Logistics
Handing Over Logistics Entirely: Third-Party Logistics
Third-party logistics (3PL) means entrusting part or all of a company's logistics to an unaffiliated outside specialist under a long-term contract. This article covers what 3PL mea
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Psychology
The Trap of Words That Fit Everyone: The Barnum Effect
The Barnum effect is our tendency to accept vague personality descriptions that fit almost anyone as accurate analyses of ourselves. This piece covers where the name came from, P.
Business administration
Strategies for Efficient Task Force (TF) Operations
Efficient problem solving is one of the challenges commonly faced by many organizations and businesses. To address such problems, many organizations have recently been using specia
Film & media
Editing That Skips Through Time: The Jump Cut
What is a jump cut, the kind of edit in which time seems to leap forward within the same shot? This article explains its relationship to the 30-degree rule, Godard's Breathless, ho
Information technology
The Formula That Sets the Limits of Parallelism: Amdahl’s Law
Why doesn’t doubling your cores double your speed? Amdahl’s Law shows that the serial portion you cannot parallelize caps the overall speedup at 1/s. This piece covers the formula,
Logistics
Logistics That Skips the Warehouse: Cross-Docking
Cross-docking is a logistics operation in which incoming freight is not stored long-term but is sorted, transshipped, and shipped out right away. This article covers its definition
Physics
The Secret Behind How Sunglasses Erase Glare: Polarization of Light
Polarization of light is the state in which light’s vibrations are lined up in one direction. This article covers how polarization works, including Malus’s law, the three ways ligh
Statistics
The Four Types of Measurement Scales Made Easy: Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, and Ratio Scales
A scale assigns numbers to the attributes of people or objects so they can be expressed statistically. This article explains the four types of scales widely used in sociology, psyc
Statistics
Understanding Deduction and Induction Simply and Easily
Deduction and induction are key concepts in research, but they can feel unfamiliar and confusing at first. This article explains each method in the simplest possible terms with eas
Film & media
Video Compression Technology and Codecs: A Comprehensive Overview of Concepts and Types
This time, I will review the roles of MPEG standard families related to video, then explore the difference between codecs and file containers. MPEG emerged when the need to distrib
Statistics
The Rule Hidden in the First Digit: Benford's Law
In many naturally occurring sets of numbers, smaller leading digits appear far more often: about 30.1% start with 1, and only about 4.6% with 9. This article explains the definitio
Psychology
The Science of Focus: Exploring Ways to Improve Concentration Through Psychology
In everyday life, we face countless tasks and challenges that require concentration. Concentration plays a very important role in learning, work, and achieving personal goals. In m