell (2006); Bhuiyan et.al, (2006); Andersson et.al, (2006); Arnheiter and Maleyeff (2005); Nonthaleerak (2005); Kumar (2007); Magnusson et.al, (2003) Read more on Top 15 Lean Six Sigma Books to Level Up Your Continuous Improvement Efforts & Strategy on our website SCMDOJO! .

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Blockchain: Preventing E. Coli Through Enhanced Traceability

Kinaxis

Health officials narrowed the source down to romaine lettuce, but identifying which romaine lettuce from where is still a problem. However, in Japan and the European Union, food traceability is the norm. First, consumers were instructed to avoid prechopped romaine lettuce. Despite laws, such as the U.S.

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November Global PMI Reporting Reflects Some Stabilization

Supply Chain Matters

contractionary mark for fifteen consecutive months and reportedly the longest sequence of deterioration since the period of December 2000 to February 2002. On a regional basis, Europe reportedly remained a principal drag on global factory output, along with contracting output in Japan and the United Kingdom. declined 0.4

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

Revenue data is sourced from the companies’ websites and market research platforms such as Macrotrends. Deutsche Post started acquiring shares of the company in 1998 and completed its acquisition of DHL by 2002, expanding the brand ‘DHL’ to its other services. million square feet of warehouse space in Japan and an additional 25.8

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Steel Tariff Proposition: Will It Work?

Elementum

government began working on a proposition in June to impose tariffs and fines on foreign-sourced steel , suggesting that all pipelines operating on American soil use only American-sourced steel. This viewpoint is based on choices made by previous administrations: in 2002, for example, former U.S. If the steel prices in the U.S.

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Sourcing Strategy: Effective vs Efficient with Ron Crabtree

The Logistics of Logistics

Sourcing Strategy: Effective vs Efficient with Ron Crabtree. Joe Lynch and Ron Crabtree discuss sourcing strategy: effective vs efficient. When developing a sourcing strategy, the focus can be effectiveness (gaining desired results) or on efficiency (reducing cost, labor, and resources used). About Ron Crabtree.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

billion of its total revenue in the fiscal year 2014, placing it as the third-largest source of income in the nation. In order to manage the increasing containerized traffic, the rail line between the Atlantic and Pacific sides was reopened in 2002 under a private concession. It measures 4 to 24 km in breadth and 530 km in length.

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