BlueYonder

JULY 7, 2017

This week: how the growth of e-commerce is shifting the retail job market; an autonomous and unstaffed mobile retail space is in the prototype phase in Shanghai; and why warehouses may make a good testing ground for autonomous driving experiments. The outsized effect of e-commerce on retail. percent of all U.S.

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BlueYonder

MAY 13, 2020

She’s spent many years in a variety of retail roles that has led her full circle to Blue Yonder. I grew up in the Midwest and now live in Glendale, Arizona. I started my career in retail operations working at an Osco Drug store near my hometown. She grew up on a ranch in Western Arizona. Tell us a little about yourself.

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BlueYonder

JULY 7, 2017

This week: how the growth of e-commerce is shifting the retail job market; an autonomous and unstaffed mobile retail space is in the prototype phase in Shanghai; and why warehouses may make a good testing ground for autonomous driving experiments. The outsized effect of e-commerce on retail. percent of all U.S.

Retail 40

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 7, 2023

Other insights pointed out in the May LMI report are that the current rate of contraction is strongest in upstream firms, namely manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors, compared to their downstream retail industry counterparts. Supply Chain Matters highlights this week’s release of the U.S. Further reported was that volumes of U.S.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 14, 2018

National Retail Federation: Retail’s Big Show ($950 – $1,275-Members and $1,000 – $2,375 -Non-Members) Dates: January 13 – 15, 2019 in New York City The NRF Conference brings together buyers and exhibitors to learn more about the innovations driving the industry.

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 9, 2023

Walmart to Expand Drone Delivery in Arizona, Florida, Texas. With competition for fast shipping continuing to escalate, mega-retailer Walmart is partnering with DroneUp to expand drone delivery. 12 statement from FedEx. “ FedEx Announces 2023 Rate Increases to Flagship Services. 15 press release.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2023

That is not good for retailers and manufacturers, each under the looking glass to reduce not only transportation but also inventory carrying costs. Supply Chain Matters provides highlights of the March Logistics Manager Index which indicates that U.S. freight rates have reached their lowest levels in nearly six years.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 7, 2023

The conclusion put forth is that with online commerce stabilized at around 15 percent of total retail sales, the warehousing market has reached equilibrium after three years of wild swings. The report goes on to state that: “ despite the contraction, there are 275,000 more warehousing positions in the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 7, 2023

Implications The June report’s narratives and implications can be viewed from two increasingly different frames of reference, one being the logistics and warehousing services industry, the other being manufacturers, retailers, wholesalers and businesses that are anchored in supply chain cost sensitivities.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 15, 2020

Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, writes, “The coronavirus has disrupted U.S. Journalist Maghan McDowell ( @maghanmcd ) calls returns (aka reverse logistics) “an inconvenient challenge” for retailers.[3] Hitendra Chaturvedi, a professor at the Supply Chain Department of W.P. ”[2].

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 12, 2019

Editor’s Note: Today’s post is part of a new series we’re launching called “Practitioner Perspectives” — commentaries written by supply chain and logistics practitioners from manufacturing and retail companies who want to share their insights and advice on industry trends and topics. The $4,000 Transportation Question.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The Logistics Managers Index Report® , compiled by researchers at Arizona State University, Colorado State University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rutgers University and the University of Nevada Reno , and in conjunction with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) , reported a September value of 61.4,

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The median value of stolen merchandise was $50, with state-specific averages varying from $30 (Arizona) to $80 (Alaska). As the world’s largest online retailer and marketplace, it’s not surprising that the most packages stolen are from Amazon. In all, porch pirates stole 260 million packages estimated at $19.5 billion in 2022.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

For some online apparel retailers, returns now average 40% of sales. 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.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

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. What percentage of retail out-of-stocks could be prevented by the manufacturer in these industries?

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 22, 2023

The Logistics Managers Index Report® , compiled by researchers at Arizona State University, Colorado State University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rutgers University and the University of Nevada Reno , and in conjunction with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), reported an April 2023 value of 50.9,

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AFFLINK

APRIL 18, 2018

This website shows that retail e-commerce sales grew roughly 25 percent annually worldwide from 2014 to 2017. Statista , a statistics website, also reports that e-commerce’s share of retail sales has risen from 5.8 The global shift toward e-commerce is changing how the retail and logistics industries operate.”

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BlueYonder

JUNE 19, 2019

My roots are in retail, starting all the way back to high school, working at Nordstrom. You joined JDA from a retail background – what brought you to JDA? My family was in Arizona. I worked at Nordstrom for 16 years in Oregon and Washington, then helped them open locations in Texas and Arizona.

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Supply Chain Insights

MAY 5, 2014

But, with the help of the operations research team at Arizona State University (ASU), we now think that we have it right. In June, we will be stack-ranking the consumer value chain industries (retail, consumer products, food/beverage, consumer electronics and chemical). It is core to our mission at Supply Chain Insights.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 21, 2022

The selection of metrics is based on prior work with Arizona State University to understand which metrics, in combination, correlate to market capitalization and price to book value. Why do we spend four months doing this? We aim to move companies from a cost-based agenda to drive value in their supply chains.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The news cycle focused on retail platform and web infrastructure services provider Amazon has accelerated these past few weeks. The online retailer is shuttering, postponing or cancelling plans for a variety of logistics sortation, customer fulfillment or other facilities across the U.S. Let’s focus on some of the highlights.

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Stord

MARCH 31, 2019

This facility, located in Goodyear, Arizona, supports 40% of the co-op’s stores. The Dutch retailer Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize that owns Food Lion, Stop & Shop, Giant Food, and Giant/Martin (among others) is adopting a new forecasting tool built by Relex Solutions. Department of Energy. REI installed a 2.2-megawatt

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 23, 2022

The Logistics Managers Index Report ®, compiled by researchers at Arizona State University, Colorado State University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rutgers University and the University of Nevada Reno , and in conjunction with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) , reported an April 2022 value of 69.7

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

From an early age she took interest in retail and the customer experience. I started as a support analyst for our point-of-sale solutions and my retail background was beneficial. I planned to be in Arizona for two years. I simply wanted to experience warm weather and a big city and was drawn to Arizona. Coming here!

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BlueYonder

JUNE 19, 2019

My roots are in retail, starting all the way back to high school, working at Nordstrom. You joined JDA from a retail background – what brought you to JDA? My family was in Arizona. I worked at Nordstrom for 16 years in Oregon and Washington, then helped them open locations in Texas and Arizona.

Arizona 40

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Talking Logistics

JULY 7, 2017

“It does not matter how fast you deliver the parcel if no one is there to receive it,” noted an executive of one online retailer. A customer of the Gilbert, Arizona, Walmart told Business Insider that the service was a vast improvement from the retailer’s regular in-store pickup process.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 15, 2020

I grew up in Tucson and lived there through college, going to the University of Arizona. I was in the same role for 20 years in one solution area (retail planning) and now I am exposed to a lot of different areas, some of which are very new to me. Where did you grow up? Where do you live now? Erin at the JXC in Scottdale.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 22, 2019

Smaller, more agile companies outperform the larger and well-known brands in the retail, beverages, food, and pharmaceutical industry sectors. We selected these metrics based on correlation work with Arizona State University in 2012. No company in the past decade achieved the promised economy of scale.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2022

The Logistics Managers Index Report ®, compiled by researchers at Arizona State University, Colorado State University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rutgers University and the University of Nevada Reno , and in conjunction with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) , reported a May 2022 value of 67.1,

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Veridian Solutions

DECEMBER 11, 2018

National Retail Federation: Retail’s Big Show ($950 – $1,275-Members and $1,000 – $2,375 -Non-Members) Dates: January 13 – 15, 2019 in New York City The NRF Conference brings together buyers and exhibitors to learn more about the innovations driving the industry. Download WhitePaper.

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 17, 2023

Walmart now offers customers drone delivery service through these vendors in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, North Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Virginia. . retailer and providing customers with an incredibly fast – and innovative – option for delivery, ” said Vik Gopalakrishnan, Walmart’s U.S. “We

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

And according to the National Retail Federation, the holiday returned to its romantic traditions, with total spending on significant others for the holiday expected to reach a record $14.2 The bill has currently been assigned to the Arizona House Rules Committee and awaits a hearing. Wednesday, February 14 was Valentine’s Day.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 15, 2020

I grew up in Tucson and lived there through college, going to the University of Arizona. I was in the same role for 20 years in one solution area (retail planning) and now I am exposed to a lot of different areas, some of which are very new to me. Where did you grow up? Where do you live now? Erin at the JXC in Scottdale.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 5, 2020

However, the new order has a few modifications and allows for retail and other non-essential businesses to begin reopening on May 4. . As the state reopens retail facilities on May 4, shipping in and out of Arizona should not be substantially impacted. . Restaurants, gyms, and retailers are open at 50 percent capacity.

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o9 Solutions

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

As the US opened back up for tourism, it came time to plan a road trip through Arizona. And restaurants, timber mills, plastics manufacturers, personal products brands, furniture retailers, meat processing plants, coffee importers, pool chlorine producers, medical oxygen suppliers….the the list goes on.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 12, 2020

Shippers should expect pre-pandemic operations in Arizona. California Governor Gavin Newsome has allowed retailers to reopen; however, some restrictions remain in place. It may be a challenge to make retail deliveries in this region until that time. Restaurants, gyms, and retailers are open at 50 percent capacity.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

When I was Materials Manager at Maricopa County, Arizona, the second largest county in the country, I introduced Vendor Managed Inventory. In some cases, if the inventory does not sell, the vendor (supplier) will repurchase the product from the buyer (retailer). So, I hope the next article explains the evolved VMI model.”

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