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This Week in Logistics News (October 29 – November 4)

Logistics Viewpoints

Canoo to build battery manufacturing facility in Oklahoma. The improvement is expected to be temporary, given that an aging workforce and freight demand are both projected to grow. The company’s new battery manufacturing facility will be in the same industrial park as its future “MegaMicro” factory, Canoo said.

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Reverse Logistics – What Happens to Stuff We Return?

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Last year, I attended a three-day conference in Las Vegas conducted by the Reverse Logistics Association, a trade group whose members deal with product returns, unsold inventories and other capitalist jetsam. Most online shoppers assume that items they return go back into regular inventory, to be sold again at full price. Zachary said.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 19-23, 2013)

Talking Logistics

I went to Home Depot earlier this week to return a purchase, and the customer in front of me wanted to exchange a defective power tool with the same model, but he couldn’t find any on the shelf even though the store’s inventory system said 5 units were in stock. Manhattan Associates Launches 2013 Inventory Optimization Release.