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

Logistics Viewpoints

VF Corporation (VFC) is a global apparel, footwear and accessories company headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Those goods flowed through three regional hubs – in Singapore, Panama City, Panama and Stabio, Switzerland – to 49 distribution centers, 24 of which VF operates. The company works with 13 ocean carriers and 7 air carriers.

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SCM Best Paper Award Winners 2013 (1/2)

SCM Research

This year’s CSCMP Annual Global Conference took place in Denver, Colorado. The best paper published in the International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management is The Impact of Individual Debiasing Efforts on Financial Decision Effectiveness in the Supplier Selection Process by Lutz Kaufmann, Craig R. part 2/2 ).

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Is the “Autonomous Supply Chain” a Pipe Dream?

Logistics Viewpoints

For example, a suggestion from the system might be to transfer 96,154 units of a stock keeping unit to a distribution center in Denver to fill a projected backorder. But the machine generated suggestions were better than the actions the planners took in most cases.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

two in the Greater Chicago area and one near Denver ? Winsupply , backed by Drone Express, plans to make its first-ever drone delivery August 9, sending a product from the Winsupply Distribution Center at 9300 Byers Road in Miami Twp. Soon, the big-box retailer will have similar centers and gig workers in three more places ?

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SCM Best Paper Award Winners 2014

SCM Research

As every year ( see my previous post from Denver last year ), several leading supply chain management journals have used this forum to present their best paper awards. International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, 43 (1), 18-38 DOI: 10.1108/09600031311293237. Winter, M., & Knemeyer, A.

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Study Shows Two-Thirds of Companies Yet to Execute Digital Transformation in Supply Chain Planning

ToolsGroup

A North American-based survey of nearly 200 supply chain professionals from top CPG, distribution/wholesale, food and beverage, manufacturing, and retail companies found that 58% of respondents are still in the exploring or evaluating phases of digital transformation.

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The Future of Commercial Real Estate 2020

3PL Insights

The coronavirus pandemic had a direct impact on distribution strategy, and increased demand for fulfillment services. The demand of storage and distribution space increases as more businesses are adopting the model of selling online. Vacancy rates will remain low due to the increased demand for e-commerce distribution space.