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Shipping Containers and Supply Chain Snarls: Is There a Way Out?

Enterra Insights

The revolution took place a few years later and was the inspiration of a North Carolina truck driver named Malcom McLean. ” According to Goh, “The question remains to define what the optimal mix of foldable and regular containers carriers should maintain in their inventory is. ”[4].

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2014 : hybrid DCs, 3-D prototypes, location-based inventory system, and more. Supply Chain Innovators of 2013 : paperless food chain, VLMs, cold chain fleet management, and more. Content Summary: Trucks Platoon Across North Carolina Turnpike. Warehouse Automation. Media Type.

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Claire’s Becomes Latest Retailer to Go Bankrupt

BlueYonder

and its rivals say they need to get bigger to cut delivery fees that are sometimes higher than the price of a burger and fries, getting inventory management right calls for a balanced approach and Amazon has considered buying some Toys ‘R’ Us stores. Grubhub and rival Seamless merged in 2013. This week: Claire’s Stores Inc.,

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Claire’s Becomes Latest Retailer to Go Bankrupt

BlueYonder

and its rivals say they need to get bigger to cut delivery fees that are sometimes higher than the price of a burger and fries, getting inventory management right calls for a balanced approach and Amazon has considered buying some Toys ‘R’ Us stores. Grubhub and rival Seamless merged in 2013. This week: Claire’s Stores Inc.,

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Handfield’s Supply Chain Analytics Predictions for 2014

Supply Chain View from the Field

2013 has certainly been an interesting year! I helped create the first North American chapter of BVL International in the Carolinas, and we hosted two meetings at Volvo in North Carolina and Thyssen-Krupp in South Carolina.

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

In higher-traffic markets, Advance Auto Parts has “hub” stores that keep more inventory in-stock to give customers what they need when they need it. Bed Bath & Beyond is also implementing inventory reduction strategies and is on track for a 5% reduction year-over-year by the end of the current fiscal year.