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Retailers receiving inventories any which way they can

Cathy Roberson

Joann’s is spending on average $8 million on transloading because of congestion on the Chicago and Cleveland rail systems. I’m also an analyst at the Journal of Commerce. “if you want the product, in some cases, that's what you have to do,” CEO Wade Miquelon said.

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What Caused the Baby Formula Shortage + 7 Ways Consumers and Companies are Coping

ToolsGroup

Image source: Sturgis Journal. Robert Cleveland, Rickitt’s Senior Vice-President, North America and Europe Nutrition, shared that, in addition to giving plants “unlimited overtime,” they are focusing on shipping at speed: “We normally might pack an entire truck before we ship it. For timeliness, we’re not doing that.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 8-12, 2019)

Talking Logistics

Here’s a video of the technology in action: Meanwhile, “Walmart is expanding its use of robots in stores to help monitor inventory, clean floors and unload trucks,” as reported by Sarah Nassauer and Chip Cutter in the Wall Street Journal.