Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2024

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Retailers are reviving an old playbook to manage their inventory levels after four years of struggling to find the sweet spot of holding enough merchandise but not too much. below transits in December 2015, before the Neopanamax locks went into service. December transits fell 4.7%

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

JULY 30, 2015

In Q1 2015 there were reports saying that Amazon had opened Prime Now warehouses in Austin and New York City. Assuming that each of these new Prime Now warehouses has about 350K square feet, then the additional annual operation cost would be $70M (350K * 2 * 100 = $70M).

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Amazon to use bike messengers for one-hour delivery in New York City ( Reuters ). For related commentary, see A New Era for Global Trade Management Software? Department of Transportation Eliminates $1.7 Billion Annual Paperwork Burden for U.S. Trucking Industry. And with that, have a happy weekend!

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Elementum

MAY 3, 2018

In mid-March, Toys "R" Us announced plans to close down and liquidate the inventory for all 735 of its stores in the United States. The lesson to be learned here is the cruciality of customer experience in an economic landscape where consumers increasingly put a premium on innovation and one-of-a-kind offerings.

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Elementum

MAY 3, 2018

In mid-March, Toys "R" Us announced plans to close down and liquidate the inventory for all 735 of its stores in the United States. The lesson to be learned here is the cruciality of customer experience in an economic landscape where consumers increasingly put a premium on innovation and one-of-a-kind offerings.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2015 : solar-powered vessel, robot dispatcher, 3-D printed flight parts, and more. 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.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 9, 2015

Happy New Year! I hope 2015 is off to a great start for you. Next week is the National Retail Federation’s Big Show in New York City and you can bet that even the hot dog vendors outside the venue will have “omnichannel” posted on their carts. Big ships leave ports awash with problems (Financial Times – sub.

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