Lucas

AUGUST 29, 2017

In 2015, Microsoft announced that it would be ending support for its legacy Windows mobile operating systems as part of a transition to a next-generation OS, Windows 10. Windows Sunset is a big deal for every manufacturer, logistics provider, and DC using Windows-based RF, voice and vehicle mount devices. A Mass Migration.

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Demand Solutions

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Over my next few articles, I’ll share some tips on the kinds of resolutions you can put in place to get your supply chain performance back on track in 2015. To fill the 8th line item complete we had to ship the product from a DC across the country. Let’s say a customer ordered ten line items for ten different widgets each.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 4, 2016

Thanks to all of you — our readers, social media followers, and sponsors — we’re having a great year so far (pageviews are up 46 percent this quarter compared to the same period in 2015 and we have almost 75,000 followers on LinkedIn), and we have many more great episodes, posts, and other content planned for the weeks and months ahead.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 8, 2016

The question was triggered by all of the logistics-related moves Amazon continues to make, as evidenced by these headlines since last September alone: Amazon Buys Thousands of Its Own Truck Trailers as Its Transportation Ambitions Grow (Recode – Dec 2015). In Q4 2015, FBA units represented nearly 50% of total third-party units.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2015

“Contrary to what many people believe, investing in employees is not dilutive to a company’s financial results and shareholder value — it’s actually accretive,” said Howard Schultz, the CEO of Starbucks, at the 2015 Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Annual Conference. Vendor Conferences (alphabetical order).

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C3 Solutions

JULY 28, 2020

In 2015 predictions for IoT adoption were extravagant. Inventory control inside the retail DC is not typically done with roving robots, although Walmart did try drone-based stock taking in the warehouse a few years ago. 13 More typical is sensor-based tracking using RFID on pallets or cartons to count and locate stock within the DC.

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Supply Chain Digest

MAY 20, 2015

Cisco Thinks Analytics Can Reduce Its Electric Bill Big TIme, Target Rolling Out RFID to Support Ecom, Impact of Rising Minimum Wage on DC Labor Costs, OnLine Sales Still Growing Rapidly

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Supply Chain Digest

MAY 8, 2015

US Trade Deficit Soars, Union Pacific Knows How to Run a Railroad, New 3D Printing Factory Inside UPS Hub, Kroger Makea Progress in Hiring Disable for Tennessee DC

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Supply Chain Digest

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Amazon Increased Fulfillment Center Capacity of All Types about Five Times 2010 Levels by End of 2015, and Keeps on Building

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Supply Chain Digest

MAY 28, 2015

Chief Procurement Officers Living Large, Nat Gas Trucks and Methane Leaks, Walmart Sources Local Big Time in China, DC Costs as a Percent of Sales

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 22, 2015

A fantastic three days at NRF 2015 have just come to a close. In sectors like apparel, retailers have trained online customers to order multiple sizes of the same item, try them on at home, and then return those that don’t fit to the store or DC. The volume of returns is increasing exponentially.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 15, 2015

With the implementation of store-level DRP systems at global retailers, manufacturers no longer have to guess what retailers will order; retailers can share a reliable demand plan by item within store and DC.

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Supply Chain Movement

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Intersafe has just completed a tender for the outsourcing of its distribution centre (DC) in southern France. In a further change, the DC is now shared with another company. This article was first published in Supply Chain Movement Q3 – 2015. Cheaper location. Do we want to invest in owning our own premises or not?”.

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Supply Chain Movement

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Intersafe has just completed a tender for the outsourcing of its distribution centre (DC) in southern France. In a further change, the DC is now shared with another company. This article was first published in Supply Chain Movement Q3 – 2015. Cheaper location. Do we want to invest in owning our own premises or not?”.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 23, 2017

DC Velocity). If At First You Don’t Succeed… ”) Based on the website, it looks like the company is still in stealth mode and stuck in 2015 (the date of its last press release). CSCMP 28th Annual State of Logistics Report: Accelerating into Uncertainty. Carrier warehousing, anyone? (DC See my April 2014 post “ Webvan 2.0:

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 14, 2018

Some experts are predicting that the DC is the real drone domain in supply chain. Some Possible Benefits of Drones in the DC. Drones could transport boxes around the DC and perform tasks such as palletisation, which automated robots have already proven to be adept at. Please … Feel free to post your views or comments.

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Supply Chain Movement

DECEMBER 14, 2015

These robots are also used in the Dutch Timberland DC, where they achieve between 400 and as many as 900 order lines per hour.” In December 2014, DHL ran a three-week test with customer Ricoh in the DC in Bergen op Zoom using vision-picking technology from Google Glass and competitor Vuzix. Augmented reality.

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Arkieva

AUGUST 20, 2015

The Central DC is stuffed with inventory. Be sure to be on the lookout for his post during the conference on September 9 th – 10 th , 2015. For instance, I do quite some training for a major retailer in Europe and it strikes me that I see that private label suppliers are stuffed with inventory. Shops are stuffed with inventory.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

If the federal government shutdown starts on October 1, 2015, then the first missed update would be Monday, October 5, 2015. There are several contingences you could use if the prices are unpublished: Use the September 28, 2015 published rates for a week or two to give politicians time to come up with a solution.

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RELEX Solutions

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

The system will be rolled out across all 53 existing Baby Bunting stores and DC network consisting of one owned distribution centre and six 3PL distribution centres. In October 2015, Baby Bunting listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and trades under the code BBN. More information: www.babybunting.com.au.

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RELEX Solutions

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

In 2015 it decided to transform its supply chain operations in order to gain better visibility, free-up working capital and improve customer service. Stores 230+ (including 60 franchises), 1 DC. Turnover NOK 51bn – approx €530m (2015). cut in DC Inventory in 18 weeks. %. 17%+ cut in DC Inventory in 18 weeks.

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Logistics Bureau

MARCH 14, 2018

In the US, the company has four main distribution centres (DCs), one of which is located in Jersey City in the state of New Jersey. This DC uses an automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) that is part of an overall automated warehouse system (AWS). Best Regards, Rob O’Byrne.

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BlueYonder

MAY 2, 2017

It can be used to project holograms of unsafe conditions in a DC. Another example is DC pick, pack and ship applications. In mid-October 2015, it was reported that Mercedes Benz introduced a production driverless truck. If significant progress can be made on those challenges, this could result in a supply chain revolution.

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RELEX Solutions

MAY 21, 2018

In 2015, Derome set out to improve its supply chain processes knowing it needed an agile solution to support its growth as keeping track of stock levels without an inventory management system was difficult. DCs: One central DC and three regional DCs doubling as stores. at the DC by optimizing stock allocation to stores.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 3, 2018

1] Michael Jones, “ Omnichannel Is Dead — Just Ask Your Customer ,” Forbes , 29 October 2015. [2] 6] Ben Ames, “ Study: Reverse logistics still a puzzle for omnichannel retailers ,” DC Velocity , 17 November 2017. [7] Cognitive technologies can help that business and deal with complexities omnichannel operations create.

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BlueYonder

MAY 2, 2017

It can be used to project holograms of unsafe conditions in a DC. Another example is DC pick, pack and ship applications. In mid-October 2015, it was reported that Mercedes Benz introduced a production driverless truck. If significant progress can be made on those challenges, this could result in a supply chain revolution.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

OCTOBER 21, 2013

I spent the day in Washington DC listening to a variety of really intelligent people talk about transportation planning models. The Transportation Research Board funded this conference based on their Strategic Highway Research Plan 2, which is due to sunset in 2015 (by design). Fruitful ground for future research!

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 27, 2015

enVista Releases Latest Version of Distribution Center Optimization Tool, Model DC. Cass Truckload Linehaul Index – February 2015. enVista’s announcement this week underscores this trend, with the company releasing the latest version of its proprietary software, Model DC™. ATA Truck Tonnage Index Fell 3.1% in February.

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RFgen

MARCH 30, 2016

In 2015, French liner CMA CGM became one of the first organizations in the shipping industry to implement smart containers into its supply chain, according to Logistics Management. Employees working stockrooms and shipping docks often use mobile devices to report procedures as they happen.

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RFgen

MARCH 30, 2016

In 2015, French liner CMA CGM became one of the first organizations in the shipping industry to implement smart containers into its supply chain, according to Logistics Management. Employees working stockrooms and shipping docks often use mobile devices to report procedures as they happen.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 5, 2015

As we lead up to NRF 2015, this week Supply Chain Nation turns its focus to trends impacting digital retail. Buy in-store and have it fulfilled by the ecommerce DC. Follow along each day this week as we explore a new topic related to retailing in the digital age. Buy online and return in the store.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Specifically, the desire to own and control the innovation cycle — from the front end of its operations (website) to its back end (order fulfillment and DC automation systems) — in a holistic and integrated manner. I believe it’s that passion for invention that drove this acquisition. Collectively, the three new sites added 69,000 sq.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

The same is true if you plan to open more stores or distribution centers in new locations, expect to grow your ecommerce operations, want to implement DC-bypass, are thinking of providing same-day delivery, and so on.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 29, 2015

March 2015 North American Freight Numbers. billion in March 2015…Year-over-year, the value of U.S.-NAFTA billion in March 2015 as three out of five transportation modes – air, rail, and truck – carried more U.S. DENSO is Investing in Peloton’s Truck Platooning Technology. NAFTA freight totaled $96.1

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Yes, I went to Chicago, New York, Washington DC, Florida, California, Hawaii, and to Puerto Rico and Mexico. I graduated college in 2015 and returned to China. Did you travel away from Michigan while you were in the U.S.? My favorite was Puerto Rico as it felt like vacation! Yes, it is!

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Arkieva

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

The best case was made by Dr. Pankaj Ghemawat , the keynote speaker on day one, who reminded the room that we had been asked to imagine the supply chain of 2015 in 2005 (a very similar lag). One central theme that seemed popular was the acceptance that any and all projections about the supply chain of 2020 were very likely going to be wrong.

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DELMIA Quintiq

DECEMBER 7, 2015

We did precisely that at Quintiq World Tour Singapore 2015 with experts from Hewlett Packard, Baker Hughes, ZALORA and FCI Electronics. In e-commerce, the supply chain begins from the point we procure our products to the point they reach the distribution center (DC) and finally, to the customer’s doorstep.

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