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Walmart Transportation with Doug Estrada

The Logistics of Logistics

Walmart pioneered the use of the OTIF metric, which stands for on-time and in-full – meaning the shipment arrived on-time and everything that was supposed to deliver was included with the shipment (in-full). The company was founded in 1945 and is based in Bentonville, Arkansas. Walmart Inc. and changed its name to Walmart Inc.

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Misnomer

Supply Chain Shaman

This starts by clearly defining the roles of each function, and then focusing the cross-functional teams on the same metrics. When all functions are jointly focused on improving these metrics, then we can have one team. We are a month away from the publication of Supply Chain Metrics that Matter. I am excited!

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Freight Procurement is a Different Game

Logistics Viewpoints

They are a leading supplier of poultry, pet food and animal nutrition products based in Siloam Springs, Arkansas in the US. A 95% on time delivery metric – very high performance – is just not good enough for Simmons. Any shipment moving from Siloam Springs to Bentonville, Arkansas, for example, would be one lane.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

The Arkansas Department of Transportation expects 1.5 According to its sponsors, the bill’s measures would also help to improve another recent attempt to address the issues, the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022. Transportation officials are sharing plans in an effort to minimize headache-inducing traffic jams.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 18 – 24)

Logistics Viewpoints

Tractor Supply Company has gone big in Arkansas, opening its most high-tech distribution center yet. The solar panels will reduce the building’s carbon footprint by approximately 4,100 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year. I highly recommend watching the movie when you get a chance. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Walmart Looks to Expand Drone Deliveries to Five Cities

Supply Chain Brain

Walmart previously scaled back its drone deliveries in 2024, when it ended the service in Utah, Arizona and Florida, in favor of focusing on remaining operations in Dallas-Fort Worth, Arkansas and Virginia. A year later, the retailer added drone deliveries to its app for DFW customers.

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With New Year Underway, Key Players Look Back On 2022

Intelligent Audit

As rates continue to fall, industry metrics are beginning to reflect a new reality for the transportation market. for December, marking the metric’s fastest decline ever recorded. Walmart now offers customers drone delivery service through these vendors in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, North Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Virginia. .