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Molex Prizes Agility

Logistics Viewpoints

Those shipments can move directly to customers or move to several regional distribution centers (DCs) that serve as forward inventory locations and consolidation hubs servicing customers and channel partners. By 2012 they had implemented this multi-enterprise supply chain network (MSCN) solution. That in turn led to a faster go live.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 4-8, 2013)

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NAFTA Trade in August 2013 than in August 2012. percent from last year, which includes contributions from the company’s acquisition of Phoenix International Freight Services in October 2012. percent in the quarter compared to Q3 2012. million for the same period in 2012. Three of Five Modes Carried More U.S.

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The $30 Billion Secret: How Amazon’s Logistics Saves You Time & Money

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With a wide array of products stored in its fulfillment centers, Amazon can consolidate orders and optimize its inventory management systems. To overcome this, Amazon has developed sophisticated inventory management systems that allow them to efficiently store and retrieve products from their fulfillment centers.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 8-12, 2014)

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Pentant provides its shipper and logistics service provider customers with a reliable and secure connection to both CHIEF (the central UK Revenue & Customs system) and ICS (the European Union Import Control System) to streamline declaration, cargo security and clearance processes. Moving on to 3PL news, C.H.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 6-10, 2016)

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Target charges suppliers more to help offload unsold inventory (Reuters). Last week, I highlighted how Walmart is piloting the use of drones in its warehouses for inventory tracking. Of course, Amazon has been using robots for years in its distribution centers, since its acquisition of Kiva Systems in 2012. million (TechCrunch).

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Google Launches Last-Mile Fleet Solutions – Gamechanger?

Cathy Roberson

The first solution from the duo was FedEx Surround which allows businesses to provide near-real-time analytics into shipment tracking to the zip code, which, in turn, will provide "more precise logistics and inventory management." For daily thoughts and shares, be sure to follow me on Twitter and LinkedIn. I wear a number of hats these days.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 11-15, 2018)

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beefs up security of air cargo imports (American Shipper). But then you come across stories like this one published in Bloomberg this week highlighting how Amazon, under an initiative called “hands off the wheel,” has shifted tasks “like forecasting demand, ordering inventory and negotiating prices to algorithms.”