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8 Examples of Kanban in Lean Manufacturing

Unleashed

Here we give you eight real-world examples of how businesses use Kanban, a popular lean tool that’s helped companies in a huge range of sectors improve efficiency – especially those in the manufacturing industry. Kanban came from the same place as the wider principles of lean manufacturing: Toyota. Each card represents one work item.

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2021 Supply Chain Challenges: The Top 5 Lessons Learned + Tips from 11 Industry Experts

ToolsGroup

Pre pandemic we were importing the majority of our inventory from East Asia, in particular China and Japan. These businesses often collect tires of high quality as spare inventory and do not have the infrastructure in place to sell them. It’s time to re-think how our products are manufactured and distributed.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 29 – May 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

From the “long shot but worth a try” files, Bed Bath & Beyond is seeking tens of millions of dollars from container shipping lines, claiming the carriers willfully abandoned service commitments at the height of supply-chain turbulence to reap enormous profits from the market turmoil.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 22 – 28)

Logistics Viewpoints

UPS earnings rise as higher prices offset shipping slowdown. Sam’s Club finalizes chain-wide deployment of robotic inventory scanners. Amazon will rent the planes from Seattle-based lessor Altavair, which is sending the used passenger aircraft to Airbus’ maintenance and overhaul partner to be remodeled for carrying cargo containers.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Restaurants, bars find suppliers’ inventories are running dry. Container shipping prices skyrocket. Amazon said the development center in Helsinki will work alongside Amazon staff at the Amazon Scout R&D lab in Seattle, as well as teams in Tubingen, Germany, and Cambridge. Descartes acquires GreenMile. Rob Spilman Jr.,

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Holiday shopping has started early amid fears over shipping delays

Ware2Go

When products are available, shipping has gotten choked up due to historically heightened demand , COVID-related port shutdowns and storm-created chaos. Seventy-three cargo ships await unloading at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Saturday, a record. Port closures and shipping container shortages.

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What’s the Best Response to Global Supply Chain Disruption?

QAD

Manufacturers know all the issues: U.S. The Ports of Seattle and Tacoma are likewise expanding gate hours. QAD CMO Carter Lloyds recently wrote about three major industry disruptors , starting with shipping. Recommendations for Manufacturers. As one headache is eased, another pops up. In October, the U.S.