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Strategies to Run a Lean Supply Chain: How Principles of Lean Manufacturing Transfer Benefits to Operations

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:20:01 -0800

In the last several years, the manufacturing sector has moved from vertically organized structures to horizontal organizations; that is, a single company no longer controls its product from, let's say, the mine to the store shelf. Instead, today's companies control only pieces of the supply chain, and the companies and divisions controlling those various components may be located just about anywhere in the world.

This model enables companies to concentrate on what they do best, but as a result the supply chain has become longer and more complex. The blurring of the line between manufacturing and supply chain logistics provides the opportunity to move efficient manufacturing management concepts to supply chain management. One manufacturing concept stands out as most successful: the concept of lean.

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Synchronizing the Distribution Supply Chain with Mobility

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:20:00 -0800

Thanks to growing customer demands and shrinking profit margins, there's simply no room for a sluggish supply chain. That's where mobile and wireless technologies are making a difference. From the production line to the checkout line, from the warehouse to the delivery truck, mobile solutions are replacing old-fashioned manual processes. By putting wireless computers into the hands of your work force, you eliminate time-consuming and error-prone paper processes. This increases accuracy, raises productivity, and improves collaboration up and down the supply chain. A synchronized supply chain helps:

Reduce the cost of doing business
Improve productivity up and down the supply chain
Raise customer service and satisfaction levels

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Quick Reference Guide to Improving Fleet Management using GPS

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:20:00 -0800

Rising fleet operation costs and increasing management pressures have made real-time visibility and optimized productivity more important than ever. With a mobility solution with GPS, you can improve fleet management and control costs through real-time access to driver and vehicle performance data anytime, anywhere. When it comes to equipping your mobile workforce with cost-cutting, productivity-boosting tools, visibility is crucial. From vehicle maintenance and telematics, to fuel, driver and safety management, mobility solutions with GPS provide the real-time data access you need to run highly adaptable and cost-efficient fleets. By tracking and managing your fleet with a using GPS, you can:

Improve productivity with precise driver scheduling
Increase fuel efficiency and reduce costs by planning the most efficient routes
Enhance customer service with on-time deliveries and on-the-spot transactions
Achieve more stops per day
Gain agility to quickly change driver priorities and respond to unexpected events

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International Railway Journal

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:20:01 -0800

International Railway Journal, introduced in 1960 as the first truly international railway trade publication, covers the rapidly developing railway marketplace for railway and rail transit managers and engineers, suppliers, and consultants worldwide. IRJ's editorial coverage encompasses national railways worldwide, and public transport authorities in every city known to operate an urban rail system.

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Marine Log

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:20:01 -0800

Marine Log is America's most respected marine industry monthly and is dedicated to providing marine industry professionals with the information they need to enable them to design, build and operate vessels, rigs and offshore structures, profitably, safely, legally and in an environmentally responsible manner. Marine Log serves the fields of vessel operations, ownership and management; shipyards and ship repair yards; naval architectural firms, marine engineering firms, marine consultants; port authorities and terminals; Navy, Coast Guard and other governmental agencies operating vessels; marine finance, marine insurance and maritime law. Qualified industry personnel are eligible to receive free subscriptions. These include executive and technical personnel, operational and financial personnel, purchasing and sales/marketing personnel. Marine Log is a publication of Simmons-Boardman Publishing, New York.

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GPS World

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:20:01 -0800

GPS World Industry leaders look to GPS World for continuous innovation in delivery of the freshest, most comprehensive GPS/GNSS-related news to high-level corporate managers, project and engineering managers, product designers, researchers, and system developers.

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Logistics Manager

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:50:00 -0700

Logistics Manager's high quality editorial programme concentrates on the core competencies essential to the modern logistics and transport functions. All links in the supply and value chains are covered in every issue of the journal with in-depth case studies detailing how organisations are reducing operating costs and boosting the efficiency of their goods-to-market operations.

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Area Development

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:50:01 -0700

Area Development magazine is considered the leading executive magazine covering corporate site selection and relocation. Editorial coverage provides valuable information pertinent to the factors, key issues, and criteria that affect a successful decision.

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General Aviation News

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:20:01 -0700

Try 3 issues of General Aviation News - Risk Free! The publication has had a number of names over the years - Sell-A-Plane, Northwest Flyer, Western Flyer, The Flyer, General Aviation News & Flyer and finally General Aviation News - but the goal has always been the same: provide up-to-the-minute, factual details about all aspects of general aviation and do it in a manner that is enjoyable to read. Enter your trial subscription and get 3 Risk-Free Issues. If you like General Aviation News, pay just $35 for 24 more issues (27 in all). Otherwise, write "cancel" on the bill, return it, and owe nothing.

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Better Roads

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:20:00 -0700

Better Roads serves the information needs of governments and construction contractors involved in Federal, State, County, City and Township highway, road and bridge construction, winter maintenance, roadside and vegetation management and other highway-related projects. With key editorial focus on the government/contractor project team, Better Roads provides readers with information and ideas from concept through completion for all types of highway-related projects. The magazine provides a forum for governmental highway project owners and the contractors who are pre-qualified to bid on governmental work.

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