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This Week in Logistics News (March 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

These plants produce various food products, and these new projects’ technologies can be replicated across a wide range of food and beverage manufacturers. The Arkansas Department of Transportation expects 1.5 Transportation officials are sharing plans in an effort to minimize headache-inducing traffic jams.

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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. Then we are pulling out of an animal nutrition production facility and taking those finished products to a pet food manufacturing facility.

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Misnomer

Supply Chain Shaman

Proudly, I had led my division to have the lowest manufacturing costs with the highest Return on Assets. I believed that we would find a company with the lowest distribution costs (warehousing and transportation), and the lowest manufacturing costs, and this would result in the best overall cost structure. I was wrong.

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26 logistics professionals reveal the biggest trends in logistics technology

6 River Systems

Mobile apps can generate reports and monitor performance metrics. “Data science can bring great gains for…” Logistics efforts of retailers and manufacturers. As the IIoT continues to evolve, the manufacturing and logistics industry will benefit from the ability to produce real-time analytics and data visualizations.