The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 24, 2013

Menlo provides supply chain solutions including: transportation management, warehouse management, and information technology. The company was founded by Leland James in Portland, Oregon. The other operating units are: Menlo Worldwide Logistics and Con-Way Truckload. Con-Way Truckload has over 3,500 employees. Con-Way Inc.

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Herlitz Inventory Management

JULY 4, 2017

The quick installation and its ability to scale with company growth were also additional benefits HIMPACT alone offered. “We It is an American retailers’ cooperative serving independent supermarkets in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. URM Stores, Inc.

Inventory Management Software 40

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RFgen

MARCH 28, 2016

One such company found the possibility of a harmful contaminant in its supply chain and had to quickly recall several products from the market. People affected by the salmonella outbreak live in New Jersey, New Mexico, Tennessee, Ohio, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Oregon, Utah and Wisconsin. Supplement Recalls. Exaggerating Health Claims.

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RFgen

MARCH 28, 2016

One such company found the possibility of a harmful contaminant in its supply chain and had to quickly recall several products from the market. People affected by the salmonella outbreak live in New Jersey, New Mexico, Tennessee, Ohio, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Oregon, Utah and Wisconsin. Supplement Recalls. Exaggerating Health Claims.

Industrial 52

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Amazon has dozens of warehouses all over the country, and more around the world, so your products may be in your customers’ hands quickly. Q4 of 2016, in particular, created less than ideal press for the company when a British jury found Amazon UK guilty of shipping hazardous materials by air without proper labeling or packaging.

Florida 43

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DAT Solutions

AUGUST 14, 2018

Keller is an asset-based brokerage with a 150-truck fleet, plus packaging and warehousing services. Dial-A-Truck monitors first appeared at Jubitz Truck Stop in Portland, Oregon in 1978. When his company had overflow freight, he would drive down to Exit 5 on the Ohio Turnpike where there was a concentration of truck stops.

Portland 70

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 21, 2016

I spent the last two days meeting with members of the Global Supply Chain and Manufacturing team at Nike, in Beaverton, Oregon. In an article on Flex’s website, Recoding the Run , there is a great description of the partnership between the companies as they seek to re-design the process for producing shoes.

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Cathy Roberson

OCTOBER 9, 2021

Rosenau Transport owns 24 facilities throughout four Western Canadian provinces, Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, and Manitoba, and offers less-than-truckload (LTL), full-truckload (FTL), flat deck/flatbed, small parcel, and warehousing services. How does this all benefit postal operator Royal Mail? International cross-border.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 5, 2022

Hershey Chief Executive Officer Michele Buck said those issues, along with the company’s focus on meeting demand during non-holiday periods, would lead to a likely shortage during Halloween, but added that sales will still top last year. The company is relying on price increases to boost growth. Apparently, warehouses are full.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

E-Commerce Mania Spreads To Warehouse Market (WSJ – sub. The company announced this week that it “has agreed to make an additional investment of RMB5.3 How many other companies have the ability to invest $15 billion in 5 years to enhance their logistics operations? population, the company said Thursday.

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DAT Solutions

MARCH 13, 2018

Gene Schultz standing next to one of his company's trucks in 1984. Schultz grew the business to 235 trucks, 242 drivers, and back-office staff of 42, including warehouse and cross-border operations staff in Laredo, Texas. Schultz's dispatch board was a series of time-card slots mounted to the wall in the company's dispatch office.

Portland 70

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Herlitz Inventory Management

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

It is an American retailers’ cooperative serving independent supermarkets in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. The quick installation and its ability to scale with company growth were also additional benefits HIMPACT offered. URM Stores, Inc. of Spokane, Washington services over 1,000 customers with sales of over $1 billion.

Buyer Training 49

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Unleashed

MAY 19, 2020

Case study 1: Epic Brewing Company. Easily keep track of stock across multiple warehouses, in multiple locations (different countries, states or cities are managed with ease). Auckland’s prize-winning craft brewery Epic Brewing Company were facing a serious problem — they had no stock management system. Stock by Location.

Supply Chain Planning Software 98

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 5, 2019

A recent article in Bloomberg suggests that warehouses are now becoming one of the hottest investments in the market, based on recent moves by the Blackstone Group LP, who are betting $18.7 Bloomberg, an investment manager is paying for 179 million square feet of urban logistics properties — the warehouses used by Amazon.com Inc.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 4, 2017

The soup company, which hasn't seen sales growth since 2014, wants to "challenge the conventional CPG model as to how products are developed, how brands are born and how we go to market.”. As a company, our goal is to reinvent the center of the store -- which includes soup but it’s much more,” Paul said. Seeking Growth. Local Movement.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 12, 2023

Reportedly shareholders of Livent will control 44 percent of the combined company while shareholders of Allkem controlling 56 percent. The combined company is to be headquartered in North America and be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Livent CEO Paul Graves will reportedly lead the combined company.

Supply Chain Planning Software 52

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 16, 2018

percent), Oregon (3.6 As we’ve noted in previous posts, contingent workers are the folks who come in to work in warehouses, on trucks, and distribution centers, and who keep the packages coming in from all of those Amazon orders you place online. The rates in Arkansas (3.4 percent), California (4.7 percent), Mississippi (4.9

Logistics Network Optimization Software 40

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Unleashed

MAY 12, 2020

Unleashed Software spoke with Maria Pearman, a Certified Public Accountant based in Portland, Oregon – the home of craft beer – who provides accounting expertise and deep operational knowledge to the brewing industry. So I took that idea and started my own company. Maybe they just needed to talk to someone once a quarter for example.

Manufacturing 72

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 2, 2014

The first post covered how you can get the DC or warehouse ready for the holidays or peak seasons. . For the freight world holiday shipping or for shippers in any peak season (such as those who ship plants for the spring time) it gets chaotic, everyone is trying to clear docs, empty warehouses, and get their books in order.

Cost Reduction Strategies 215

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 9, 2015

The first post covered how you can get the DC or warehouse ready for the holidays or peak seasons. . For the freight world holiday shipping or for shippers in any peak season (such as those who ship plants for the spring time) it gets chaotic, everyone is trying to clear docs, empty warehouses, and get their books in order.

Cost Reduction Strategies 120

Cost Reduction Strategies Price Reduction Vendor Strategies Resource Reduction 120