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The Advantage of Speed: The Cooper Health Supply Chain Relies Upon Real-time Risk Alerts

Logistics Viewpoints

Cooper is also home to a leading cancer center (MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper), the only Level II pediatric trauma center in the Delaware Valley (Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper), three urgent care centers, and more than 100 outpatient offices from Southeastern Pennsylvania to the Jersey Shore.

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The Big Sigh

Supply Chain Shaman

The oppressive heatwave is passing in Pennsylvania. Registrations are pouring in for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit on September 6th-8th in Washington, DC. Do executives in the company have a common vision on the role of planning and the use of technology? For this let’s have a collective industry SIGH!

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Parcel Volumes Decline But Revenue Increases for FedEx and UPS

Intelligent Audit

Meanwhile, UPS is bringing online two automated hubs— in Pennsylvania and California—and rolling out RFID tagging for each package, automated bagging and labeling, and robotic small sort induction. In addition, many are expanding service areas. AxleHire now has last-mile operations in 16 of the top 25 metro areas in the U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 8 – 14)

Logistics Viewpoints

It met at Congress Hall in Philadelphia, PA and in Washington, DC from March 4, 1799, to March 4, 1801, during the last two years of John Adams’ presidency. The Residence Act of July 16, 1790 put the wheels in motion to move the capital, but it took almost a decade for the capital to move to Washington DC.

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Good News For Workers In New (and Old) Distribution Centers

Lucas

Shiny new fulfillment centers built by Zulilly, Amazon and WalMart (among others) are creating thousands of new jobs in the shadows of shuttered manufacturing plants in places like Bethlehem and Allentown, Pennsylvania. According to the survey, 90% of DC managers say it is getting harder to hire hourly workers.

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Good News For Workers In New (and Old) Distribution Centers

Lucas

Shiny new fulfillment centers built by Zulilly, Amazon and WalMart (among others) are creating thousands of new jobs in the shadows of shuttered manufacturing plants in places like Bethlehem and Allentown, Pennsylvania. According to the survey, 90% of DC managers say it is getting harder to hire hourly workers.

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Outbound Tender Rejections Increase for the First Time Since March Peak

Zipline Logistics

If shipping to or from DC, ensure your supply chain partners can handle freight. Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has announced a graduated reopening plan that will allow less affected areas to open first. The nation’s capital is on a stay-at-home order through May 15. Status: Open. Status: Partially Open.