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This Week in Logistics News (February 18 – 24)

Logistics Viewpoints

It already has opened nine, after testing the concept in its hometown of Minneapolis. More companies are exploring ways to staff warehouses with robots but may have to wait a few years for the technology to catch up. ” And now on to this week’s logistics news. The expansion will also grow Target’s workforce.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

Target is increasing its use of larger delivery vehicles in markets served by its sortation centers, improving capacity and creating more efficient routes, executive vice president and COO John Mulligan said on an earnings call last week. Target has been testing high-capacity van routes at Dallas and Minneapolis sortation centers.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 9-13, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Target invests in Minneapolis start-up that helps retailers monitor supply chains (Star Tribune). and Europe and uses an asset-light model to match customers’ outgoing freight shipments with available trucking capacity in its network of carriers. . Uber debuts Movement, a new website offering access to its traffic data (TechCrunch).

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Jaro Caban: “Establishing S&OP is a challenging journey”

Supply Chain Movement

It consolidated Cargill’s global animal feed production and strengthened its internal supply chain capacity for food production and processing. It’s hard to imagine that Cargill began as a grain storage warehouse in Iowa, USA, in 1865. GMS is a team of nine people based in Rotterdam, Shanghai and Minneapolis.

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Forward Buying and Inflation

New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

Source: Data from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. It should include your cost of capital, cost of warehouse space and handling, and the anticipated cost of shrink from expiration, damage, theft, etc. For each product category you’ll need to take into account weight, cube, pallet, and case capacity constraints.

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28 supply chain professionals share the biggest challenges of supply chain management

6 River Systems

Our supply chain involves a contract manufacturer, a third-party testing facility, warehouses to store inventory and a freighting company. For example, if my contract manufacturer is late with an order it can cause me to incur excess costs with the freighting and warehousing companies, respectively. New hardware technology.

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Event Sales Streamlines Reverse Logistics Buying Opportunity

FLEXE

<p>Since 1985, Minneapolis-based Event Sales has been serving the reverse logistics needs of retailers and manufacturers seeking to dispose of excess merchandise. with the ability to manage their inventory and operations from their Minneapolis headquarters.</p> </p>