FRAM yields big results by employing LEAN

LEAN practices improve safety, quality, and productivity by extracting cost and waste from all facets of an operation – from the procurement of raw materials to the shipment of finished goods.

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SKA

SKA International Group (SKA) is a world-class supplier of fuel, aviation services and logistics headquartered in Dubai, UAE, operating throughout the Middle East and Africa. The team at SKA have been operating in Iraq since 2003 and have expanded operations into Kuwait, UAE, Afghanistan, Somalia, Uganda and South Africa. Our diverse capabilities include a wide range of Fuel Supply and Supply Chain Management, Aviation Services, Ground Logistics and Life Support Services. We specialize in moving fuel, people and equipment safely in challenging environments. We pride ourselves in combining unique solutions with unrivaled service. SKA, “Doing Difficult Jobs in Difficult Places”.

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ALTERNATIVE FUELS OUTLOOK FOR SHIPPING

whitePaper | September 15, 2022

Ships require a constant energy supply for propulsion and other onboard systems. Fuel requirements and consumption are essential parameters to factor in at the design phase. Adopting alternative fuels will raise important considerations as to the operating profile and architecture of the ship and the need to train crews in their safe storage and use, for instance.

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Transportation & Logistics: The Way Forward

whitePaper | February 1, 2022

It’s probably too strong to say the logo on the side of the truck is now more important than the logo on the side of the box. But it’s certainly not overstating things to say that consumers demand fast, reliable, free (in many cases) shipping, with easily accessible updates. In one 2021 survey, 47% of consumers said they would consider abandoning a retailer after a single bad shipping experience.

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SAP Cloud Transport Management

whitePaper | August 11, 2022

SAP Cloud Transport Management service lets you manage software deliverables between accounts of different environments (such as Neo and Cloud Foundry), by transporting them across various runtimes. This includes application artifacts as well as their respective application-specific content. SAP Cloud Transport Management adds transparency to the audit trail of changes so that you get information about who performed which changes in your production environment, and when they did it. At the same time, SAP Cloud Transport Management enables a separation of concerns: For example, a developer of an application or of SAP Cloud content artifacts can trigger the transport of changes in a development subaccount, while the resulting import into the test, and production subaccount is handled by a central operations team

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Supply Chain Illumination: The Value of Mapping Supply Chains

whitePaper | September 12, 2022

The supply chains of many organizations are becoming increasingly complex. At the same time, potential business risks around supply chains are growing, due to increasing regulations regarding supply chain security, emerging cybersecurity risks, international sanctions, environmental and carbon concerns, product quality issues, climate-related weather events, increasing supply costs, and numerous other potential disruptors. Most organizations don’t fully understand their supply chain. Companies often underestimate the number of businesses, actors, and countries involved in different stages of producing their products. A security or production vulnerability in just one part of a given product’s chain could have a huge impact on an organization’s production, mission, or business if something were to interfere with the supply.

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Digital transport reference model Taking an outside-in approach that starts at the edge.

whitePaper | July 16, 2022

The future of transport is many things but one thing is for sure—data will underpin everything. This paper outlines an approach and digital transport reference model for transport agencies to get started on a journey to harness the enormous value of their data.

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Logistics for the aerospace supply chain transformation

whitePaper | December 13, 2022

The COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 was the most significant disruption ever encountered by the aerospace industry. Nations locked down, flights were cancelled and aircraft were parked and stored. The exceptional scope and speed of the pandemic affected each industry segment: airline, MRO, OEM, vendor and lessor.

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Spotlight

SKA

SKA International Group (SKA) is a world-class supplier of fuel, aviation services and logistics headquartered in Dubai, UAE, operating throughout the Middle East and Africa. The team at SKA have been operating in Iraq since 2003 and have expanded operations into Kuwait, UAE, Afghanistan, Somalia, Uganda and South Africa. Our diverse capabilities include a wide range of Fuel Supply and Supply Chain Management, Aviation Services, Ground Logistics and Life Support Services. We specialize in moving fuel, people and equipment safely in challenging environments. We pride ourselves in combining unique solutions with unrivaled service. SKA, “Doing Difficult Jobs in Difficult Places”.

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