Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 5, 2023

The “ holy grail ” in these efforts is automation that can replicate the dexterity and adaptability of warehouse workers for truck unloading, package sorting and material movements. Additional actions required technology workers to be in their assigned office at least two days during the week.

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Supply Chain Movement

JULY 8, 2013

We put our data, such as a forecast for a packaging component, into the cloud and our vendor can go in and retrieve an electronic message. L’Oréal piloted the E2Open Control Tower last autumn in its factory in Little Rock, Arkansas with two vendors. Same version of the truth. Everyone has same version of the truth,” says Markoff.

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Stord

JULY 30, 2019

Walmart Begins Autonomous Middle Mile Delivery Pilot Walmart is operating an autonomous van transporting customer orders on the “middle mile” between Walmart warehouses and package pickup kiosks in Arkansas.

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Lucas

JULY 9, 2019

years, Amazon now ships 48% of their packages. Amazon Flex- This service allows anyone with a smart phone and a car deliver amazon packages and get paid to do it. Amazon Locker- Deliver packages to a locker and pick them up at your convenience. Amazon-delivered packages also only take 3.2 United Parcel Service- 17%.

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E2open

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

The Bentonville, Arkansas, based retailer now requires consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies that ship to its distribution centers (DCs) in full truckloads to deliver on-time, in-full (OTIF) 95 percent of the time within a one-day delivery window. Those expectations just went up.

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E2open

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

The Bentonville, Arkansas, based retailer now requires consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies that ship to its distribution centers (DCs) in full truckloads to deliver on-time, in-full (OTIF) 95 percent of the time within a one-day delivery window. Those expectations just went up.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 2, 2018

As people slowly absorb the details of the tax reform package, opinion polls suggest that it is becoming significantly more popular,” Stephen Stanley, chief economist at Amherst Pierpont Securities, wrote in a research note. They feel better about today’s economy than they have since March 2001. Their outlook also improved.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 2, 2018

As people slowly absorb the details of the tax reform package, opinion polls suggest that it is becoming significantly more popular,” Stephen Stanley, chief economist at Amherst Pierpont Securities, wrote in a research note. They feel better about today’s economy than they have since March 2001. Their outlook also improved.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 31, 2023

In the spring of 2022, Walmart created a new position among the roughly 15,000 employees who work at its headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas. As the company continues to insource more of its last mile delivery operations, it is also taking steps to limit issues that could occur during the package drop off process.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 30, 2023

small businesses, from bodegas to florists, to deliver its packages by the end of the year. Dubbed Amazon Hub Delivery, this is the tech and logistics giant’s latest attempt to expand its “last mile” network — the last stage in logistics where packages are ultimately delivered to customers — through external workforces.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 13, 2023

Frozen dairy manufacturers reduce packaging footprint. Weekend package delivery services have seen their ups and downs, as Sunday deliveries at one point became a hot commodity. This week, FedEx announced that it plans to scale back even more on Sunday package deliveries as the courier grapples with faltering e-commerce demand.

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DAT Solutions

JULY 28, 2016

If you're looking only at load-to-truck ratios on the map above, you'd be pointing your reefer toward New Mexico or Arkansas right now. Arkansas is always a good bet, but there are a lot more reefer loads available in Texas , California and Illinois. Frozen food should be moving soon, with fresh food following in mid-August.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 16, 2018

The rates in Arkansas (3.4 As we’ve noted in previous posts, contingent workers are the folks who come in to work in warehouses, on trucks, and distribution centers, and who keep the packages coming in from all of those Amazon orders you place online. Colorado had the lowest unemployment rate in May, 2.3 percent), California (4.7

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 17, 2023

Amazon began delivering packages with the vehicles in July, and Rivian last month touted 10 million packages delivered via the vans. helps it facilitate the rapid transport of packages. Several grocery chains have tested new case-ready meat packaging from Tyson Foods that’s more eco-friendly and extends product shelf life.

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6 River Systems

APRIL 4, 2019

For us consumers, this means we will get our packages quicker. There are blockchain technologies designing sensors that will track the internal temps, moisture and altitude of packages. Amazon has Prime Air for small parcel packages, and the Turkish postal service is looking at launching mail delivery by drone this year.

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6 River Systems

JUNE 26, 2020

Sara White @SupplyPike Sara White is the Marketing Coordinator for SupplyPike , a supply chain software solutions startup in Fayetteville, Arkansas. One fast way this can be done is by introducing smartphone-based scanning for serial numbers on packages and containers, enabling end-to-end visibility from production through to delivery.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 21, 2021

Echoing Amazon: Walmart and Target try local package delivery. Taking a page from their biggest rival, Walmart and Target are testing their own home package delivery services in the US. The service has made package deliveries in the Bentonville and Rogers areas near Walmart’s Arkansas headquarters.

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