Did You Hear about Drones in Warehousing? It will soon be a decade since academic researchers, technology startups and even some large companies first started experimenting with drones for indoor applications – particularly in the supply chain industry for use-cases such as locating and counting inventory in warehouses or container trucks in yards, and of…
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As manufacturing and supply chain professionals all of us at some point had looked for Sustainable Packaging Examples. While the world still faces dramatic environmental challenges, there has been a positive shift with states across the globe taking steps to address the problems. Shaun Bryce from Melbourne Packaging Supplies shares ways in which the packaging…
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Are you finding it hard to understand Lean blogs and podcasts? One of the best resources to getting a full understanding of Lean is through Lean Manufacturing Books. For this year and 2020, the 11 Best Lean Manufacturing Books to read are discussed While Lean manufacturing concepts are simple, theoretically, they are harder in practice.…
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The typical manufacturing plant is a demanding work environment where technicians, machine operators, and other production staff are under pressure to deliver results as quickly as possible. So how to Motivate Employees working on the shop floor? Such high-paced work environments require that everyone is fully involved and focused on the tasks at hand. But,…
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Sustainability, a lot of people regard it as an environmental issue, the climate change topic. Something that is far away from day-to-day life. But it is more. It is a way of thinking in which we are striving to a balance in economic, social, environmental and ethical value. A sustainable supply chain is the result…
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The uneven recovery of the U.S. economy is keeping it slow yet steady. However, the long-predicted plummeting profit margins as the consequence of decreasing or stagnant growth rates of loan portfolio already manifest. Despite the consistent volume of loan applications, loan closings are few due to uncertain or prolonged approval processes, long decision times,…
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How many Procurement Problems you face in your day to day job? Would you be able to list them? And which ones will be the biggest pain points to resolve? For me the biggest problem I see for any procurement function is to shifting procurement’s ‘traditional focus on short-term cost savings’ to a more holistic…
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The Green Belt in the Six Sigma certification project is the starting point, after pursuing which, the candidates can go ahead to seek many other certification levels in the Six Sigma course. But this does not mean that the Lean Six Sigma Green Belt does not hold much weight. A high number of skilled employees…
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The rise of eCommerce and fulfillment did change the retail supply chain landscape dramatically in the past decade. Online was the trend and fulfillment centres dominating the world of distribution. The downside was that traditional retail supply chain relying on offline networks (physical stores) struggled and several went bankrupt. Are the current eCommerce business models…
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To start with, how many Facebook Groups are you in right now or how many Facebook Group for Supply Chain? I bet we cannot tell or give a precise number. I know I could not do the same, as well. I could also bet on a few groups that come to mind when asked about…
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