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Walmart First to Deliver Driverless Middle Mile

Multichannel Merchant

Network strategies are being reimagined as old models are incapable of meeting the twin imperatives of massive ecommerce demand and supply chain backups. Best Buy, for example, has converted some stores in its hometown of Minneapolis into hybrid facilities by shrinking sales floor space and increasing on-site fulfillment operations.

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List of Top 7 Supply Chain Management Scholarships

SCMDOJO

The program targets high school seniors from minority groups residing in Texas and Fort Worth. Some individuals from non-English speaking countries might also be lucky to get the funding, although they must satisfy the Scholarship Review Board by meeting the following requirements: have an overall score of 6.0

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Countdown to Black Friday: Are You an Easy Target for Cargo Theft?

Talking Logistics

Be especially mindful in traditionally active cargo theft areas like Southern California, the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, Miami, and Atlanta. You can also do a quick Google Earth search to see what those yards look like and to help determine if they meet your expectations and standards. Is the drop yard gated?

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Kroger Restaurant Supply Takes Grocer into Foodservice Distribution

New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

Kroger Restaurant Supply opened for business on April 5 in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. After all, if they are in the business of procuring and distributing food, and consumers are spending more and more of their food dollar in foodservice establishments, why not distribute food to restaurants to meet the consumer where they are?

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This Week in Logistics News (March 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

In the latest news, CEVA Logistics announced it is working with Kodiak Robotics, a developer of self-driving trucks, to deliver freight autonomously on routes from Dallas-Fort Worth to Austin and from Dallas-Fort Worth to Oklahoma City.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2017

Talking Logistics

And if you require the support of your technology and 3PL partners to accomplish your initiatives, then you should attend their user conferences and schedule meetings with their senior executives to let them know what’s working well and what improvements they can make to better serve you. eft 15th 3PL Summit , June 14-15, Chicago, IL.

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Busy Being Busy

BlueYonder

Two lunches and a chance meeting in the Home Depot parking lot recently have me thinking about how I spend my time. He’s had a very challenging year personally, but his optimism and attitude left me feeling energized, and glad I made the time to meet despite being, you know…busy. And how I answer when someone asks, “How are you?”