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The 7 Best Events For Freight Shipping in 2015

GlobalTranz

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

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Exel announces new business with Bristol-Myers Squibb and expansion of Midwest Footprint

Supply Chain Network

It also offers close proximity to a number of key parcel and air infrastructure hubs including Indianapolis and Louisville, Ky. Bristol-Myers Squibb will continue to operate its manufacturing and research and development facilities, also located in Mount Vernon, and remains committed to the local community.

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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. Early this year, it said it would spend $100 million over the next three years to build a larger network of supply chain hubs to support the effort. in McCordsville. supplier capability and capacity. supplier capability and capacity.

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

Elementum

The bigger supply chain challenges were yet to come as the COVID-19 pandemic led to more widespread shelter-in-place requirements throughout the U.S When their salads and dressings became more famous than their steaks, they transitioned into a food manufacturer that has grown to a $1B+ business.

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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.

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Guest Post from Tim Barnes: Navigating Trump’s 35% import tax, and how US companies can utilize “Parallel Manufacturing” to grow globally

NC State SCRC

Given our latest discussions on the impact of the Trump presidency on the supply chain, Tim Barnes’ excellent article shown below is exceptionally timely! This could significantly change the design of current production supply chains for major industrials and pharmaceutical companies. Here is Tim’s article.