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The 7 Best Events For Freight Shipping in 2015

GlobalTranz

The 3PL Summit is North America’s largest and most high-level gathering of logistics executives and their manufacturer and retailer supply chain counterparts. FTR Transportation Conference 2015 Indianapolis, Indiana; September 15-17. 3PL Summit & Chief Supply Chain Officer Forum by EyeForTransport Chicago, IL June 16 -18.

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What Is Order Fulfillment and It’s Process and Strategies

Locus

million square feet at McCordsville, twenty miles northeast of Indianapolis. A manufacturer partnering with Amazon or FedEx to fulfill the customers’ online orders is an instance of using a third-party fulfillment strategy. Only the manufacturer produces, stores, and ships the product. What’s that? Why is it important?

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This Week in Logistics News (June 17 – 23)

Logistics Viewpoints

” Walmart opened its largest fulfillment center on June 15 outside of Indianapolis. This next-generation facility will enable the retailer to fulfill more orders, more quickly. The fulfillment space of these sites is designed to expand access to the retailer’s next- or two-day shipping. in McCordsville.

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The Supply Chain Can?t Stop: A story from the front lines at Ken?s Foods

Elementum

When their salads and dressings became more famous than their steaks, they transitioned into a food manufacturer that has grown to a $1B+ business. The first signs of disruptions came from their Retail Grocery business unit that delivers to the distribution centers of grocery stores and chains. That changed quickly however, as U.S.

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Stord Partners with IPG to Launch New Warehouse Collaboration After Centralizing eCommerce Operations with a Single Integration to Connect Their ERP to Stord’s Omni-Channel Distribution Network

Stord

IPG’s manufacturing plants are located throughout North America but IPG needs to be able to deliver locally to ecommerce customers who require products within a 1-2 day delivery window. Then the IPG team was introduced to Stord, who set up a forward stocking location for IPG in Indianapolis. To learn more visit www.itape.com.