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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 11.5-11.9

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In a study conducted by Navigant, it was found that hospitals could reduce their supply chain costs by an average of 17.7%. The most efficient hospitals in the study were data driven and shared supply chain info cross departmentally. Amazon’s safety record scrutinized after Baltimore warehouse tragedy.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 14-18, 2013)

Talking Logistics

BMW to Mazda Imports Slowed as Strike Shuts Baltimore Port ( Bloomberg ). Another customer is John Lewis Partnership, which is featured in a case study video. Earlier this week, for example, I commented on the partnership between Amazon and P&G , where Amazon has set up operations inside P&G warehouses to fulfill online orders.

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Walmart Rolling Out Four High-Tech FCs

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Walmart said the first facility, opening this summer in Joliet, IL, outside Chicago, will feature an automated, high-density storage system from Knapp, a provider of AI-driven warehouse and robotics and automation that will double both the storage capacity and number of orders processed.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

Walmart in the news: Walmart launches pilot program for customers to recycle reusable shopping bags Walmart Canada says robots are coming to 2 Ontario warehouses, but jobs not at risk Amazon has become the largest private EV charging operator Biden calls for steep hike to tariff on Chinese steel S. And now on to this week’s logistics news.