Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Dale Rogers, a business professor at Arizona State, gave a presentation with his son Zachary Rogers, a business professor at Colorado State, during which they said that winter-holiday returns in the United States are now worth more than $300 billion a year. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business at Georgia Tech, his alma mater.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 28, 2022

Built by Swedish freight technology company Einride, the Pod features a tall, glass window behind which the vehicle’s sensors can be placed high for maximum situational awareness and thus safer deployment. GE Appliances is piloting an autonomous electric vehicle for material runs.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 11, 2016

A sustained increase in spot market rates typically leads to an increase in contract rates. In 2015, those large fleets were well positioned to handle a larger portion of the freight. As contract carriers expanded capacity, fewer loads flowed to the spot market and its freight brokers and 3PLs. per mile, or $1.93

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 13, 2023

Walmart, along with its partner DroneUp, now operates drone delivery hubs in seven states, including Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, North Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Virginia. Customers’ favorite items delivered by drone include Great Value Cookies and Cream Ice Cream, rotisserie chicken and Bounty Paper Towels. That’s all for this week.

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6 River Systems

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Devise a model that supports environmental sustainability. “BSR recommends that companies address climate risks in their supply chains by focusing where they have the greatest impact and greatest influence and taking several steps: Consider a broad range of climate risks and prioritize parts of the supply chain that are most at risk.

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Resilinc

JULY 20, 2021

The live discussion, moderated by Resilinc CEO Bindiya Vakil, also included Arizona State University Professor of Supply Chain Management Dale Rogers. The common theme of the last year-and-a-half has been how to redesign supply chains for greater sustainability and resilience,” said Vakil. To support “Buy American,” buy Pan American.

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Zipline Logistics

JUNE 23, 2020

However, the freight market, and the domestic economy, rebounded from April lows much quicker than anticipated over the last month. During the last few weeks, outbound tender volumes, a useful measurement of freight in the market, have soared. But there are a few trends that are currently affecting the freight. Rates rose 10.1

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