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This Week in Logistics News (October 3-7, 2016)

Talking Logistics

41,997 — that is how much money our team has raised so far for T1D research in our quest to help turn Type 1 into Type None. Wal-Mart’s next move against Amazon: More warehouses, faster shipping (Reuters). “We have doubled our capacity in the last twelve months and that allows us to ship to a majority of the U.S.

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Walmart Rolling Out Four High-Tech FCs

Multichannel Merchant

The company is reportedly patenting a five-step unload/receive/pick/pack/ship process leveraging Knapp technology, which took 12 steps under a manual fulfillment model. Walmart offers free two-day shipping on orders of $35 or more, or unlimited free shipping plus other perks for members of its $98-a-year Walmart+ program.

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Addressing Labor Shortages in Warehouse and DC Operations

NC State SCRC

facility at an Indianapolis, Ind., One facility has low turnover and one has higher turnover – we see a real difference in slower productivity, more shipping errors, and less continuous improvement going on.”. Wilson, 59, was released in 2013 he sought out training at Goodwill, where he learned to drive a forklift.

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