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This Week in Logistics News (March 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

The locations are equipped to process a prescription “within a matter of minutes rather than hours or days,” the company said. The company plans to add more than a dozen other cities by the end of the year. The Arkansas Department of Transportation expects 1.5 The broader LA metro area will be up and running in April.

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Freight Procurement is a Different Game

Logistics Viewpoints

Simmons Foods Simmons Foods is a farm to fork poultry manufacturer. They are a leading supplier of poultry, pet food and animal nutrition products based in Siloam Springs, Arkansas in the US. Depending on the product, their customers are consumer goods companies, retailers, food service distributors and restaurant chains.

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Consumer Demand Variability Biggest Supply Chain Disruption, Execs say

USC Consulting Group

Yet for business leaders – especially manufacturers and shippers – the words “unpredictability” and “uncertainty” will likely epitomize 2020, as they’re something organizations continue to experience as the country and consumers emerge from the nationwide lockdown amid supply chain disruption.

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Misnomer

Supply Chain Shaman

I find that many times companies have the wrong name, or a misnomer, for what they are trying to achieve. It was a large multinational company. So much so, that three years ago, I founded a research company to focus on understanding supply chain excellence. We never found this company. It was not measured. I was wrong.

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Walmart: 3 Keys to Successful Supply Chain Management any Business Can Follow

GlobalTranz

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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Celebrating National Supply Chain Day – and Its Link to You

BlueYonder

According to the National Day Archives website: “National Supply Chain Day is a day where all companies leading in supply chain can come together to spread knowledge, share recent upgrades and new tech in their supply chain and connect.”. Tomorrow, April 29, is National Supply Chain Day. Why have a day dedicated to supply chain?

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Faceless AI Will Not Relegate the Social Side of Business to the Past

MIT Supply Chain

Therefore, when making decisions in a supply chain, such as managing exceptions or escalating problems, the personal relationships between the people in companies and their customers and suppliers matter. Companies often maintain teams dedicated to specific high-profile customers, creating long-term, person-to-person relationships.