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Warehousing News Roundup: April 8, 2019

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True Value is investing $150 million in upgrades to its supply chain that will cover a new distribution center in Pennsylvania, ordering software, and more. For example, Kansas City Southern has accepted trains from other lines that it usually wouldn’t have to accommodate.

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Employee Spotlight: Jamil, Operations Intern

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Monday, July 8, 2019 Meet Jamil, our first operations intern, and learn why he chose STORD and how his work here will leave a lasting impact. I was first introduced to the complex world of logistics and supply chain in one of my freshman courses at the University of Pennsylvania. Why did you choose to intern at STORD?

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National Logistics Day™ 2022

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One company that took advantage of the National Calendar Day service was Logistics Plus, who, in 2019, decided “to register June 28th as the first and only ‘National Logistics Day’ in the U.S. For example, today is also the “official” National Paul Bunyan Day. ” Supply Chain Management and Logistics. .

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Last Mile Distribution News: December 13, 2019

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Friday, December 13, 2019 Celadon Group Shuts Down Business Operations Truckload carrier Celadon Group, whose customers included Lowe’s, Walmart and Proctor & Gamble, filed for bankruptcy this week and shut down all its business operations.

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Digitization and the Future of Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

” People who live in Pennsylvania are familiar with anachronistic encounters with the Amish who still traverse busy streets riding in horse-drawn carriages. 1] Neil Ackerman, “ How and Why to Digitize Your Supply Chain ,” Manufacturing.net , 12 April 2019. [2] ” Footnotes. [1]

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Sharing Tribal Knowledge

Enterra Insights

The late Randolph “Randy” Frederick Pausch was an American educator, a professor of computer science, human–computer interaction, and design at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1] Rebecca Brinkley, “ 5 Clues You’re Falling Short on Succession Planning—and What to Do About It ,” IndustryWeek, 2 August 2019.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 29 – May 3, 2019)

Talking Logistics

The post This Week in Logistics News (April 29 – May 3, 2019) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. Moving on, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon’s Freight Push Rattles Logistics Sector (WSJ – sub. And with that, have a happy weekend!