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This Week in Logistics News (August 19-23, 2013)

Talking Logistics

I went to Home Depot earlier this week to return a purchase, and the customer in front of me wanted to exchange a defective power tool with the same model, but he couldn’t find any on the shelf even though the store’s inventory system said 5 units were in stock. HighJump Software Announces New Latin American Partnership.

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How to Reduce Shipping Costs: 8 Effective Ways

Ware2Go

But the same package sent only 107 miles from Oklahoma City to Tulsa would be Zone 2. Having a top-notch packout solution is especially important for SMBs because inventory is typically their largest investment. The higher the zone, the more expensive an order is to ship. Establish Rigorous Packout SOP’s. The Bottom Line.

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Reverse Logistics – What Happens to Stuff We Return?

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Brick-and-mortar stores also allow shoppers to return unwanted purchases. Tony Hsieh, the company’s legendary late CEO, offered free returns for up to a year after purchase and encouraged people to order items in multiple styles and sizes. In fact, America’s true refund pioneer was born a century before Hsieh, on a farm in Oklahoma.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 7 – 13)

Logistics Viewpoints

Blue Yonder , a leading supply chain solutions provider, announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Doddle, a first and last mile technology business. Once completed, the deal will allow Blue Yonder’s suite of supply chain management and commerce offerings to expand with final mile, returns management, and reverse logistics solutions.

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Trends 2019: Food

Enterra Insights

Researchers from Oklahoma State University’s Robert M. ”[7] When presented with the idea, “only 27% … reported they would purchase cultured meat.” You might be curious why a cognitive computing firm, like Enterra Solutions®, is interested in how taste preferences are changing. Regional flavors.

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Sourcing Cost and Time Savings for America’s Brightest Orange

Jaggaer

. — Scott Schlotthauer Chief Procurement Officer Oklahoma State University. What he observed was a smoothly running system, thanks to the JAGGAER procure-to-pay solution the university had been using for about two years. Download the Oklahoma State University case study in PDF here. “We Paperless at the O.K.

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EV Start-Up Canoo Files for Bankruptcy

Supply Chain Matters

The retailer entered into an agreement to purchase upwards of 4,500 of the companys Lifestyle Delivery Vehicle (LDV) , with an option to purchase up to 10,000 vehicles. We observed that Walmart had secured agreements to purchase EV vans from General Motors BrightDrop start-up business.