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Crime is Adding to Supply Chain Woes

Enterra Insights

Back in the fall of 2021, Walgreens announced it was closing five San Francisco stores, citing ongoing organized retail crime as the reason. At the time, Walgreens spokesperson Phil Caruso stated, “Organized retail crime continues to be a challenge facing retailers across San Francisco, and we are not immune to that.”[1]

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This Week in Logistics News (January 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

If a bill introduced by San Francisco-based state Senator Scott Wiener becomes law, California could become the first state to require certain new cars to be equipped with a device capable of limiting speed. Well, this week, I saw a new story about a bill in California that is turning heads.

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Good People Can Make A Difference In Outcomes

Supply Chain Shaman

Ironically, in the city of San Francisco which alleges allegiance to Corporate Social Responsibility, I had no option. The flight into San Francisco on American was six hours late arriving at 7:00 AM EST. (I had scheduled the last flight out of Philadelphia on a Sunday night to spend the afternoon with my grandchildren.)

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Snackpass Chooses Stord Software to Scale Operations Amid Immense Growth

Stord

The partnership between Snackpass and Stord is a great example of two companies coming together to create an optimized supply chain that delivers a best-in-class customer experience,” said Sean Henry, CEO and co-founder of Stord. “By

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The (Delayed) Rise of the Robotaxi

QAD

One of the best examples of this is the infamous story of one of Google’s Waymo cars freezing at the sight of a woman in an electric wheelchair chasing a duck around the intersection with a broom—it wasn’t prepared for that. As of this February, it has also launched public taxi services within specific areas of San Francisco.

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Enabling Innovation Groups To Sell More Effectively to Operations Leaders

ThroughPut

Whether it is access to data, maneuvering around competing innovation objectives, tracking down actual factory-floor operators, or involving oft-neglected procurement groups, there are internal bottlenecks everywhere.

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Why Taxing Automation is a Bad Idea

Talking Logistics

Late last year, a San Francisco politician launched a statewide campaign to raise money for a California ballot that would penalize private enterprise for embracing automation in the workplace. For example, grocery store customers have been accustomed to bagging their groceries for at least a decade. Should we tax automation?