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ScottsMiracle-Gro Improves Distribution System in Sustainability and Customer Service

Supply Chain Network

Since 2009, when ScottsMiracle-Gro began implementing its new distribution model, the Company has reduced the number of miles traveled to ship products to home center customers by approximately one-third. “We The warehouse is part of ScottsMiracle-Gro’s high-service distribution model that the Company began implementing across the U.S.

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Associated Grocers Baton Rouge Implements HIMPACT

Herlitz Inventory Management

is a full-service wholesale distributor to more than 200 independent retailers spanning throughout the Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas regions. Founded in 2009, Herlitz Inventory Management (Herlitz IM) provides tightly integrated Demand Forecasting, Order Optimization, Promotion, and Forward Buying. 617) 871-9001.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 3-7, 2014)

Talking Logistics

According to the press release: The propane fleet will replace gasoline- and diesel-fueled vehicles used largely in rural areas in Louisiana and Oklahoma with other states pending. The slow (but accelerating) roll toward driverless trucks continues. The vehicles on these routes can travel up to 200 miles on a tank of propane.

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Ecommerce COVID-19 Advice: How to Manage Online Sales During COVID-19 [New Tips Updated Weekly]

ShipBob

Even during the Great Recession of 2008-2009, ecommerce wasn’t what it is today. Matt, Founder of CPG company Boie that sells personal hygiene items, said he is luckier than most because their products are domestic, made in Louisiana. This ecommerce COVID-19 moment is really the first time DTC brands have had a reset button.