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Say Customer Service and Mean It

Supply Chain Shaman

Starbucks redesigned their cups for the Grande product, and the flimsy cups were a source of constant spills and burns. In the discussion, you may even receive insights from one of the world’s largest database of sleep data. With a headquarters in Minneapolis, MN, the supply chain supports 600 stores in 50 states.

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Forward Buying and Inflation

New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

Source: Data from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. In recent years, manufacturers have increasingly curtailed such behavior by enforcing the requirement to pass on savings to the consumer using point of sale scanner and loyalty card data, or by adopting EDLP (everyday low pricing) strategies. Introduction.

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28 supply chain professionals share the biggest challenges of supply chain management

6 River Systems

Our supply chain involves a contract manufacturer, a third-party testing facility, warehouses to store inventory and a freighting company. For example, if my contract manufacturer is late with an order it can cause me to incur excess costs with the freighting and warehousing companies, respectively.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 9-13, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Uber debuts Movement, a new website offering access to its traffic data (TechCrunch). Target invests in Minneapolis start-up that helps retailers monitor supply chains (Star Tribune). Source: Amazon patent filing. UPS Acquires Freightex Ltd. Trump recommits to ‘major border tax’ on foreign-produced U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 18 – 24)

Logistics Viewpoints

It already has opened nine, after testing the concept in its hometown of Minneapolis. More companies are exploring ways to staff warehouses with robots but may have to wait a few years for the technology to catch up. ” And now on to this week’s logistics news. The expansion will also grow Target’s workforce.