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This Week in Logistics News (May 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

Target’s inventories at the end of the last quarter were 16 percent lower than the same period a year ago and Walmart cut inventories in its U.S. Inventories at U.S. Target has been testing high-capacity van routes at Dallas and Minneapolis sortation centers. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Target Hires New Inventory Management Leader to Revamp Supply Chain

RFgen

Cook’s first day was on July 24, 2016 in Minneapolis at the company’s headquarters. Specifically, Cook will serve as the senior vice president of global logistics, inventory allocation and replenishment. Why Inventory Management Matters. Details on Cook. The online shopping trend shows no signs of stopping.

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Target Hires New Inventory Management Leader to Revamp Supply Chain

RFgen

Cook’s first day was on July 24, 2016 in Minneapolis at the company’s headquarters. Specifically, Cook will serve as the senior vice president of global logistics, inventory allocation and replenishment. Why Inventory Management Matters. Details on Cook. The online shopping trend shows no signs of stopping.

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You are Here!

synchrono

There’s one sure-fire way to tell when someone has lived in Minneapolis long enough to be called a Minnesotan. Inventory – Excess material and WIP. You’ll also want to be sure you choose metrics for which you have systems that can deliver good data. The Lean Journey Often Starts with Inventory. Eager to get started?

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Crime is Adding to Supply Chain Woes

Enterra Insights

If retailers didn’t have enough to worry about with the pandemic, inventory issues, and labor shortages, a new type of organized crime has been added to their plate. Data on the closing stores puts the claim into perspective ,” San Francisco Chronicle, 15 October 2021. [4] Retail Smash-and-Grab. Footnotes. [1] 12] Ibid. [13]

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The Great Store Redo

Cathy Roberson

In four of its Minneapolis test stores, Best Buy reduced the shoppable square footage to 15,000 square feet to provide more space for fulfillment. Supply Chain Implications Smaller stores typically mean less inventory. Hence, investing and utilizing a good inventory management system will be critical. The key here is fast.

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How Can We Use Emerging Technology To Improve Community Nutrition?

Inmar

One example is the North Market in North Minneapolis, an Inmar client in one of the country’s largest food deserts. We also now have the ability to analyze vast amounts of data to design newer models for the management of food that are more nimble and accurate.