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FreightTech Reality Check with Brad Forester

The Logistics of Logistics

Brad is the Founder of JBF Consulting , a supply chain execution strategy and systems integrator to logistics-intensive companies of every size and any industry. Brad has a BA in Logistics Management from Michigan State University. The company has over 70 years of combined experience in logistics and TMS implementation.

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10 Ideas for More Efficient & Productive Warehouse Operations

GlobalTranz

Implement Lean Manufacturing. Most manufacturing facilities are trending toward 5S/lean manufacturing as part of their efforts to improve manufacturing processes, enabling quicker, more efficient production and lowering overall costs. Evaluate Storage Equipment. Evaluate Storage Equipment.

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The Top Dozen Supply Chain Innovations of All-Time

Operations and Supply Chain Management

The Kiva Robotic Picking System: The idea for the orange AGV-like robots that bring inventory to order pickers was first conceived in 2003 by CEO Mick Mountz, and with the help of some MIT professors Kiva brought the technology to market less than two-years later. The LCC is now of course a standard logistics practice today.