Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2024

Michael Jacobs, Senior Vice President of Supply Chain at Ferguson PLC In 2022, I wrote an article called The Best Supply Chain Company You Have Never Heard Of. Ferguson has an extensive and complex supply chain. We have 10 regional distribution centers in the United States and we have one in Canada.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 20, 2023

races to expand Michigan locks and secure the supply chain S.-bound Sequoia enables the company to put up items for sale on its website faster and be able to more easily predict delivery estimates, said David Guerin, the company’s director of robotic storage technology. Nine of the outages occurred in the last four years.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 11, 2022

Walmart Canada takes aim at last-mile carbon emissions. Walmart is working with EcoCart to calculate and validate the emissions created from online orders sold and shipped by the retailer and to buy carbon-offset credits from sustainability projects in the exact dollar amount required to reduce or avoid those emissions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2022

As drones and other advanced technologies become more commonplace, the question becomes, will we enter the world of the Jetsons? The US is seeking dispute settlement consultations under the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the first step in what could lead to tariffs on a range of Mexican products. Ooooh, I’m so scared…,”.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2022

DoorDash Canada moves to tiered commission system. Merchants including Dick’s Sporting Goods, Lowe’s, and Walmart say the rising stocks signal a recovery from last year’s shortages driven by supply-chain disruptions and put them in a strong position to take advantage of consumer demand this holiday shopping period.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

As the global environment is shifting based on political debates, EU/British negotiations, tariffs driven by the Trump administration, as well as the sudden shifts in country-level policies, supply chain executives and planners are working to plan for future uncertainties. However, some categories are capacity constrained.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 2, 2020

The huge build-up of containers at China’s docks has created a major ocean freight imbalance, with a shortage of cargo in US and European ports and a shortfall in boxes needed by Western exporters to ship products to other parts of the world. Some ports are quarantining arriving ships for 14 days. In Europe, Lockdowns Are Biting.

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