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Amazon’s Added Shockwave- Plans to Sublease Warehouse Space

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights that companies that sublease excess warehouse or office space is a normal occurrence in business settings, but when Amazon moves in that direction, it can send a shock wave to the industrial real estate ecosystem. billion loss compared to a $8.1 billion profit in the year-earlier quarter.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 21 – 27)

Logistics Viewpoints

Amazon Aims to Sublet, End Warehouse Leases as Online Sales Cool. 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. Dick’s Sporting Goods Beats Forecast in Q1 But Cautions on Inflation, Supply Chain.

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Inventory is Everything with Jeff Flowers

The Logistics of Logistics

In his last role at Bluelinx, Jeff was the General Manager of Metal Products Business Unit which generated $250M in revenue sourcing products from 17 different countries serving 18,000 SKUs to national, regional and local building products retailers. Companies can meet these challenges by partnering with OneRail.

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Logility to Acquire Network Optimization Provider Starboard Solutions

Logility

ATLANTA (June 28, 2022) – Logility, Inc., Applying Starboard’s rich set of reference costs with Logility’s lane rates and time data structures, users have the ability to quickly analyze options in regions for which they have no prior data and locate the absolute best location for future plants, warehouses or 3PL locations.

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Logility Recognized for Nineteenth Year with Top Supply Chain Project Award

Logility

ATLANTA, GA (July 14, 2022) – Logility, Inc., Supply & Demand Chain Executive is the only supply chain publication covering the entire global supply chain, focusing on trucking, warehousing, packaging, procurement, risk management, professional development and more. based furniture manufacturer. and L.I.N.K.

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Managing Logistics for The World’s Largest Company with Gary Sostack

The Logistics of Logistics

Right out of college, I worked at a logistics company in Atlanta. At one point while working for a 3PL, I did a lot of work in retail. [04:37] We found equipment and materials that can’t be sourced locally. As globalization has taken place, more things can be sourced locally. If you live in Houston, you know who it is.

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3D Printing Changes the Supply Chain

Kinaxis

Retail is changing for sure. 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.”. It has become additive manufacturing.