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Fulfilling Big Bulky Small Parcels with Dusty Holcomb

The Logistics of Logistics

Dusty is the CEO of Red Stag Fulfillment is a third-party logistics (3PL) company based in Knoxville, Tennessee. He is committed to developing, inspiring, and leading a team of client-centric problem solvers who are constantly innovating and adapting new techniques and technologies to serve clients better.

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Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

Supply Chain Shaman

To put this in perspective, if they had no planning system and no planners and just assumed that they would ship based on prior shipments, the forecast would be better, and the inventory levels more accurate. IBM, in contrast, purchased over fifteen supply chain acquisitions but drove little innovation. Private Equity M&A.

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Autokiniton Leverages QAD Cloud for Rapid Disaster Recovery

QAD

That said, Autokiniton, the second-largest Body-In-White and vehicle-frame supplier in North America, was as ready as any business could be when an EF-3 tornado struck its Eastgate Plant in Tennessee and damaged another nearby. They would print product labels for Eastgate, do shipping paperwork and send ASNs.

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Experts Reveal Top Transportation Trends to Watch

Supply Chain Opz

James Winebrake, Dean of College of Liberal Arts, Rochester Institute of Technology There are a number of important trends happening in the freight industry, spanning all modes of transportation: trucking, shipping, rail, pipeline, and air. In the U.S., Remarkably, rail can also be cheaper with savings up to 60% over road freight.

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Is the Food Supply Chain Breaking?

Enterra Insights

As Ted Stank, professor of supply chain and logistics at the University of Tennessee, notes, “There are a lot of issues that play into [whether a manufacturer can easily pivot]. ” Stank insists the best way to adapt to changing circumstances is to innovate. Foster a culture of innovation. Moving forward. They are: 1.

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Micro Fulfillment Centers: Do You Need Micro Warehousing?

ShipBob

These fulfillment centers are not intended for long-term storage but are meant for having products ready to pick, pack, and ship as soon as orders come in. For example, both Amazon and Nike have substantial fulfillment centers in Tennessee. Larger fulfillment centers. Amazon’s fulfillment center is around 3.6 million square feet.

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The Impact New Technologies Have on the Supply Chain

BlueYonder

I’d like to bring your attention to the new whitepaper, “ New Supply Chain Technology Best Practices: The Application of New Technology in the Physical Supply Chain ,” released by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. All of us supply chain professionals are facing this unprecedented wave of innovation faster than ever.