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Quality Improvement in Manufacturing: Relief for Operations Manager

ThroughPut

The startup and operation ultimately become the manifestation of the team’s existing skill sets and output capacity. Trips to places like Iraq during 2015 made me realize how little people had, and how 90% of the world was in that state. To get better, you must attract the missing pieces or invest in training. Don’t get me wrong.

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Why Operations Managers & Entrepreneurs are fighting the same battles

ThroughPut

The startup and operation ultimately become the manifestation of the team’s existing skill sets and output capacity. Trips to places like Iraq made me realize how little people had, and how 90% of the world was in that state. The fight of our careers is ultimately keeping our teams and operations happy at 100% capacity.

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Why Operations Managers & Entrepreneurs are fighting the same battles

ThroughPut

The startup and operation ultimately become the manifestation of the team’s existing skill sets and output capacity. Trips to places like Iraq during 2015 made me realize how little people had, and how 90% of the world was in that state. To get better, you must attract the missing pieces or invest in training. Don’t get me wrong.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

Terrorism : The recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, coupled with the ongoing instability in Syria and Iraq and the spread of ISIS, have raised the risk for terrorism-related supply chain disruptions in 2016.

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April 16, 2024 Update

Freightos

A closure would see Kuwait, Iraq and most of the UAE’s ports become inaccessible. In air cargo, B2C e-commerce demand out of China continues to be the biggest driver of strong volumes, tighter capacity and upward pressure on rates to N. America even during these typically slow months for air cargo.

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Logistics Service Providers (LSP): 3PL vs 4PL vs 5PL

SCMDOJO

Durability and Adaptability: 3PLs can expand capacity, conveyance, and labor to meet inventory requirements and order quantities as well as taking advantage of strategic analytics and a much more flexible supply chain approach (Krzepkowski, 2020). Thus, the LSP focuses on speedy and secured services. Duhok, Iraq. 2021, 10 05).

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

Chokepoints (or bottlenecks) are a term used to describe the most crucial strategic marine routes because they: Capacity limitations. Chokepoints commonly have shallow, constricting depths, which hinder navigation and place restrictions on ship capacity. However, the canal can accommodate 50 ships per day at its maximum capacity.

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