RFID

RFID is an automatic identification method, relying on storing and remotely retrieving data using devices called RFID tags.

[Read more]

The Macau GP

Every year around this time the world of motor racing focus on Macau - hanging from China’s gigantic underbelly on its southeastern coast - as some of the most crazy road racers on the planet put their skills against the ca. 3.8 miles of public roads that form the legendary GP circuit.

[Read more]

Is Belgium artificial?

Though Belgium is a state, the Belgians do not exist as a nation. “Sire, allow me to tell you the truth, the large and horrifying truth: il n’y a pas de Belges,” the Walloon politician and later cabinet minister Jules Destrée exclaimed in a letter to the Belgian king Albert I in 1912.

Belgium is an abnormality. It is a state with two major linguistic groups where the Dutch-speaking majority forms the Flemish nation, but where the French-speaking Walloons do not regard themselves as a nation in their own right but rather as a part of the French nation and consequently a national minority within Belgium.

[Read more]

Red card for the referee

In the match between ES MOL and TURNHOUT the referee played an unfortunate role; ideally you should hardly notice him, like the grass on the field.

[Read more]

The Beer game..

Playing a simple game is an easy way to introduce people to the challenges of supply chain management. This post is an introduction to the Beer Game… 

[Read more]

ES Mol vs. ES Uccle 15 -8

lexates.com has become the first ever blog to sign up as an ‘Official Partner of the ES Mol Rugby Team’ - heralding a new age for ES Mol sparked off by the recent victory over ES Uccle.

[Read more]

The man from Sparta

Leon Roubos was born in Sparta, Greece in 1959 and passed away at the age of 38.

[Read more]

Salsa di pomodori

Towards the end of August in many Italian villages people start bottling tomatoes. This is a tradition that has been carried out for hundreds of years. Many Italians believe that you can’t tell what is in the bottle of tomato sauce you buy in a shop and prefer to select their own tomatoes and bottle them for themselves.

[Read more]

Jan & John, a real dilemma

The first time I met Jan was during the MotoGP in Barcelona in 2006. He is a true Motor racing addict and fan of Suzuki motor bikes. In MotoGP racing his hero is John Hopkins of the Suzuki Rizla Team. John Hopkins will ride a Kawasaki in 2008; this is quite a dilemma for our Suzuki die-hard! Will he continue to support John or not?

[Read more]

Logistics in the Middle East

Within the Middle East there are many countries and regions with future logistics aspirations. Although the exact details are not always known, there are a variety of different stories about projects designed to compete with the modern logistics hub in Dubai.

[Read more]