Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
Procuring transportation for freight is much different than any other procurement category. There are different tools, goals, and market dynamics. Transportation procurement needs to support both customer service and a company’s internal supply chain goals. One master of freight procurement is Kyle Masters.
Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 27, 2022
Dick’s joins a list of retailers that have recently noted the impacts of inflation on customer purchases, with a shift from discretionary to non-discretionary items being a common theme. households across six states – Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Texas, Utah and Virginia. Between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.,
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The Logistics of Logistics
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
Mandy comes from a trucking family and she grew up in Van Buren, Arkansas not far from USA Truck’s headquarters. CPI was incorporated under the name USA Truck in September 1986 and purchased by management in January 1989. Under that banner, the company provides capacity solutions to a wide customer base throughout North America.
Multichannel Merchant
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Home Depot has signed on as the first retail customer of Walmart’s new service, GoLocal, with Walmart providing same-day and next-day delivery in select stores in Texas, New Mexico and Northwest Arkansas in the coming weeks, expanding thereafter. population.”. Home Depot currently charges $8.99
MIT Supply Chain
JUNE 5, 2023
As Lynn Torrel, chief procurement and supply chain officer at Flex, explained the company’s operations during the Covid-19 pandemic, “We’ve had a few escalation calls with suppliers, and you get on a call, and there are critical needs. It helps in negotiating a solution and obtaining mutual commitments to action.
USC Consulting Group
JULY 21, 2020
However, as University of Arkansas’ John Aloysius told Supply Chain Dive, the machine learning algorithms used for forecasting are guided by what consumers have done historically. Since COVID-19 was unprecedented in the Information Age, predictive analytics had nothing to draw from for guidance. ” Bounce back better than expected.
GlobalTranz
MAY 13, 2015
Walmart uses its mammoth purchasing power to shape suppliers’ behavior which also drives down costs, Gartner said. The evolution of Walmart’s supply chain includes three elements, according to a 2012 article from Arkansas Business: distribution practices, operating its own fleet of trucks, and technology. Decades in the Making.
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