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Mastering Menards Delivery through Retail Specialized Logistics

Zipline Logistics

Delivering to Menards can be a challenge for brands that do not have an efficiently optimized logistics function or extensive experience working with the retailer. The retailer is headquartered in Eau Claire, WI, and has stores primarily throughout the Upper Midwest but has recently begun to expand into the lower states in the region.

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PepsiCo’s Massive, Complex, and Difficult Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Logistics Viewpoints

PepsiCo generated $79 billion in net revenue in 2021, with 23 food and beverage brands that generate more than $1 billion each in retail sales. This ensures the right quantity and assortment of products reaches their retail customers in a more efficient manner. PepsiCo has farmers they directly source from.

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Rivian’s Q2 Production and Delivery Performance Impresses Wall Street

Supply Chain Matters

Improved Operational Performance Earlier this month, EV automotive and parcel van start-up producer Rivian Automotive announced that in the latest quarter, the EV maker produced 13,992 vehicles at its manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois and delivered 12,640 vehicles during the same period. and Europe.

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In Divisive Times, We’re Still United by the Food Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

“But according to a recent study out of the University of Illinois, even if you have never traveled around the United States, the food you eat (or at least elements of it) certainly has.”[1] ”[1] He reports, “A team from the University of Illinois looked at the 9.5

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A Holistic Smart City Strategy Requires a Digital Twin

Enterra Insights

Brent Biddulph ( @BrentBiddulph ), Managing Director, Retail & Consumer Goods Industry at Cloudera, explains, “A digital twin is a virtual replica of a real-world entity, which could be anything from a city, building or physical product to a service or a process. .” What is a digital twin? ” Preventative Maintenance.

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Rivian Has Done its Supply Chain Basics Homework

Supply Chain Matters

Background In prior Supply Chain Matters commentaries focused on Rivian , we have pointed out the various challenges and struggles for introducing a uniquely designed SUV and pick-up truck, while fulfilling the volume delivery needs related to a supply contract with online retail platform provider Amazon for customized EV delivery vans.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 22 – 28)

Logistics Viewpoints

US homes 8 retailers keeping Earth Day alive through a commitment to sustainability Ground parcel delivery costs reached a record high in Q1, although pricing discounts from carriers softened the blow, according to the TD Cowen/AFS Freight Index. tractor fleet and sourcing 100 percent renewable energy by 2030, according to the press release.