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Industrial Construction: Examples of Industrial Projects

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This is why industrial construction has special conveyance requirements, such as 24/7 shipping and receiving and accessibility to air and rail transport or major highways. As we’ve mentioned, industrial construction is built in proximity to transportation and needs space to accommodate heavy machinery. Location is another difference.

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Transport for London’s Signal Failure – £886m more than planned*

Ron Rosenhead

Horrible headlines and a horrible situation. The above costs come from a report published by Budget and Performance Committee of the London Assembly. Some of the statistics and comments in the report are astounding and some are below: · ….TfL

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From the Trenches: Small Batches for the Win

Scrum.org

I asked how they felt about the fact that NASA had a laboratory in space but no way to transport scientists to the station. (A I then asked how they’d feel about spending their budgets to launch a new product but be stuck with a development organization that couldn’t transport new features into the marketplace? The lights went on.

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Production Scheduling Basics: Creating a Production Schedule

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That means understanding how long production will take and the timeline to transport finished goods to distributors. Plant layout: This is important as the time it takes to transport materials and process them is part of the larger production schedule. This requires balancing resources to have what you need when you need it.

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Acclaim Projects Helps Deliver Innovation Projects on Time and on Budget

This large intercity transportation company for people and freight employs 100+ IT employees and contractors across North America and Europe and spends $10MM annually for approximately 50 inflight projects. This transportation company turned to Acclaim Projects by Sopheon to help deliver projects on time and within budget.

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Supply Chain Optimization Strategy: Lowering Costs and Increasing Sales

Binfire

Then you have to transport the supplies to your production storage, and that’s where the first problems begin. That’s why most companies decide to regulate transportation themselves. That means having always available trucks to transport supplies to your quarters. But it’s not risk-free like nothing in life is.

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Warehouse Management: How to Run Efficient Warehouse Operations

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Some can share data with other software, such as accounting and transportation management solutions, which further increase efficiency. Using a warehouse management system provides data to better understand how to more efficiently operate a warehouse.

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Reshoring – The Future of Supply Chains

Speaker: Rosemary Coates - Board Member & Founder at Reshoring Institute, Best-selling Author, Host of the Frictionless Supply Chain podcast

Companies can lower the risk of disruptions by shortening the supply chain and moving manufacturing close to the points of sale to reduce the need for expensive and time-consuming transportation.