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This Week in Logistics News (May 21 – 27)

Logistics Viewpoints

Dick’s Sporting Goods Beats Forecast in Q1 But Cautions on Inflation, Supply Chain. Walmart and Symbotic Expand Partnership to Deploy Automation System. This builds upon a prior agreement for 20 regional DCs, some of which have already begun implementing Symbotic’s technology. Someday I will actually step foot on that beach.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

The technology that is driving autonomous vehicles continues to improve, and as my colleague Steve Banker asked earlier this week, “ when does a technology really grow? The system sports six pairs of stereo cameras, powered by a pair of Nvidia Jetson modules, offering a full view of its surrounding.

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Elementum Reports: The Most Transformative Supply Chain Technologies of the Year (So Far)

Elementum

At the start of 2018, we predicted the trends and technologies that would have the greatest impact on the global supply chain. Successful companies continuously abandon traditional methods that lack flexibility, replacing them with systems that enable real-time action. How did our list measure up to current trends?

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This Week in Logistics News (January 22 – 28)

Logistics Viewpoints

Forecast says US drayage rates will continue to rise in Q1. The trial, which is expected to conclude within a month in Bengaluru, will test the vehicle technology within FedEx Express operations, assessing the vehicles’ operational effectiveness on a standard route fully loaded with packages, the company said in a statement.

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Elementum Reports: The Most Transformative Supply Chain Technologies of the Year (So Far)

Elementum

At the start of 2018, we predicted the trends and technologies that would have the greatest impact on the global supply chain. Successful companies continuously abandon traditional methods that lack flexibility, replacing them with systems that enable real-time action. How did our list measure up to current trends?

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Let the Qs Begin

Supply Chain Shaman

Supply Chain Improvement is based on the work that we completed with an Arizona State University Operations Research team to determine the Supply Chain Index. There are three reasons why: Vertical excellence—having the best manufacturing, procurement or transportation function—has not worked. A big bang technology focus has not worked.

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The Benefits of Evolved Vendor Managed Inventory Model Led by Web-Based VMI

GlobalTranz

Editor’s Note: Cerasis is a 3PL focused on transportation management. Distributors will inbound to a manufacturer the inventory needed and transportation management, especially inbound freight management, efficiency is paramount to an effective vendor managed inventory model. ” What is Vendor Managed Inventory?