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Amplify Your Supply Chain While Capitalizing on your IT Infrastructure

Logility

We’d never had a global view of our organization,” explained John Smith, Data Warehousing Manager. “We We looked at all the data warehouse and analytics solutions on the market,” Smith went on. Now Smith manages a whole network of Logility solutions from his home office in Indiana without the need to replace existing systems.

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Casey’s General Stores Supply Chain Team Contributes to Strong Financial Results

Logistics Viewpoints

It is easier to deliver what stores need, when they need it, with the ability to provide “hot shot” shipments if a store runs out low on inventory before the next shipment is scheduled. Casey’s recently opened a new distribution center in Joplin Missouri; the retailer also operates warehouses in Ankeny and Terra Haute Indiana.

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5 Must-Know Benefits of AI for Your Warehouse

Locus Robotics

April 24, 2024 5 Must-Know Benefits of AI for Your Warehouse Mary Hart , Senior Content Marketing Manager Warehouse facilities aren't just dusty storage spaces anymore that are visited sometimes to retrieve an item, or in the case of the Indiana Jones movies, to store a supernatural ark that can melt faces off.

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Optimizing Ecommerce Warehouse Costs: Spend Less, Gain More

ShipBob

Warehousing is expensive. Setting up and maintaining a warehouse makes up a significant portion of your overall ecommerce operational costs and has a heavy impact on your bottom line. If you’re considering renting or buying a warehouse, you need to keep these expenses in mind. Let’s get started.

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The Future of Logistics with Courtney Muller

The Logistics of Logistics

It’s interesting that fulfillment and warehousing are more important with eCommerce. They are consolidating these warehouses with technology. It used to be that I have one warehouse in Indiana and I can get to 65% of the population one day. Are they using this over the road or in warehouses, or is that both?

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Traceability Software for Process Manufacturing and Discrete Manufacturing

RFgen

Discrete manufacturers use these solutions to better manage inventory and reduce costs. To address the challenges, they need a robust shop floor/inventory solution, one that delivers immediate traceability real-time visibility during the manufacturing process. Manufacturing is the backbone of the world economy.

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Insights from Ryder Innovate 2014

Talking Logistics

According to a 2012 study by The Georgia Center of Innovation for Logistics , the logistics industry is expected to create 270,200 job openings per year through 2018 (not only in trucking, but in warehousing and distribution labor and other areas too). Inventory (inventory management policies and practices, optimizing inventory flow).