Stord

JULY 7, 2023

Atlanta, GA, July 6, 2023 – Stord , a leader in fulfillment services and technology for omnichannel mid-market and enterprise brands, has been recognized by SupplyTech Breakthrough as the 3PL Platform of the Year. For more information visit SupplyTechBreakthrough.com

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Stord

APRIL 13, 2023

ATLANTA, April 12, 2023 — Stord , the Cloud Supply Chain leader, today announced Stord One Warehouse , a modern, cloud-based Warehouse Management System (WMS) that’s as flexible as it is easy to use in helping operators achieve greater efficiency and productivity in their B2B and DTC fulfillment facilities.

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Stord

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

ATLANTA, June 12, 2020 -- Today, we are incredibly excited to announce that Stord has acquired Cove Logistics—a leading transportation provider—to further expand our distribution platform to include freight, strengthen our network of logistics capabilities, and better serve our customers.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

As a country, I think that we need to rethink supply chain flows for chassis, drayage and the unloading of larger ships. I don’t think that the ports are up to the challenge of moving the high-levels of freight with larger ships without rethinking unloading space, equipment and flows. It takes 2 to 3 days to unload a ship.

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

An article in my local paper, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution , had this interesting quote, “From aerospace to health care to consumer products to toys to medical devices, furniture … what I think you’re going to see is an explosion of use.”. A startup local Atlanta-based 3D printing company, CloudDDM , is looking to make an impact.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 3, 2024

The increased cost of working capital and supplemental inventory levels to mitigate fulfillment risk is likely to revert back to just-in-time inventory management. Other businesses across industry sectors will seek to achieve 2024 growth by seizing added market share. Truck and rail transportation movements across the Mexico and U.S.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 20, 2018

Shipping firm CMA CGM to buy 25 pct stake in Ceva Logistics (Reuters). A TMS user, for example, can say to the system, “Show me all uncovered loads,” or an inventory manager can ask, “Which stores have less than three days inventory of product X?” ’ XPO Logistics unveils voice tracking (Reuters).

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Cognira

MARCH 9, 2022

With these three factors, retailers have had to reimagine the customer experience and tap into different strategies such as shipping ecommerce orders from stores, ‘Buy Online Pickup in Store’, and curbside pickup. Essentially, it is combining both channels and inventory into one process.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 31, 2022

Last-mile shipping costs have steadily increased along with a number of surcharges to support increased demand. Flexibility Rules A 2020 survey from consulting firm Deloitte found that 83% of consumers expect flexible shipping and fulfillment options like BOPIS. According to 3PL provider AFS, the cost per package increased 3.5%

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Zipline Logistics

OCTOBER 5, 2021

As many as 30 container ships were waiting to be unloaded at the Port of Long Beach at one point. Currently, 70 ships are backlogged off Southern California ports , the area responsible for nearly half of all US imports , waiting to be unloaded. The situation, in 2020, was the worst in history.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

The report envisioned a global delivery network that controls the flow of goods from factories in China and India to customer doorsteps in Atlanta, New York and London. Amazon wants to bypass these brokers, amassing inventory from thousands of merchants around the world and then buying space on trucks, planes and ships at reduced rates.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 15, 2015

As I mentioned in last week’s Friday News Roundup, I spent some time in Atlanta attending the Home Delivery World, Click & Collect Show USA, and ETail Show USA joint conference. Inventory Management Labor Learning & Leadership Omni-channel logistics Retail' Tom […].

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Cognira

JANUARY 1, 2019

With 42% of retailers saying faster shipping is a top priority, these cost are set to go even higher. An order for standard 4 day delivery comes in from a customer in Atlanta, GA. Since inventory is only available from Cedar Rapids, it’s shipped from there via Next Day Air from there at a cost of $65.76. vs. $10.80

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Cognira

DECEMBER 17, 2018

With 42% of retailers saying faster shipping is a top priority, these cost are set to go even higher. An order for standard 4 day delivery comes in from a customer in Atlanta, GA. Since inventory is only available from Cedar Rapids, it’s shipped from there via Next Day Air from there at a cost of $65.76. vs. $10.80

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

I knew nothing about the world of logistics, inventory management and order optimization. From the research, we know that when organizations have source, make and deliver reporting to the same leader, that supply chain performance improves (intersection of operating margin and inventory turns). The year was 1985.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 19, 2013

As I’ve commented in previous postings, if you are a 3PL or transportation company and you’re not involved in cross-border shipping with Mexico, then you are missing out on a growing business opportunity (see Reuters article from December 2012). And finally, UPS raised a red flag by lowering its full-year EPS expectations.

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Logility

JUNE 24, 2021

ATLANTA – June 24, 2021 – Logility, Inc., Whether it be moving a customer to a cloud-based solution or implementing a more sustainable shipping option, these top supply chain projects reflect the supply chain industry’s strength and resilience to overcome disruptions and work better, smarter and more efficiently in the years ahead.”.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 28, 2022

UPS earnings rise as higher prices offset shipping slowdown. Sam’s Club finalizes chain-wide deployment of robotic inventory scanners. s profit climbed in the third quarter despite a downtick in shipping volumes as higher prices buoyed the business. Overall revenue for the Atlanta-based delivery company rose 4.2%

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Locus Robotics

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

In fact, according to a survey by Robotics Business Review , “automated warehouses are 76% more likely to increase inventory accuracy to 99% or higher and 40% more likely to ship orders within one day of being placed.” With AMRs, you can easily scale up your fleet to meet seasonal spikes or inventory swells.

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Locus Robotics

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

In fact, according to a survey by Robotics Business Review , “automated warehouses are 76% more likely to increase inventory accuracy to 99% or higher and 40% more likely to ship orders within one day of being placed.” With AMRs, you can easily scale up your fleet to meet seasonal spikes or inventory swells.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 26, 2018

“We may still be a long way away from a future where trucks and ships will be controlled by artificial intelligence (AI) alone,” he writes. .” Bill Meahl, chief commercial officer at DHL, believes autonomous vehicles will also play an increasingly important role. Footnotes. [1]

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 23, 2023

The fulfillment center is the second of four next-generation facilities that aim to bring the powerful combination of people, technology and machine learning together to achieve faster shipping and delivery, while increasing Walmart.com order fulfillment capacity. population with its service. The shortage doesn’t just affect automakers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2022

This is leading to an inventory pile-up of processors and memory chips used in PCs. Some retailers are learning to love bulked-up inventories. The companies building their inventories are looking to ensure they have items on hand at the right moment. Walgreens takes its delivery service round the clock.

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Stord

MAY 16, 2023

ATLANTA, May 16, 2023 — Stord , a leader in fulfillment services and technology for omnichannel mid-market and enterprise brands, today announced its expanded order management system (OMS) software offering. Multichannel Inventory 81 percent of retailers are planning to expand the number of digital channels they sell on in 2023.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 11, 2020

Look at this way: 10 orders in a month for a single LED bulb to be shipped to 10 different parts of the country on different days requires a totally different plan than one order of 10 bulbs to be sent to a single location. This company holds 900,000 SKUs in stock ready to ship, and promises to send 99% of orders on the same day.

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Stord

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Whether it is a retailer ordering new stock from a supplier or a CPG brand replenishing raw materials, buyers want their products quicker and with lower shipping costs. the Wall Street Journal, Supply & Demand Chain Executive, American Shipper, Atlanta Business Chronicle, and the Technology Association of Georgia.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 11, 2017

Luxottica maintains a warehouse in Atlanta and ships roughly 470k units of inventory each week - 300k to retail locations and 170k as wholesale to independent opticians and department stores. The raw acetate is shipped from Italy to China, where it is cut and assembled into frames. Luxottica kept 4.25

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Stord

JANUARY 26, 2024

ATLANTA, January 24, 2024 — Stord, a leader in high-volume fulfillment services and supply chain technology for omnichannel mid-market and enterprise brands, announces Consumer Experience capability for its Stord One Commerce OMS, designed to significantly elevate pre-purchase and post-purchase experiences for modern-day consumers.

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Ware2Go

DECEMBER 12, 2021

In the logistics industry, a hub and spoke distribution model is used to disperse inventory to multiple fulfillment centers from a large distribution center. Large retailers and ecommerce marketplaces like Amazon use a hub and spoke distribution model, but mid-sized merchants may not carry enough inventory to fill a large distribution center.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

AUGUST 11, 2017

Luxottica maintains a warehouse in Atlanta and ships roughly 470k units of inventory each week - 300k to retail locations and 170k as wholesale to independent opticians and department stores. The raw acetate is shipped from Italy to China, where it is cut and assembled into frames. Luxottica kept 4.25

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Most of Estee Lauder’s holiday product has already been shipped to retailers. To prevent shipping logjams that have recently stymied the country’s supply chain, the Biden administration and California officials said Thursday that billions of dollars in infrastructure improvements are being fast-tracked for the state’s largest ports.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 1, 2016

That’s at Atlanta, by the way. The idea of a supply chain control tower emerged in 1990’s, triggered by the need to view and control the movement of goods in factories, distribution centers and pipeline inventories. They estimate that their deployment resulted in an inventory saving of tens of millions of dollars.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In higher-traffic markets, Advance Auto Parts has “hub” stores that keep more inventory in-stock to give customers what they need when they need it. The new facility will allow the company to offer two-day shipping to most (about 90%) of the U.S. In early 2013, Belk launched a vendor-direct program.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Often, the broader the assortment, the larger the volume of inventory, which leads to more potential waste if a product doesn’t sell as anticipated. Having demand signals coming from stores, e-commerce, distributors, and influencers can leave planners in a jumble of information with no way to sort through how best to place inventory.

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Cathy Roberson

JUNE 5, 2021

But, I decided to do it because Manhattan is based here in Atlanta and I know some of the Manhattan folks - they are smart and know what they are doing. This solution helps retailers with order fulfillment, point of sale, store inventory and fulfillment management, and more. I found out that Logistyx is a Manhattan Associates partner.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Often, the broader the assortment, the larger the volume of inventory, which leads to more potential waste if a product doesn’t sell as anticipated. Having demand signals coming from stores, e-commerce, distributors, and influencers can leave planners in a jumble of information with no way to sort through how best to place inventory.

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Ware2Go

OCTOBER 20, 2021

by their carrier and eventually built up a backlog of 12,000 orders that were ready to be shipped. Ware2Go distributed the merchant’s inventory among 3 distribution centers, giving the merchant additional pickups at each location. They were only able to ship 1,700 orders per day no matter how quickly they fulfilled them.

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