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Achieving Substantial Productivity Gains and Rapid Time to Value
While a variety of operational strategies and distribution technologies can play a role in driving out costs and improving performance, a relatively new category of application, typically referred to as a Labor Management System LMS, offers powerful tools that enable companies to achieve substantial operating cost reduction and improved service...
How Inventories Go Wrong
"Even small errors in data measurement and operational processes compound to cause inaccurate inventory Paper-driven batch computer systems have been the most common form of inventory recordkeeping for nearly two decades. Common inventory systems of years past involved manual Recording of information on paper and key entry after the...
In-Plant Operations
"The control of material movement within an inventory facility is as critical to inventory accuracy as the control of receipts and shipments. The movement of a pallet from point A to point B will not, in itself, affect the four-wall on-hand balance of the product. But if the wrong material...
Inbound Operations
"At first glance, accurate inventories appear easy to achieve. Material movements are the key. Control them, validate that they are done properly so errors cannot enter the inventory balances, and the result is accuracy. While the concept is simple, its application is not. Special considerations and requirements abound. Many...
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Boeing Machinists Walk Off the Job as Talks Fail
By Bill Rigby and Daisuke Wakabayashi NEW YORK/EVERETT, Washington (Reuters UK) - Boeing's BA 27,000-strong machinists' union walked off the job on Saturday after the plane maker failed to improve its contract offer following two days of emergency talks. "Despite meeting late into the night and...
Boeing Machinists Walk Off the Job as Talks Fail
By Bill Rigby and Daisuke Wakabayashi NEW YORK/EVERETT, Washington (Reuters) - Boeing Co's BA 27,000-strong machinists' union walked off the job on Saturday after the plane maker failed to improve its contract offer following two days of emergency talks. "Despite meeting late into...
HBOS Chief Warns Credit Crunch to Last
LONDON (Reuters UK) - The chief executive of home lender, HBOS HBOS, warned on Saturday that the credit crunch was likely to last until early 2010. "My personal view, for what it's worth, is that it will take 18 months to play through the system," Andy...
Media Markt Rejects DSG Bid
LONDON (Reuters UK) - Germany's Media Markt, Europe's biggest electrical goods retailer, has rejected a request from DSG International DSGI to consider a bid for its closest rival, the Financial Times said on its Web site. The FT.com, citing unnamed people familiar with both companies,...
DSG Sought Bid From Media Markt, But Rebuffed: Report
LONDON (Reuters) - Germany's Media Markt, Europe's biggest electrical goods retailer, has rejected a request from DSG International Plc DSGI to consider a bid for its closest rival, the Financial Times said on its Web site. The FT.com, citing unnamed people familiar with...
Citi Could Sell Primerica, Texas Business: Ladenburg's Bove
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup C could sell its Primerica financial services unit and its First American banking subsidiary in Texas as the bank continues to restructure its business, Ladenburg Thalmann analyst Richard Bove said in a research note. In the...
New York Times to Consolidate Paper's Sections
By Robert MacMillan NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Times Co NYT plans to consolidate some sections in the metropolitan edition of its namesake newspaper to reduce costs, the publisher said on Friday. Starting Monday, October 6, the paper will blend its...
Greenberg Could Pay Fine of Up to $100 Million: Report
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, the former CEO of American International Group Inc AIG, could face a fine of up to $100 million to settle three-year-old civil fraud charges brought by New York's attorney general, according to business news...
Boeing Machinists to Strike as Contract Talks Fail
By Bill Rigby and Laura Myers NEW YORK/EVERETT, Washington (Reuters) - Boeing Co's BA 27,000-strong machinists' union declared it will strike at midnight Pacific time on Friday, as the plane maker failed to improve its contract offer after two days of emergency talks....
Industry Moves: DRG; Jobvite; Hachette Filipacchi; ActiveVideo; Federated Medial; Innovyx
-- Digital Rights Group: Lee deBoer has been tapped to lead the UK distributor's new U.S. branch, Variety reports. A 20-year HBO vet, deBoer will now be responsible for acquiring rights from U.S. content creators and pitching shows to the UK for DRG. During his tenure at HBO, he...
Top Jobs Of The Week In Digital Media
Our latest choice jobs in digital media:-- Warner Bros.: Director, International Marketing-- Etsy: VP of Marketing-- Muze: Sales Director -- Tango Media: Executive Editor -- George Lucas Educational Foundation: Editorial DirectorMany more on our job board. by Amanda Natividad
Boeing Workers Prepare to Strike as Deadline Nears
By Bill Rigby and Laura Myers NEW YORK/EVERETT, Washington (Reuters) - Boeing Co's BA machinists prepared for a strike on Friday as the plane-maker and its largest union tried to hammer out a last-ditch deal on their latest three-year contract. Union volunteers rolled...
Global Equity Market Returns
Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: After declining 4.25% on Wednesday, 3.94% yesterday, and 3.75% today, Russia's RTS index is now 41.19% below its 52-week high. These declines put it second to last behind China when looking at recent equity market returns for 22 major countries. As shown, China...
Altria in Advanced Talks to Buy UST: Source
By Brad Dorfman CHICAGO (Reuters) - Cigarette company Altria Group Inc MO is in advanced talks to buy Skoal and Copenhagen smokeless tobacco maker UST Inc UST, a source familiar with the discussions told Reuters on Friday. The New York Times reported that...
Global Airlines Expected to Post Over $5 Billion in Losses This Year
Ron Haruni submits: The International Air Transport Association [IATA] expects global airlines to post a combined loss of $5.2 billion in 2008. IATA also predicts the continuation of the industry’s weak performance into fiscal 2009 - where projections, in terms of net losses, will reach $4.1 billion. The association cites...
An Appeal for Sanity: Boeing's Impending Strike
Steven Hansen submits: Workers do not strike every day, they cannot do that the way they function in the capitalist economy. The way they have to live by selling their labor power makes that impossible. – Ernest Mandel According to Bloomberg, Boeing BA and the International Association of Machinists and...
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