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Retailers receiving inventories any which way they can

Cathy Roberson

Despite supply chain costs increasing and available capacity almost a rarity, retailers are undertaking a variety of ways to make sure they receive their inventory in time for the ever-important holiday season. “We feel good about the composition of our inventory. It's been difficult to plan inventory flow with much precision.

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Freight Market Update and Q2 Trucking Outlook

Zipline Logistics

“The markets with the largest gains this week in OTVI.USA were Laredo, Texas (12.07%) Memphis, Tennessee (5.37%) and Cleveland (5.08%). Many cite the flood of products from Asia , labor difficulties due to COVID-19, and a shortage of warehousing space. The Outbound Tender Reject Index has reached 27.6% and seems to be stable.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 8-12, 2019)

Talking Logistics

Here’s a video of the technology in action: Meanwhile, “Walmart is expanding its use of robots in stores to help monitor inventory, clean floors and unload trucks,” as reported by Sarah Nassauer and Chip Cutter in the Wall Street Journal. It’s clear that robots and humans will be working together in warehouses and stores moving forward.

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Freeports: The 2022 Guide

Unleashed

We answer all these questions and more – including how inventory management software will help you manage your supply chain for your freeport warehouse or factory. In the 19th century, they also benefitted from bonded warehouses, which handed out tax concessions on alcohol and tobacco. Read more: What is a Bonded Warehouse?

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S&OP, a vision for the future. The expert interview series #5

Supply Chain Trend

We pulled in all a colleague out of our Cleveland office “Don” (a near retirement manufacturing expert) for some additional perspective. Saying things like “we have had an inventory system since 1972, our ERP system does that – right” Or even we purchased that expensive APS supply chain planning in 1999 that’s the same thing right ?

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Introduction to Razorleaf, Arena’s Custom Integration Partner

Arena Solutions

That company is mainly based out of … if we had a headquarters, we would say Akron, Ohio, or out of Cleveland, Ohio. And then if we’re doing a big multifaceted integration where we have multiple endpoints, the data warehousing or the reporting aspect that Tim just talked about, then we’ll add time as needed to get those things done.