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This Week in Logistics News (May 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

Over the years, Amazon’s strategy to tackle counterfeit goods focused on providing data to law enforcement and taking aggressive enforcement actions against counterfeit sellers. Target has been testing high-capacity van routes at Dallas and Minneapolis sortation centers. across the EU, and in China.

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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). Federal Judge Deals Swift Transportation Legal Setback (WSJ – sub. November 2016 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI).

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Say Customer Service and Mean It

Supply Chain Shaman

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. The redesign included an ERP implementation to enable a core data model across functions.

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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. Transportation – Unnecessary movement of material through the facility/supply chain. You’ll also want to be sure you choose metrics for which you have systems that can deliver good data.

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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. Stores will need to be proactive in their supply chain capabilities, taking advantage of data from technology systems, analyzing it to understand customers’ wants and needs.

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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

However, we’re starting to leave the era of big, centralized data that is entirely controlled by a few large entities. Companies can overcome this challenge by optimizing the supply chain through data, information and using automated processes to make decisions. And firms can only grow so big before they become unmanageable. .