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This Week in Logistics News (April 29 – May 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

Well, ARC Advisory Group , the owner of Logistics Viewpoints, has been conducting research on the PLC market for decades. And now on to this week’s logistics news. million-square-foot warehouse in Connecticut Flexport announced the acquisition of Shopify Logistics’ assets, including Deliverr. Come on – not a chance!

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This Week in Logistics News (July 30 – August 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news: Amazon launches same-day delivery from brick-and-mortar retail brands. With the new partnership, retailers will fulfill orders from inventory in their stores, and a Flex delivery driver will pick them up from the retailer. The company is relying on price increases to boost growth.

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What is Supply Chain Compliance and Why is it Important?

AB&R

Connecticut. Business Email *. Job Title *. Company Name *. Business Address 1 *. Business Address 2. California. District of Columbia. Massachusetts. Minnesota.

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Podcast: VC Brian Aoaeh on the Future of Supply Chain Investment

Requis

Being a supply chain fund (supply chain management, supply chain logistics, supply chain finance) is something we do across industries. What we’re looking at in the next few years comes under four broad areas: Next generation logistics: the movement of goods and people is a really big deal. Data and analytics.

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Pull Your Own Upset

Tompkins Blog

Here are the five basketball scenarios and lessons learned: In 2006 George Mason forced Connecticut to show some respect. What innovative approach can you take to reducing costs, increasing inventory turns, and growing revenue? Paper: Personalized Multichannel Logistics. Lesson learned: get mad. Blog Post Supply Chain'

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7 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

The company was replenishing dealers’ inventory weekly, using direct shipment and cross-docking operations from source warehouses located near Deere & Company’s manufacturing facilities. The only option was to try to reduce levels of inventory, which, up to that point, had been kept very high to support a nine-week order cycle.

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

6 River Systems

Third-party logistics companies ( 3PLs ) specialize in distribution, warehousing and fulfillment services. The core competency of these companies is logistics , and they do it well. Even Amazon used third-party logistics companies when the company first started, until reaching sufficient scale to have a logistics arm of its own.