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This Week in Logistics News (September 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

Merchants can use the service, called Multi-Channel Distribution, to send inventory to warehouses run by other logistics providers, other online marketplaces and even to physical stores to be put on shelves. mile route from a small warehouse to a Walmart retail store in Bentonville, Arkansas. Gatik has covered a 7.1-mile

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Reflective Thinking: Complexity

Logility

The Network: Suppliers, distribution centers, warehouses, and all the points in between can begin to look like the route maps of some of today’s mega-combined airlines. You must then understand where your complexity comes from. Lines connecting dots across the globe begin to look quite confusing.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 28 – September 1, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Iceland Gets On-Demand Drone Deliveries (BloombergTechnology). Although the Port of Houston is reopening today and package carriers are resuming operations to some affected areas, it will take some time (weeks and months) for transportation and distribution networks to return to normal. Cummins unveils electric tractor concept (CCJ).

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Supply Chain Resilience Core Capacities

MIT Supply Chain

For example, the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption in Iceland caused a primary loss of freight transportation capacity, but that loss also robbed many companies of supply capacity. warehousing space) to several years (e.g., Distribution to customers: Availability of distribution outlets to customers (i.e.,

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How To Make Your Ecommerce Eco-Friendly

ShipBob

Distribute your inventory to reduce shipping distance when possible. If you’re shipping out of a warehouse in California, or example, it’s next to impossible to get your customer’s order to them in New York in just two days via ground shipping , which is not as bad for the environment as air shipping. . Blue Lagoon: a skincare brand.