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The VF Corporation Invested in Supply Chain Agility Before COVID Made “Agility” the New Buzzword

Logistics Viewpoints

VF Corporation is Building a Highly Automated DC on the West Coast. Mr. Bailey has worked most of his career at VF – as an industrial engineer in facilities, in strategic sourcing, running offshore operations, and now as the person in charge of the company’s entire supply chain. There will be no emails or spreadsheets.

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From Real-Time Visibility to Real-Time Decisions: Data’s Value Is Propagating Across Global Supply Chains

Logistics Viewpoints

The paradigm is shifting from foundational visibility to real-time decision-making, with positive implications for supply chain teams spanning sourcing & procurement, to production, to yard & DC operations and beyond. Why is this shift such a big deal? We don’t have to think back very far. Lesson learned.

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Most Popular Logistics Stories from 2021

Logistics Viewpoints

A First-Hand Look at Berkshire Grey’s Warehouse Robotic Solutions ; Clint Reiser. The Boston area is a hub for warehouse robotics companies. The BG innovation center is an operating warehouse where the development team creates, tests, and enhances its solutions. These terms perfectly describe the Asian Paints supply chain.

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Casey’s General Stores Supply Chain Team Contributes to Strong Financial Results

Logistics Viewpoints

Whereas many of their competitors’ source from wholesalers like McLane or Core-Mark, Casey’s supplies their stores with groceries, food, health and beauty aids, and general merchandise from the distribution centers (DCs). The DC serves over 600 stores and will reduce miles driven by approximately 1.8 Williams explained.

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Shipper Prep Tips for the CVSA Roadcheck, 72-Hour Capacity Reduction

GlobalTranz

The best way to avoid disruption is to source and have readily available resources to expand capacity at a moment’s notice. That’s why more shippers have taken notice and opted to work with a third-party logistics provider (3PL) to ensure scalability and quality of service, including managed services like transportation procurement.

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Delivering a Consumer Centric Supply Chain for Grocers – Part 4 of 4

BlueYonder

Effective management of inventory procurement and replenishment, especially in smaller footprints, will increasingly influence the consumer experience. Order fulfillment requires orchestration across the traditional disciplines associated with supply chain planning, order management and warehouse execution. Transportation Optimization.

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How Retailers and CPG companies are benefiting from next-gen Control Tower and S&OE

o9 Solutions

In particular, the landscape is being challenged with a number of fundamental drivers: The changing consumer preferences with the move towards fresh, natural/organic/healthy, convenience foods and locally sourced products but at the same time looking for value. as well as external drivers (weather, interest rates, new housing starts….),