Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Editor’s Note: This is one of the most popular posts we publish every year: our list of supply chain and logistics events to attend in the coming year. Many of the leading ERP and supply chain software vendors have customer events in various countries around the world.; Most of the conferences on our list are in the U.S.,

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Multichannel Merchant

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Whiplash’s assets will become part of Ryder’s supply chain services division, with CPG and retail making up about 40% of the overall business. Before both acquisitions, Ryder had 63 million square feet of space in its supply chain network. The deal is expected to close in early January.

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NFI Industries

MAY 16, 2017

Famously known for the barbecue, the Cowboys, and the State Fair of Texas, Dallas ranks as the ninth largest city in the United States with the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metropolitan area ranking fourth. Read More.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 6, 2022

However, McCormick executives have said the company will raise prices during the second quarter, amid cost pressures from rising inflation and supply chain issues. Thankfully, for McCormick, no one raw material makes up more than 5 percent of its total cost of goods sold. That’s all for this week.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 20, 2016

The industry experiences more cargo theft incidents when there is a higher volume of consumer goods moving through the supply chain. Be especially mindful in traditionally active cargo theft areas like Southern California, the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, Miami, and Atlanta.

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Multichannel Merchant

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

It’s a model being replicated across retail as companies look to make their supply chain and inventory management as lean and efficient as possible. Network strategies are being reimagined as old models are incapable of meeting the twin imperatives of massive ecommerce demand and supply chain backups.

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Elementum

JULY 8, 2015

They don’t seem too similar, but data centers could benefit from supply chain management. Facebook announced today that it is moving forward with building a fifth data center , with plans to build in Fort Worth, Texas. In addition to location, SCM focuses on building effective communication between supply chain “nodes”.

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Supply Chain Digest

AUGUST 18, 2016

Robert Hurley of Bayer and Roger Mancion of Fort Worth, TX Take Home the Prize

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

MAY 25, 2022

It was intriguing to read last month that The Kroger Company, the nation’s largest supermarket chain, with nearly $138 Billion in revenues, has launched a foodservice distribution business. Kroger Restaurant Supply opened for business on April 5 in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The Launch of Kroger Restaurant Supply.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 19, 2018

These criminals find new ways to expand their networks and manipulate the retail supply chain every day. Some ORC activity happens before merchandise ever reaches stores, with 29% of retailers saying they had been the victim of cargo theft that occurred along their supply chains.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 8, 2022

s Sam’s Club stores in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, marking a significant expansion of autonomous vehicles operating in live traffic. Self-driving trucks will soon make deliveries to Walmart Inc.’s

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Saddle Creek Logistic Services

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

For Ryan Cunningham, a Supervisor at Saddle Creek Logistics Services in Fort Worth, Texas, a supportive work environment was crucial. What makes you want to join a new company? That was the primary reason he joined the company’s Management Trainee Program (MTP) in 2019. “I

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 10, 2021

The test run will use Waymo’s autonomous Class 8 trucking unit to haul freight between facilities in Houston and Fort Worth.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 11, 2022

XPO Logistics plans to split its freight brokerage, European, and intermodal businesses apart from its US trucking operation, which will dismantle the large freight and supply-chain operation it has built over the last decade. Kodiak Robotics has been delivering freight between Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston since mid-2019.

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Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 17, 2021

The Saddle Creek team in Fort Worth, Texas, partnered with doTERRA to design a highly mechanized fulfillment solution – complete with a robust warehouse management system and state-of-the-art material handling equipment, including automated pick modules, pick-to-light, powered conveyor, parcel sortation and pick bin management.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Ok, enough about concrete; let’s move on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Majority of small fleets yet to comply with ELD mandate (CCJ). Elemica Delivers Predictive Visibility to Global Industrial Supply Chains. Honeywell software helps trucking firms comply with new Federal Safety Mandates.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2022

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. Export demand for coal and grain, stemming from disruptions in supply chains in Europe after Russia invaded Ukraine, bolstered freight volumes this year, railroads said.

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BlueYonder

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

But, several months ago when I received an invitation from AWESOME’s Nancy Nix to join other women from the Dallas-Fort Worth area for lunch I accepted, thinking that if I was too busy when the day rolled around I could send my regrets. The post Busy Being Busy appeared first on Supply Chain Nation Blog. How about you.

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FLEXE

MAY 20, 2016

. #3 Jacksonville, FL: Many major retailers and suppliers are establishing facilities and seeking dynamic warehouse space in Jacksonville to streamline their supply chains and reduce logistics costs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 10, 2022

Supply chain shortages have caused prices to rise globally on just about every consumer good imaginable. The expansion in the trucking and warehousing sectors suggests logistics operators are continuing to staff up in a tight labor market as they work to unscramble supply chains. And mangoes are no exception.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

American Airlines last year started using new technology to assign flight gates at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, the world’s second-busiest airport and American’s biggest hub, where it operates out of 135 regional and mainline gates. Many of the improvements are being made behind the scenes.

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FLEXE

MAY 12, 2016

The region’s strategic location and transportation access allows shippers and retailers to reach a market of more than 60 million consumers within a one-day truck drive.</p> It’s one of the nation’s top-ranked markets for transportation and distribution.

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 5, 2019

This is a perfect example of how the physics of supply chains, which are often overlooked, are fundamental to understanding and enabling the “digital transformation” that is discussed so often in the press. billion on the shift towards e-commerce. Online shopping in the U.S. is climbing. Several key points emerge here.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 11, 2018

My wife often jokes that she is the VP of Supply Chain and Logistics in our family. Whether it’s preventing out-of-stocks of critical household items or making sure the kids are delivered on time in full to wherever they need to be, she keeps our supply chain running as efficiently as possible — while doing her day job too!

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 8, 2016

Moving on, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Trucking Stocks Tumble on Downgrade, Pricing Outlook (WSJ- sub. New Study: 70% of Executives have started Digital Supply Chain Transformation. It turns out that Milo is actually Millie. Brownie, one of the babies. Hub Group Inc.,

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Resilinc

APRIL 19, 2022

How effective Biden’s invocation of the DPA—which followed the administration’s February release of a memo updating its efforts to revitalize domestic manufacturing and supply chains for a broad array of vital materials and products—is an open question. Take rare earth elements (REEs), for example.

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Freight Center

MAY 30, 2019

Last year, Hurricane Michael had a devastating effect on coastal towns, disrupting the supply chain and leaving close to total destruction. Extreme weather events affect each sector of the supply chain but knowing what to expect helps ease the stress. Securing the Supply Chain.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

OCTOBER 13, 2016

The industry experiences more cargo theft incidents when there is a higher volume of consumer goods moving through the supply chain. Be especially mindful in traditionally active cargo theft areas like Southern California, the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, Miami, and Atlanta.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 18, 2021

Starbucks facing supply chain shortages. There have been product shortages for a number of restaurants and retailers recently, as supply chains have felt the effects of labor and supply shortages. Port congestion has made the headlines as delays in unloading goods have strained global supply chains.

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