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This Week in Logistics News (September 2 – 8)

Logistics Viewpoints

Transporting parts and materials to assembly lines and between manufacturing cells is one of the industry’s most complex and inefficient tasks, often resulting in production bottlenecks, Rockwell Automation noted. H-E-B operates about 50 stores in the Houston area and more than 420 supermarkets overall. Walmart has spent $3.5

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How Retailers and CPG companies are benefiting from next-gen Control Tower and S&OE

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For retailers a significant shift in channel preferences with the need to support various store formats and omni-channel options. For CPG manufacturers changing volumes from modern trade (hyper/supermarkets) to e.g. discounters, e-Commerce. Houston – We have a Supply Chain Problem.

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Study Shows Two-Thirds of Companies Yet to Execute Digital Transformation in Supply Chain Planning

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and HOUSTON, Tex. A North American-based survey of nearly 200 supply chain professionals from top CPG, distribution/wholesale, food and beverage, manufacturing, and retail companies found that 58% of respondents are still in the exploring or evaluating phases of digital transformation. BOSTON, Mass.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

As I wrote about two weeks ago, Domino’s is now partnering with Nuro in Houston to make robocar deliveries. Apple’s Advanced Manufacturing Fund is financing the project. As e-commerce continues to grow, more and more retailers are trying to find ways to compete with Amazon.

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U.S. Freight Logistics Industry Recession Continues with Some Hopeful Signs

Supply Chain Matters

According to the April report commentary , the industry remains hopeful in new signs indicating that retailers and manufacturers are getting closer to working off the overall glut of inventories that resulted in 2022. Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Global manufacturing activity as depicted by the J.P.

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Billion Dollar Port Plan Brings Mega-Retailer To Mexico

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Over the last several months, Walmart— the world's largest retailer— has slowly been increasing the share of products it imports through Mexico, a move that many other retailers have been reluctant to make for decades. Before the mega-retailer started shipping goods through Lazaro Cardenas, the KCS had fallen on hard times.

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Building the Business to Consumer Superstar: Getting to the Promised Land with Supply Chain Control Towers and S&OE

o9 Solutions

For retailers a significant shift in channel preferences with the need to support various store formats and omni-channel options. For CPG manufacturers changing volumes from modern trade (hyper/supermarkets) to e.g. discounters, e-Commerce. Houston – We have a Supply Chain Problem.