MIT Supply Chain

JANUARY 24, 2014

Master’s students from the MIT Global Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence (SCALE) Network presented their thesis projects to supply chain professionals and the MIT community on January 22, 2014. Last night, I got a glimpse into the up and comers at MIT’s Research Expo 2014. To learn more about SCALE, visit [link].

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MIT Supply Chain

JULY 24, 2014

Researchers at MIT CTL have developed a model that uses purchase order (PO) information to help retailers determine when many different types of products need to be shipped to meet sales deadlines. The research was carried out by two students, Brad Gilligan and Huiping Jin, for their MIT Master of Supply Chain Management (SCM) thesis.

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Supply Chain Digest

JANUARY 29, 2009

Parcel Shipping. Content Being Accessed: Reader Question: Reducing Sort Lanes to Reduce DC Costs. © 2006-2014 Supply Chain Digest - All Rights Reserved.' Inventory Management/Optimizat. Labor Management Systems. Lean Manufacturing/Supply Chai. Manufacturing Technology. Order Management Systems. Packaging Optimization.

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Supply Chain Network

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Point Two: In his presentation Jeff Fackler of Walmart shared some very valuable information on how to best align skus based on movement profiles against the potential omnichannel distribution options of fulfill from store, fulfillment center, Retail DC or drop ship from Vendor. See you all in San Diego for RILA Logistics 2014!

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 8, 2015

First Things First, Do You have all The Tools To Set You Up for DC Or Warehouse Slotting? Your Warehouse Management System (WMS) must reflect these storage locations for proper location control in your warehouse or DC. As a Consultant, I have gone into many warehouses and DCs that have no locations identified.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Editor’s Note: This is our second post in a two part series about how to get your logistics and transportation practices in order in time for holiday shipping or peak season crunches. The first post covered how you can get the DC or warehouse ready for the holidays or peak seasons. . Truckload Holiday Shipping.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Editor's Note: This is our second post in a two part series about how to get your logistics and transportation practices in order in time for holiday shipping or peak season crunches. The first post covered how you can get the DC or warehouse ready for the holidays or peak seasons. . Truckload Holiday Shipping.

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Cost Reduction Strategies Price Reduction Vendor Strategies Resource Reduction 120

The Network Effect

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Due to the huge volume of reports and analysis on retail performance for the year 2014, I wanted to wait until the end of the January to do my 2014 review. The good news is I now have a 3 inch stack of articles that tell me all I ever wanted to know about retail performance for 2014. Definitions of words tend to vary.

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DynaSys

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The Finished lenses are shipped to Distribution Centers (DC), we have 14 major DCs worldwide. The semi finished lenses are shipped to one of our 490 Rx Labs (prescription labs) where they are finalized based on our consumer’s prescription and needs. We had to slow down the production pace. The first one is e-commerce.

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S&OP Supply and Demand Supply Chain Planning Software Material Savings 52

Lucas

AUGUST 18, 2016

The current market demands products to be picked, packed, and shipped more efficiently and accurately than ever before and distribution centers cannot afford to miss a beat. How should DCs respond to this challenge? Don’t make the same mistake in the DC.

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Lucas

AUGUST 18, 2016

The current market demands products to be picked, packed, and shipped more efficiently and accurately than ever before and distribution centers cannot afford to miss a beat. How should DCs respond to this challenge? Don’t make the same mistake in the DC.

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Supply Chain Design Software Demand Planning Software Modeling Software Optimization Software 28

FLEXE

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Basically, responsible for ocean freight carriers, ocean ships that rely on truck companies. Shipping a 40-ton container back in July or June used to cost about $700 — a 40-ton container. More than half of Hanjin’s ships were chartered. MSC is interested to charter those ships. Moderator: Who is Flexport?

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Modeling Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Design Software Predictive Analytics Software 31

MIT Supply Chain

JANUARY 16, 2014

For example, Williams-Sonoma’s “Shop In Store, Ship to Home” program allows shoppers to place an in-store order that is then shipped to their home location for free. What is amazing is that just over a year ago they could only ship from just under two dozen stores. They market this as “no bags and no hassle.”

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 2, 2017

In 2014, many supply chains move to a two DC model, one in the West, and one in East, which facilitated a two day delivery window. Optimizing the sizes of shipping cartons and the new dimensional weight charges to reduce cost became a priority. Case 1: Traditional CPG Network. of operating cost.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 29, 2015

Speaking of Amazon, the company is raising the bar again on delivery in response to Walmart testing a free, three-day shipping service. Mexico freight than in March 2014. Some more details from the press release: U.S.-Mexico Mexico freight totaled $45.2 Year-over-year, the value of U.S.-Mexico Mexico air freight rose 15.7 percent.

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Infosys Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

Amazon getting closer to reduce delivery lead time with their patented speculative shipping model. Traditionally supply chain model for e-retailers has been to stock inventory at downstream i.e. Distribution Centers (DC). To Source products at only DCs from various geographical area. · April 2014. March 2014.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The new facility will allow the company to offer two-day shipping to most (about 90%) of the U.S. When customers order items not stocked at one of Belk’s fulfillment centers, those items are shipped directly from the vendor. PST will ship the same day. In early 2013, Belk launched a vendor-direct program.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2016

planes and ships ); Iran and North Korea and their nuclear ambitions; ISIS exporting its brand of terrorism around the world; and China building islands in the South China Sea (and reportedly putting weapons on them ). Cyber risk and security is getting more attention from the ocean shipping community too.

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