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Baptist Health South Florida Triples Productivity by Optimizing Picking Through Voice and Work Orchestration

Supply Chain Brain

In 2015, Baptist Health South Florida, an internationally recognized healthcare network and one of the largest not-for-profit healthcare providers in the region, adopted a self-distribution strategy, to contain supply chain costs, reduce the amount of space used for inventory at hospitals and ultimately, help provide better care.

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“1+1=3? Opportunities in Logistics (Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2015 Conference)

Talking Logistics

The theme of this year’s Descartes Evolution 2015 Global User & Partner Conference , held in May in Miami, Florida, was “Logistics Integration — What’s Next?” What’s preventing you from going after them? If not now, when? Post a comment and share your perspective on this topic!

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This Week in Logistics News (January 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

below transits in December 2015, before the Neopanamax locks went into service. CargoNet ranks California, Texas and Florida as the top three hot spots in 2023, but the risk isn’t limited to the coasts. December transits fell 4.7% versus November, a much lower rate of decline than in November, when transits plunged 21.9%

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This Week in Logistics News (December 7-11, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Hundreds of Cafe Bustelo cans washed ashore in Florida this week. October 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). The post This Week in Logistics News (December 7-11, 2015) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. Source: Laurie Cus. SMC³ Unveils New Version of BatchMark XL Analysis Tool.

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Material Handling Institute US Roadmap for 2015: Can’t Wait for 2025!

Supply Chain View from the Field

In fact, many of my predictions made in 2014 also appear in my 2015 predictions as well. . The group held workshops in 2013 at several locations, and spent eight hours over two days discussing them…a team of academics from Auburn, Florida, Georgia Tech, Clemson, and MHI worked on the report.

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Supply Chain Video News on NASSTRAC 2015 Day 1 Video Review and Comment

Supply Chain Digest

Understanding NASSTRAC, Witty Panel Discussion from Transportation Sector Executives, Short Haul Rail in Florida, Overcoming Parcel Shipping Challenges' Coverage from Day 1.

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Consumers Demand Supply Chain Accountability Down to the Last Straw

Material Handling & Logistics

A 2015 study concluded that the ocean contains an estimated 150 million tons of plastic, with 8 million tons added annually, which is roughly equivalent to a garbage truckload dumped in it every minute. There were plastic straw bans in individual municipalities in Florida, New Jersey and California. Portland, Ore.,