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Fork Me
The Lego Car Blog Everyone likes a good forking. Brickshelf’s legosamigos certainly does, and although his Crawler Forklift is a type of vehicle we’ve not seen before here at TLCB Towers, when you need to fork in a muddy field…
Wine logistics
Originally posted on The Operations Room:
I keep an empty wine bottle from Chateau de La Rivière in my office. It says right on the front label “Mis en bouteille au chateau,” that is, that the wine was bottled at the winery. It…
Sherwin-Williams Revenue Record and Other Ohio Business News
Sherwin-Williams’ Revenue Up $651.1 million from 2012 Cleveland paint company Sherwin Williams sold almost $10.2 billion worth of paint and other products in 2013. This was a record high for the company who is looking to make a large acquisition…
Assistance From 3pl Warehousing
Originally posted on Shipping and Logistics:
Third party logistics, often known as 3pl, involves the outsourcing of services for part or all of a company’s supply chain management process. This process includes everything from storing, to shipping, to transportation and…
In theory, a better way to load a plane
Originally posted on The Operations Room:
How to get passengers onto planes has been a recurring topic on this blog. It is one of the few topics (possibly the only one) we have covered as much as MythBusters has. Now…
New Steel Mill in Scioto County and other Ohio Business News
Clothing Manufacturing Comes to Cleveland Usually clothing manufacturing moves off-shore to low cost places like Bangladesh, but a pro-American clothing manufacturer from California is setting up shop in Cleveland, OH. The Wahconah Group recently struck a deal to manufacture clothes…
Exports from Northeast Ohio return to pre-recession levels
Exports from Northeast Ohio returned to pre-recession levels in 2012, topping $31 billion after sinking to nearly $23 billion in 2009. That’s a 34% increase, according to quarterly economic indicators released by Team Northeast Ohio, the regional business attraction nonprofit.…
Just in time for Cyber Monday: Video from inside an Amazon fulfillment center
Originally posted on The Operations Room:
There have been several things written over the last couple of years about working conditions in Amazon fulfillment centers. (See, for example, here, here, and here.) Now we have a BBC report complete with…
Ohio Warehouse Equipment 