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How E-Commerce Is Reinventing the Humble Warehouse

MIT Supply Chain

Nowhere are these changes more evident than in warehousing. The warehouse, a mainstay of supply chains, is getting a makeover as retailers move closer to customers so they can fulfill buyers’ unquenchable thirst for instant gratification. Adapting existing stores to function as warehouses is another example.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

The offering was unveiled this week at Amazon Accelerate, a conference that drew about 2,000 online merchants to Seattle. Merchants can use the service, called Multi-Channel Distribution, to send inventory to warehouses run by other logistics providers, other online marketplaces and even to physical stores to be put on shelves.

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2021 Supply Chain Challenges: The Top 5 Lessons Learned + Tips from 11 Industry Experts

ToolsGroup

Amongst the issues faced by both businesses and consumers in 2021, supply chain shortages – and the resulting challenges – held strong in the headlines throughout the year. Five Lessons Learned Overcoming 2021’s Supply Chain Challenges. Just how bad were supply chain challenges in 2021? Bad enough to become the subject of memes.

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This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech July 14 2022

Supply Chain Matters

battery production site for Panasonic, and completion of Series D funding round for on demand warehousing provider Flex e. Seattle -based on-demand warehousing and logistics services provider Flexe announced that the company has raised $119 million in Series D equity funding and has now achieved a $1 billion plus valuation.

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Report Indicates Workers at Samsung Electronics Seek Pay Bumps in Line with Company Financial Performance

Supply Chain Matters

The report notes that in 2021, workers sought a base pay increase of 6.3 Last October, Amazon incoming CEO Andy Jassy speaking at a tech industry summit held in Seattle , had indicated that there was more the company could do to treat employees better. percent before both sides agreed to a 4.5

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Market Update: Union Contracts- May 2021

Freight Plus

The ILWU is the International Longshore & Warehouse Union and they represent workers from Seattle/Tacoma to Southern California. Click the Button above to receive the full transportation market report for May 2021. There are two associations that represent each of the unions-the IWLU and the ILA.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Stephen Beard, VP at Flexe!

Supply Chain Game Changer

I spent 5 years in warehouse solutions and got a deep dive into import / export. Eventually I was tapped to lead the Western Region and managed all of the warehouse sites west of the Rockies. We’re building the world’s first on demand warehousing marketplace with the ostentatious goal of transforming the logistics industry.