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Social Networking, TMS, and Mega Trends: My CSCMP Conference Agenda

Talking Logistics

Are you attending the CSCMP Annual Global Conference later this month in Denver? The challenge, of course, is choosing which sessions to attend, spread out across twenty-six tracks. Below are the sessions that I am participating in focused on social networking, transportation management systems, and “mega” supply chain trends.

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The Best Supply Chain Company You Have Never Heard Of

Logistics Viewpoints

Products, of course, can be picked up at the branches. They are using a transportation routing and scheduling solution from a small vendor that Mr. Jacob’s considers so strategic he was not willing to name them. A 450,000 square foot distribution center in Denver came online last year. Across the US, Ferguson has 6.5

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20 warehouse professionals and business leaders reveal the single most important first step when designing a warehouse layout

6 River Systems

Elizabeth Brady Elizabeth Brady currently teaches the Supply Chain and ERP course at Mira Costa College for the Bachelor of Science in BioTech Manufacturing candidates. If you skimp on the aisle width, you will have to handle everything multiple times, often the storage lots near your target, and you will have a huge increase in damages.