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Associated Grocers of New England Selects HIMPACT

Herlitz Inventory Management

In September 2021, Associated Grocers of New England signed with Herlitz Inventory Management to improve upon its existing purchasing system and to further advance its goal of serving the needs of independent retail grocers of every store size and format. Carl Herlitz, President and CEO of Herlitz Inventory Management Inc.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 8 – 14)

Logistics Viewpoints

All items, less food and energy “core CPI” came in at 4.8 billion Denbury deal boosts energy transition plans On the lighter side… Truck stuck in Smugglers’ Notch, again, and Vermont plans to take action The Amazon Prime Day event, stretching across July 11 and 12, was Amazon’s largest ever Prime Day, according to Amazon.

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What is Supply Chain Compliance and Why is it Important?

AB&R

In addition, several agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) require unique device identifiers (UDI) usually in the form of barcodes to contain information such as manufactured date and lot number to provide traceability. New Hampsire. New Jersey. New Mexico. North Carolina. North Dakota. Pennsylvania. Rhode Island.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

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This is leading to an inventory pile-up of processors and memory chips used in PCs. Some retailers are learning to love bulked-up inventories. The company is testing a small-format restaurant in Fort Worth, TX, where the centerpiece is a conveyor system that delivers food to a mobile-order lane.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™! An Interview with Michael Massetti, VP at Gartner!

Supply Chain Game Changer

I went to the University of Notre Dame for my BSEE degree and the University of Vermont for my MSEE and MBA degrees. The team reduced finished-goods inventory by 50% and reduced the assembly and test line production variances by 50% in 9 months. I’m the oldest of 3 children. I live in Tampa, FL, USA with my wife.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 30 – August 5)

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The ongoing pandemic-induced supply chain disruptions, along with the Russia-Ukraine war, limited available supplies of cocoa, edible oil, and other food ingredients. With the new partnership, retailers will fulfill orders from inventory in their stores, and a Flex delivery driver will pick them up from the retailer.

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What is Flow Production – And Can SMEs Use it?

Unleashed

However, sometimes continuous production is considered a type of flow production – specifically one involving the mixing or processing of liquids, gases, or food (e.g. If business forecasts are incorrect, there is a risk of significant leftover inventory, which may be hard to offload if market demand has changed.