Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Some mornings I would ride my rocket ship, evading asteroids and alien cruisers along the way, and I would barely make it to school on time (I mean, the space station), with just enough fuel to make a safe landing. as its exclusive nationwide distribution and maintenance provider.

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DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 30, 2018

This trend repeats every year, as consumer goods from Asia arrive at the ports and begin the eastward journey to regional distribution centers throughout the country. Ships arrived late, and containers were unloaded and drayed to warehouses late, so that cargo is finally heading east and north. Rates fell on the lanes from L.A.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 18, 2022

of in-stock products ship the same business day from our DCs; that is best of breed for any industry.” The goods flow through 2 import centers, 14 strategically located distribution centers in North America, 66 final mile shipping hubs, and nearly 1,700 branch locations. We have built our organization around this.”

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DAT Solutions

JULY 12, 2017

That’s a strong sign for consumer goods, since those markets contain warehousing and distribution centers that serve the highest concentration of people in the country. Lanes shipping into the Northeast were also up: Rates on the lane from Charlotte to Buffalo rose 21¢ to $2.92/mile. RISING LANES. FALLING LANES.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 16, 2023

Congratulations to the Las Vegas Golden Knights and Denver Nuggets. Agility Robotics, Figure AI and Boston Dynamics are among companies designing robots more closely modeled on human beings for use in distribution centers. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Global Distribution : As of August 2016, Uber was active in 66 countries and 515 cities , creating a powerful footprint ready to be leveraged. It maybe be 1,100 trucking miles from the Port of Long Beach to Denver, Colorado, but it’s 7,250 miles by boat first. Company that needs goods shipped. On-line tracking?) That matters.

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FLEXE

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Denver, Colorado. Retailers have been popping-up distribution space to add capacity for years, but it has been a clunky and expensive process. Through this strategy, smaller companies can afford to add new distribution points , and larger retailers can add capacity to alleviate strain on their existing fulfillment centers.

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FLEXE

MAY 25, 2017

Achieving a lower cost-per-order value means getting your products closer to your customers to shorten the last leg of delivery—ultimately, adding more fulfillment centers to your distribution network. Denver, Colorado. On-demand fulfillment is a way for retailers to add fulfillment centers quickly. Seattle, Washington. Dallas, Texas.

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6 River Systems

JULY 3, 2020

For instance, conveyor systems are bulky and fixed in place, so warehouses with conveyor systems often must design the warehouse layout around this infrastructure while allocating adequate space for other warehouse functions, such as sortation and packaging and shipping. Plan for the flow from production to packaging to shipping.

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FLEXE

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Retailers have been popping-up distribution space to add capacity for years, but it has been a clunky and expensive process.</p> They could now offer things like one- or same-day delivery on certain product lines and improve sales conversion rates by offering free shipping.</p>

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