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The VF Corporation Invested in Supply Chain Agility Before COVID Made “Agility” the New Buzzword

Logistics Viewpoints

VF Corporation is Building a Highly Automated DC on the West Coast. In Asia, Vietnam and Bangladesh are more important sourcing locations. Much of the world’s fabric is produced in Asia, for example. VF is having conversations with fabric manufacturers to encourage them to produce more fabric in factories outside of Asia.

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The Most Overlooked DC Performance Strategy

Logistics Viewpoints

At that time, my employer’s intent was to pay above-market rate for our warehouse roles. To achieve this, the company benchmarked our compensation against national retail jobs vs. local warehouse jobs. For our very physically-demanding warehouse roles, we were paid an unsustainable wage while living in an area of the U.S.

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Reshoring to the US and Europe Accelerating, Now Also Serving CO2 Emission Reduction Objectives

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Reshoring to the US and Europe Accelerating, Now Also Serving CO2 Emission Reduction Objectives by Luc Kremers , Vice President – Asia Pacific, BCI Global Reshoring is accelerating as American and European companies want to de-risk their supply chains from geopolitical developments and supply chain disruptions.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

The membership-only warehouse club said Friday it had huge gatherings and pent-up demand in mind as it selected and ordered holiday merchandise. The first phase of the partnership with EO will mean that the company will supply over 200 AC fast chargers and five DC rapid chargers across five sites.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 17-21, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Menlo Logistics Keen to Build on 2014 Growth in South Asia. Specifically, the desire to own and control the innovation cycle — from the front end of its operations (website) to its back end (order fulfillment and DC automation systems) — in a holistic and integrated manner. million-square-foot warehouse in Tracy, Calif.,

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2018

Talking Logistics

although some are in Europe, South America, and Asia. Amber Road : eVOLVE 2018 , TBA (2017: May 11-12, Washington, DC). Infor : Inforum 2018 , September 24-27, Washington, DC. Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC) Conference , May 6-9, Charlotte, NC. Most of the conferences on our list are in the U.S.,

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Supply Chain Case Study: the Executive's Guide

Supply Chain Opz

Jobs believed that Apple'' supply chain was too complex then both of them reduced the number of product availability and created 4 products segment, reduced on hand inventory and moved the assembling activities to Asia so they could focus on developing the breathtaking products that people wanted to buy.