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This Week in Logistics News (May 21 – 27)

Logistics Viewpoints

households across six states – Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Texas, Utah and Virginia. The excess capacity includes warehouses in New York, New Jersey, Southern California and Atlanta, according to an article in Bloomberg.com that referenced anonymous sources. Between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., That’s all folks.

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Scaling a FreightTech Business with Mark McEntire

The Logistics of Logistics

Mark’s 35 years in transportation and logistics includes 17 years of experience with Transplace (now Uber Freight), where he held the position of Sr. and Penske Logistics. in Transportation and Logistics from Arkansas State University. Mark joined Princeton TMX in September 2023. Hunt Transport, Inc. Mark earned a B.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The service will soon expand to a third Walmart store in the same corner of Arkansas. The post This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints. Richard crossed the finish line at 2:52 pm, which was almost the exact time the bombs went off.

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Fearless Females of Supply Chain: Be WISE

BlueYonder

WISE is a student organization with the primary purpose of promoting the field of supply chain management/logistics. The program was started about a decade ago at the University of Arkansas as a student organization to grow the number of young women studying and entering the supply chain field. You can watch their conversation here.

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Reports Indicate Walmart Cutting Salary Staff

Supply Chain Matters

Notifications to employees reportedly began this week in both the Bentonville, Arkansas corporate office and other corporate offices. Informed sources have indicated to two media outlets that these rounds of cuts amount to upwards of 200 people and involve areas of merchandising, global technology and real estate. business unit.

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Thanksgiving 2018

Enterra Insights

At the original Thanksgiving feast, the pickings were much slimmer and all ingredients were sourced locally. 1] She note there are only two known historical sources describing the three-day long feast shared by the Pilgrims and Wampanoag natives at Plymouth Colony in 1621. Most of those turkeys are raised in 14 states.

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

GlobalTranz

This “invisible” part of Walmart’s business is a logistical and supply chain management and the practices they employ should give supply chain managers pause to take a bit out of their day and inspect what Walmart is doing in order to mimic into the supply chain manager’s own practice. Decades in the Making.

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