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Benchmarking your Freight Rates for Maximum Supply Chain Efficiency

Logistics Viewpoints

In this article, we will discuss why benchmarking is so important, how it works, and how you can use it to maximize your efficiency when shipping goods. A graduate of Arizona State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Communications and an Associate’s in Graphic Design. Currently residing in Mesa, Arizona.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 21 – 27)

Logistics Viewpoints

households across six states – Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Texas, Utah and Virginia. The excess capacity includes warehouses in New York, New Jersey, Southern California and Atlanta, according to an article in Bloomberg.com that referenced anonymous sources. Between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.,

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Embracing the Supply Chain as A Complex Non-linear System

Supply Chain Shaman

Note to the reader: we selected these metrics for the balanced scorecard for the analysis after work with Arizona State University to understand which metrics, in combination, most closely correlated with market capitalization. Which leads me to share an article that I think that every supply chain leader should read.

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Emerge Levels Up with Michael Leto

The Logistics of Logistics

John Paul Hampstead of FreightWaves wrote a great article about Emerge’s explosive growth and latest funding round. Michael Leto , CEO of Emerge , has been in the transportation industry for over 21 years and played an active role in creating one of the largest and fastest-growing 3PLs in the country.

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Home Delivery Robots: Last Mile Gamechangers

Logistics Viewpoints

But this article will focus on the home delivery robots. Nuro has partnered with Dominos, Kroger, Walmart, Chipotle, FedEx, and 7-Eleven and has been piloting its technology in Texas, Arizona, and California. Ford has run multiple pilots to gage customer perception and acceptance of autonomous vehicles as a delivery mechanism.

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Introducing the Journal of Operations Management (Guest Post by the Editors-in-Chief)

SCM Research

Regular articles accepted for publication in JOM must have clear implications for operations managers based on one or more of a variety of rigorous research methodologies. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University. It is the premier ranked journal, repeatedly ranked above other journals in the discipline.

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Evolution of the Warehouse: How it Adapted to E-Commerce and New Technology Trends?

AFFLINK

Ecommerce Fuels a Warehouse Boom,” reports this article by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Warehouses are 143% bigger thanks to e-commerce,” states this article in the publication Supply Chain Dive. The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta article details the boom in warehouses due to e-commerce. Evolution Or Revolution?