Thursday, December 1, 2011

Transportation Outsourcing: Factors affecting decisions

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Remaining profitable in competitive markets depends upon maintaining lean and efficient operations. However, achieving distribution effi...
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US Railroads, making a comeback?

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Despite the dire situation noted in Harvard Business Review article "The Threat of Global Gridlock", there actually has been impro...
Wednesday, November 30, 2011

More about Energy-efficient Supply Chain

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As I mentioned in my last blog that an increasing number of companies have gained the awareness of designing and planning a much greener s...

Reasons to rethink offshoring

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In the Time to Rethink Offshoring article from McKinsey on Business Technology, the net benefit of offshoring production is offset by the i...

Where's my pizza?!?!

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Admittedly, I was having a hard time coming up with another idea for a blog post this week. After all, two entries in one week is a pretty ...

Supply Chain Networks

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As we all know, redesign and optimization of supply chain networks is a very hot topic these days and every other day, we read stories of ...

Too Small to Fail

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The U.S. Government is at it again...innovation that is, this time in the form of nanotechnology. The U.S. Army is currently undertaking ini...
Tuesday, November 29, 2011

3-D Printing Revolutionizes Production Of Quality Assurance Materials In Auto Manufacturing

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RapidFit+ (a product of Materialise ) has used 3-D printing technology to transform the quality assurance process for manufacturers, enabli...
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Logistical Troubles for the US Military

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One of the largest logistical headaches probably belongs to the US Military.  Troops are spread far and wide (often in less than friendly ...

The practical approach to productivity

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A lean manufacturing initiative focuses on cost reduction and increases in turnover by systematically and continuously eliminating non-value...