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Dennis Vandel of Foot Locker Named a Retail Innovator Award Winner by Retail TouchPoints

BlueYonder

In 2011, Foot Locker implemented JDA WFM solution across multiple store locations around the globe to balance associate schedule flexibility with an optimized labor schedule. Foot Locker will be joining JDA at the Future Stores Conference in Seattle June 26-28 to speak about the Transformation of Retail Workforce at our private luncheon.

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Claire’s Becomes Latest Retailer to Go Bankrupt

BlueYonder

Workers had been driving the “tuggers” that navigated large and irregular items across the vast concrete floor of the 630,000-square-foot freight depot since it opened in 2011. The Seattle-based company also has opened its own line of bookstores and a convenience-store concept. and its more than 450 locations last year.

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Webinar: How to Optimize Inventory Management for a Better Delivery Promise

FLEXE

Prior to joining FLEXE she oversaw Operations at Chef’n, a Seattle housewares company, where she managed the company through several acquisitions and warehouse transitions. Richard is Shippo's resident e-commerce and shipping expert, having worked in parcel shipping industry since 2011, including prior roles at Temando and Endicia.</p>

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Supply Chain Management:Lubrication Management - An Integral.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

There was an incident where Alaska Airlines (flight 261) flying from Mexico to Seattle airport plunged into the Pacific Ocean. December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011. January 2011. August 2012. April 2012.

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7-Week Streak of Higher Rates Ends – For Now

DAT Solutions

mile (that may sound low, but it’s the highest average rate on this lane since at least 2011). There were some big drops in prices out of Seattle , but outbound rates there are still abnormally high. For example, Seattle to Salt Lake City still averages $2.35/mile. Seattle to Stockton, CA , was down 32¢ to $1.64/mile.

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Claire’s Becomes Latest Retailer to Go Bankrupt

BlueYonder

Workers had been driving the “tuggers” that navigated large and irregular items across the vast concrete floor of the 630,000-square-foot freight depot since it opened in 2011. The Seattle-based company also has opened its own line of bookstores and a convenience-store concept. and its more than 450 locations last year.

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3 Supply Chain Management Tips That Can Give You a Competitive Advantage

RFgen

The company’s 787 eventually made its first commercial flight in 2011, but the plane continued to experience mechanical issues for years thereafter. In 2014, One Boeing engineer, according to The Seattle Times, blamed Boeing’s supplier management program because it had a lack of engineering expertise.