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Quality control survey: Food & beverage makers find product recalls expensive

On average, it takes food & beverage companies 14 days to sense the need for a recall and 34 days to enact it. By that time, less than 40 percent of the affected product can be collected because the rest either has already been consumed or thrown out. Lawson Software executives argue that food & beverage manufacturers could cut their product recall expenses by deploying Lawson’s traceability solutions.
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Execution Management 02: Three ways times gets wasted during project execution

Projects are riddled with uncertainties. No matter how painstakingly you plan, in execution you will have surprises! But rather than uncertainties themselves being the main culprit behind project delays and overruns, the major problem is in how we manage these uncertainties.
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Lean conservation: Energy consulting practice offers shop-floor techniques

Wasted energy often results from improper machine conditions, lack of standard work, excessive inventories, and unnecessary processing. Business improvement services specialist TBM Consulting Group says its new Lean Energy Practice assists companies worldwide in applying lean principles to reduce energy consumption and waste.
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Material flow: WhereNet takes lean initiative to a new level for international car maker

Nathan Pearson, project manager for Material Flow for a leading international automaker in Indiana, reports progress in this way: "With access to real-time data and analytics-rich reports, we have everything at our fingertips to make intelligent decisions and change business processes on the fly. WhereNet helped us take our lean manufacturing initiative to a new level."
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MBT White paper: How data terminals satisfy users across industries, cultures

Although manufacturers across industries aspire to do business in multiple countries, they don’t necessarily want to operate on multiple IT platforms. That's why Grupo Tress International, a global human resources consulting and services firm based in Tijuana, now relies on technology from LINX Data Terminals to manage its global business to the greatest level of detail.
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