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This Week in Logistics News (May 27 – June 2)

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companies were further rattled after Chinese authorities recently questioned workers at Boston-based consulting firm Bain & Co. Walmart added new functionality that lets sellers purchase shipping labels for domestic orders on its marketplace. and raided the Beijing offices of Mintz Group, a due-diligence firm based in New York.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 5 – 11)

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According to the annual National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics Super Bowl survey, 184.5 Total spending on food, drinks, apparel, decorations, and other purchases for the day is expected to reach $14.6 SNAP customers in Boston can use EBT cards for online groceries.

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Seasonal Inventory and 7 Ways to Manage It Effectively

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If you’re a distributor , you want to plan your inventory carefully so you’re not bogged down by storage costs for post-season items that limit your capacity as the next season approaches. Many companies struggle with this; online out-of-stock notifications during the holiday season increased 256% from 2019 to 2021.

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech December 13 2022 Edition

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This action represents a reported 77 percent premium to the company’s closing stock price on November 22, 2022, the last full trading day prior to media reports involving a potential transaction. The announcement further coincides with Coupa Software’s report of fiscal third quarter financial performance.

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- March 5 2022 Edition

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Founded in 2014, this Boston based robotics technology firm leverages capabilities that are described as mimicking human hand-eye coordination, leveraging machine-learning to a vision system on a gripper and allowing mechanical fingers to bend and twist around objects to perform piece-picking tasks.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 30 – November 5)

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For 2021, there has been another hiccup, which the wine industry may refer to as the great supply chain kerfuffle. For some vineyards, they rely on specific barrels to give their wine its signature flavor; but reports are circulating that delays of 6 to 8 months are the norm for these barrels today.

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Top 10 Logistics Trends That Could Impact Supply Chains in 2022

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The year 2021 has proved it once again that Tom McCarthy was right. Rewind to 2021! 2021 may not be a year for the logistics industry to cherish, but it was a year filled with a lot of takeaways. 2021 pushed businesses to take giant strides in their logistics processes and operations. lifestyle) or involuntarily (e.g.,