Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 6, 2022

This week, business and industry media reported that the company now plans to cut, what The Wall Street Journal noted as hundreds of corporate roles in an overall restructuring effort. Notifications to employees reportedly began this week in both the Bentonville, Arkansas corporate office and other corporate offices. Walmart’s U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2022

Ferrero tells suppliers to stop sending it palm oil from Malaysian company. As I wrote about a few weeks ago, Google’s sister company Wing launched what it calls the first commercial drone delivery in a major metropolitan area. The company partnered with Walgreens to make deliveries in suburban Dallas.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Scooter Sayers graduated from the University of Arkansas with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and a Master of Business Administration. He began his career in transportation with ABF Freight in 1991 as a Pricing Analyst, progressing through several positions including Director – Rating & Traffic Services.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 1, 2023

This family-owned business is headquartered in Siloam Springs Arkansas in the US. The company moves 46,000 shipments per year using dry van, temperature controlled, hoppers, live haul, and other trucks as well. When Mr. Masters joined the company in August of 2020, the company had three business units each using its own carriers.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 13, 2015

When someone hears the company name “Walmart” several things come to mind from a pop culture standpoint. The company expects to open four such giant facilities this quarter, as it aims to triple online sales by 2018, to $35 billion from $12 billion last year. Decades in the Making.

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 17, 2023

Despite having navigated tense contractor conflicts in 2022, 2023 and its volume shortage are sure to bring new challenges to the parcel delivery giant, as Supply Chain Dive reports: “ …the company has shifted into a cost-cutting mode to shield itself from macroeconomic pressures as it waits for volumes to recover. ”.

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DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 6, 2016

4 Ways the New Overtime Rule Hits Trucking Companies. New Overtime Rules "A Slap in the Face" to Freight Brokers. NEW OVERTIME RULES. Learn more about the U.S. Department of Labor's new overtime rules that take effect Dec. Overview and Summary of Final Rule from U.S. Department of Labor.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 30, 2023

I have yet to jump on the metaverse bandwagon, but I see more and more companies offering “virtual experiences” to the masses. And now, more companies are trying to use the metaverse to make interactions as lifelike as possible. This will certainly be an interesting trend to watch. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 6, 2015

percent, 249,100 jobs), Arkansas (12.9 Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn The post [INFOGRAPHIC, REPORT, & INTERACTIVE MAP] The US Manufacturing Workforce & Making it In America appeared first on Freight Logistics Company | Cerasis. percent, 491,900 jobs), Wisconsin (16.3 percent, 458,400 jobs), Iowa (14.0

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GTG Technology Group

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

While trucking companies and drivers were happy to help, trucks sent to hurricane-devastated areas were not available for their regular routes. The flooding required organizations to divert loads to facilities in Dallas, Arkansas and Oklahoma, areas not accustomed to processing that level of traffic.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 13, 2023

The company expects to halt the service in select areas beginning in mid-March, according to the unsigned January 6 memo, which was sent to the contractors that make deliveries for its ground unit. According to a company announcement, Walmart completed more than 6,000 drone deliveries in 2022.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 29, 2019

A New Market Seeks to Draw Freight Bets (WSJ – sub. A New Market Seeks to Draw Freight Bets (WSJ – sub. Inside Google’s Rebooted Robotics Program (New York Times) Transplace Invests in New Operations Center in Northwest Arkansas Black & Decker Fined $1.8M You learn something new every day.

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6 River Systems

APRIL 4, 2019

RFID tags and robotic warehouse systems generate and transmit data that, when combined with other data sources, allow companies to optimize the supply chain and make better predictions and forecasts to improve efficiency and boost the bottom line. In 2019, gathering unique data will be more prominent in the brains of logistic companies.

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Freight Plus

MARCH 28, 2019

Freight about to plunge into recession? The freight side is pretty good,” said Craig Kendall, a manager with Peterbilt. It’s been good, but not as good as expected,” added Jeff Bronson of Atlas trucking company. This move will help keep the company at pace with Walmart, who already track emissions via Project Gigaton.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 3, 2015

Okay, so Netflix isn’t really developing a show about logistics called D is for Drones , but it does have drones on the brain, as this video the company produced last year for an internal staff meeting shows: Maybe my post will serve as an inspiration for Netflix to take my original series idea and run with it.

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Freight Plus

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Twitter is the best way to reach Trump, said Les Willis, who owns two trucking companies in Texas and Arkansas. "I Trucks.com. reports that a number of small trucking firms are taking to social media to express concerns over the cost of converting to the Electronic Logging Devices.

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