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Stord Acquires ProPack, Nutrition and Supplement Fulfillment Leader with Temperature-Controlled Warehouses across North America

Stord

Their strong multichannel processes, proprietary systems, and extensive fulfillment experience in the nutrition and supplement category perfectly complements our cloud supply chain solutions. Our ongoing investments in people, systems, and infrastructure have allowed us to provide reliable solutions that support the growth of our customers.

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Will Trucking Challenges Transform JITS in North America?

QAD

JITS has been established as an optimal material ‘pull’ system that has significantly enhanced the automotive OEM’s ability to optimize their production capabilities and utilize the same production lines for multiple products with no change-over. Trucking Challenges in North America. But why just in North America?

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The Coolest Supply Chain Boutique Consultants

Logistics Viewpoints

My colleague Clint Reiser has completed a study on warehouse management system (WMS) boutiques. A boutique is a small, regionally focused system integration and consulting firm. In SCP, they have one of the largest practices in North America. What is a boutique? WMS has been a historical centerpiece to the practice.

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Blind Spots of Visibility with Andrew Wimer

The Logistics of Logistics

Andrew is Director, Operations – North America Activations for Descartes , a global leader in on-demand, software-as-a-service solutions for logistics businesses. Carriers can easily connect with the solution via GPS-based electronic logging device (ELD), transportation management systems (TMS), or mobile app-based tracking methods.

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North American Building Materials Leader Cornerstone Building Brands Chooses ToolsGroup and River Logic’s Technology

ToolsGroup

ABOUT CORNERSTONE BUILDING BRANDS Cornerstone Building Brands is a leading manufacturer of exterior building products for residential and low-rise non-residential buildings in North America. Our market-leading portfolio of products spans vinyl windows, vinyl siding, stone veneer, metal roofing, metal wall systems and metal accessories.

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Solving the $1.8 Trillion Inventory Distortion Problem with Karl Swensen

The Logistics of Logistics

The podcast also touches on Karl Swensen’s background in industrial and systems engineering and his experience working with major companies in supply chain consulting. Understand the concept of creating a pull system rather than the traditional push system in inventory management. Key Takeaways: Solving the $1.8

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Unilever’s Relentless Commitment to S-Curve Transformations

Logistics Viewpoints

The supply chain data from different systems was pulled into a newly created data lake, which than is used by the SCP system for planning. Unilever started in North America in 2020. The experience from North America allowed the company to create a global standard template for planning.