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This Week in Logistics News (September 2 – 8)

Logistics Viewpoints

Transporting parts and materials to assembly lines and between manufacturing cells is one of the industry’s most complex and inefficient tasks, often resulting in production bottlenecks, Rockwell Automation noted. Have a great weekend and enjoy this week’s video, One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer, by George Thorogood. That’s all folks.

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The sharing economy: An effective model for supply chain management?

Kinaxis

To break it down a bit, the sharing economy leverages peer-to-peer, business-to-peer, and business-to-business connections to implement lending, accommodation, transportation, staffing and even music and video streaming services. But what does the success of the sharing economy have to do with to supply chain management?

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The things we’ve seen, in 2019

DELMIA Quintiq

We launched a video series called Making a Difference to tell stories about people who are improving the world with Dassault Systèmes solutions. Thus far, we’ve shared seven stories of individuals who are working hard towards their sustainability goals, in a wide range of sectors: medicine, farming, transportation and more.

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How Do You Saw a Ship in Half… Underwater?

The Network Effect

About 20 miles north of the French coast near Dunkirk, on a foggy night on December 14 2002, The Tricolor was cruising westward on its way to Southampton England from Zeebrugge Belgium. The video below documents the incredible story of the salvaging of the Tricolor. The Resurrection and Recycling of The Tricolor.

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

Watch Video Tips. Transportation. I’ve literally seen KPI “packs” the size of phone books, and even KPI sets circulated as a monthly magazine… that no one reads. Remember what the K stands for! 2) Make sure they “tie” in with your goals and objectives. Do they directly support those objectives? Supply Chain KPI.

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