News tagged with logistics
Goddard Team Develops New Carriers for ISS
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 13, 2009 |
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In a partnership that exemplifies the One NASA theme, Goddard Space Flight Center engineers teamed up with the External Payloads Group at Johnson Space Center and the ISS Payload Ground Processing support ...
Vehicle pools for goods
Aug 13, 2009 |
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Web 2.0 can help companies located in the same region share haulage space when transporting consignments. Pooling benefits the environment, reduces CO2 output and saves costs -- experts put the figure at around 15 percent.
Revolutionary sensor system protects ports, bridges and distribution centres
Apr 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Özlem Durmaz Incel, researcher at the University of Twente, the Netherlands, has developed a spectacular new method that enables wireless sensor networks to function up to ten times more efficiently. Networks ...
Logical reversal: Reverse logistics helps environment, gives competitive advantage
Jan 07, 2009 |
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During an economic downturn companies, particularly in the computer sector, could gain an advantage of their competitors by adopting reverse logistics, according to researchers writing in the International Journal of Environment an ...
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Digital avalanche rescue dog
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A novel geolocation system makes use of signals from Galileo, the future European satellite navigation system, to locate avalanche victims carrying an avalanche transceiver or a cellphone, to the precision ...
First Step To Success steps up in Albuquerque schools
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 30, 2009 |
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A school-based behavioral intervention program developed under a federal grant in the mid-1990s at the University of Oregon, already in widespread use, now has shown real value on a complex stage, scoring ...
Nokia to ax 220 R&D jobs in Japan
Nov 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Nokia Corp. said Tuesday it is axing 220 jobs at research and development units in Japan as the world's largest mobile phone maker continues to cut costs.
BoarCroc, RatCroc, DogCroc, DuckCroc and PancakeCroc
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 19, 2009 |
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A suite of five ancient crocs, including one with teeth like boar tusks and another with a snout like a duck's bill, have been discovered in the Sahara by National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Paul Sereno. ...
Migration of key employees to competitors hinders organizational success
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 18, 2009 |
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A study by researchers from the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University explored the competitive advantage organizations gain when hiring key employees away from a competitor. The loss of a key employee can ...
New Logistics Model Improves Forecast Accuracy of Retail and Packaged-Goods Orders
Nov 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether it’s dog food or iPods, tires or televisions, virtually every consumer has endured a frustrating out-of-stock experience. Retailers hate it as much as customers, perhaps more, because they lose money ...
FDA panel backs first non-drug asthma treatment
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Federal health advisers on Wednesday said a novel technology from a small medical technology firm should be approved as the first non-drug treatment for asthma.
Call it twine? Twitter makes wine for charity
Oct 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Everyone likes a wine with character. How about one with 140 of them? Yes, the people at Twitter - the social media site on which users post messages no longer than 140 characters - are getting into ...
Saving labor: Political scientist says our system of improving factory conditions around the world is broken
Oct 14, 2009 |
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The existence of harsh labor conditions in factories around the world is a pressing moral issue. But to improve those conditions, we should regard it as a logistical issue, too.
US asthma researchers more open than UK scientists to the inclusion of ethnic minorities
Oct 13, 2009 |
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New findings reveal a large gap between US and UK researchers in terms of policy, attitudes, practices and experiences in relation to including ethnic minorities in asthma research. The study, published this week in the open ...
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