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How to Get a New Arizona Facility Running Optimally in a Hurry

AB&R

How to Get a New Arizona Facility Running Optimally in a Hurry If you’re setting up a new warehouse or manufacturing facility in Arizona, you will want to make sure you’re being as efficient as possible in everything you do. Workers can read an entire room’s worth of RFID tags in minutes using a single handheld reader.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 21 – 27)

Logistics Viewpoints

Amazon Aims to Sublet, End Warehouse Leases as Online Sales Cool. 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.

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Embracing the Supply Chain as A Complex Non-linear System

Supply Chain Shaman

In the past five years, companies have 5-10X the number of AGVs in their warehouses, but 40-60% more planners in corporate. We have successfully reduced warehouse labor, but planning is more labor intensive today, and less effective. Which leads me to share an article that I think that every supply chain leader should read.

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

AFFLINK

Today’s Warehouses Are Much Different Due To E-Commerce. What you might not know is the effect of e-commerce’s growth on warehouses. You might think, for example, that companies are struggling to find places to store their goods or that the cost of building warehouses and hiring employees negates the growing sales.

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Home Delivery Robots: Last Mile Gamechangers

Logistics Viewpoints

When it comes to deploying robots, warehouse technology is more established, as the use of robots within warehouses is set to grow significantly. Warehouse labor shortages will continue to be the main growth driver for autonomous mobile robots. But this article will focus on the home delivery robots.

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Hitendra Chaturvedi’s Reality Check

Resilinc

One of those voices is Hitendra Chaturvedi, professor of practice in supply chain management at Arizona State University’s W. In business news articles Chaturvedi has questioned the viability of broad-scale reshoring and warned that supply chain resiliency will likely take a back seat once the pandemic fades from memory.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

Statistics covered in the article include: How the Supply Chain Crisis is Impacting Businesses and Consumers. The uptick’s been attributed to gaps in regulatory and process execution, and a shortage of skilled labor in warehouses. Raw Material Shortages Are Affecting a Challenged Supply Chain. Wall Street Journal ). Deloitte Global).