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COVID-19: Bullwhip in Cheese Demand

Operations and Supply Chain Management

A UPS jet at Miami International Airport. Revenues and profit at the delivery giant rose by double digits in the third quarter amid the pandemic-driven rush of online orders, the WSJ’s Paul Ziobro reports, but UPS’s main domestic business posted a sharp decline in profit on the higher costs of delivering all those boxes to homes.

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Organized Retail Crime is Growing, Losses up 7% from Last Year

Material Handling & Logistics

A National Retail Federation report found that 92% of companies surveyed had been a victim of organized retail crime in the past year. These criminals find new ways to expand their networks and manipulate the retail supply chain every day. The number was down from 40% last year and 44% the year before.

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Valentine’s Day and the Logistics of Love

Enterra Insights

Getting Valentine’s Day-related items into stores require an epic supply chain effort. The Valentine’s Day supply chain. Roddie notes, “Supply chain planning may seem oh so unromantic — what with all the talk of S&OP, and IBP and all of our websites full of pictures of warehouses.

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

Many metrics can be used to determine the top 3PL warehousing companies, such as company revenue, the number of warehouses, total warehouse square footage , etc. This compilation is based on the most currently available company revenue data (between 2018 and 2020) without factoring in any other metric.