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8 Examples of Kanban in Lean Manufacturing

Unleashed

This is a radical shift from more traditional processes where demand is predicted in advance and materials are bought in bulk to reduce supply chain costs, such as transport. When this happens, inventory managers know to reorder a bin’s worth of supplies from the company’s vendors. Catmull mentions in his book Creativity Inc.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 2-6, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Amazon’s robot army grows by 50 percent (The Seattle Times). Maersk, Alibaba team up to offer online booking of ship places (Reuters). Yes, it takes a lot more than a mobile app to succeed in the transportation industry, but because of their resources and brand strength, you have to take Amazon and Uber seriously.

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Webinar Q&A: Answers to 8 Common Freight Market Questions

CH Robinson Transportfolio

The strong economic recovery and need to rebuild retail inventory creates high out-of-season demand in port cities. Once sales rebalance, will inventory follow? As such, vessels for ocean capacity between Asia and the United States are expected to remain fully booked for most/all of 2021. The short answer is yes.

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Google money moves into digitization of freight. What does it mean?

Freightera

Our shippers say they save 50% over other companies by booking with us. In fact, 80% of our bookings are already lower emission. Industry experts tell us that our 20 billion LTL lane online inventory is largest in the US and Canada. As one of the players in the middle of the digital battlefield, we were honestly shocked.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Stephen Beard, VP at Flexe!

Supply Chain Game Changer

He wrote a book called “The Leadership Challenge”. In that book he broke down the essential elements to leadership. I’ve recently been working on transportation partnerships in same-day courier space and small parcel as we turn the page to 2021 to help us bring more options to market for our clients. I highly recommend it.

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Transloading 101: Logistics Guide to Understanding This Essential Shipping Process

ShipBob

When it comes to the long-distance transfer of goods, you probably want the best of both worlds: economical rail transport and flexible over-the-road trucking. Interested to know more about this form of long-haul transportation ? Transloading is process of moving goods between different modes of transportation.

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- March 17 2023

Supply Chain Matters

The software provider will continue to be led by its existing CEO Zig Serafin and reportedly will remain headquartered in Provo, Utah and Seattle, Washington. When the transaction is completed, this provider will become a privately held company. Moeller Holding with participation from Exor Ventures.