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Will Warehouses Eventually Go Dark?

Enterra Insights

Thanks to the popularity of e-commerce, warehouses are some of the hottest properties in real estate. Phillips ( @EricaEPhillips ) reports some retailers were so desperate to find warehouse space this past holiday season they created pop-up warehouses in vacant suburban lots and parking garages.[1] The right kind of warehouse.

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Distribution in China takes a detour

Supply Chain Movement

In 2007, the Dutch producer of pushchairs relocated its factory from Taiwan to the free trade zone close to Xiamen in China. Anyone with a factory and adjacent warehouse in a free trade zone is more or less forced to open an extra warehouse outside of the free trade zone in order to distribute within China. Regional DC.

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Industry 3.X and TPM deciphered

KEPLER Consulting

These sensors can be worn by the operators, placed on the production lines, on the machines directly, in the warehouses … Similarly, the new RFID type solutions make it possible to guarantee a perfect products traceability on the value chain and also to measure everyday performance through the collection of relevant data. Springer US.

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The Top Logistics and Supply Chain Journalists & Thought Leaders to Know for 2020

Shipchain

Jason Rosing is the Managing Partner at Veridian, a third-party integrator, heavily working with major names, like Manhattan Associates, HighJump and JDA, to bring visibility and maximum use of warehouse management systems. Mitch MacDonald is the Group Editorial Director for DC Velocity and CSCMP’s Supply Chain Quarterly.