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This Week in Logistics News (May 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Target’s inventories at the end of the last quarter were 16 percent lower than the same period a year ago and Walmart cut inventories in its U.S. Inventories at U.S. Target has been testing high-capacity van routes at Dallas and Minneapolis sortation centers.

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Target Hires New Inventory Management Leader to Revamp Supply Chain

RFgen

According to a company press release, the big-name retail chain recently added Benjamin Cook , the former logistics and supply chain head at Apple, to its team. Cook’s first day was on July 24, 2016 in Minneapolis at the company’s headquarters. Why Inventory Management Matters. Details on Cook.

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Target Hires New Inventory Management Leader to Revamp Supply Chain

RFgen

According to a company press release, the big-name retail chain recently added Benjamin Cook , the former logistics and supply chain head at Apple, to its team. Cook’s first day was on July 24, 2016 in Minneapolis at the company’s headquarters. Why Inventory Management Matters. Details on Cook.

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Event Sales Streamlines Reverse Logistics Buying Opportunity

FLEXE

<p>Since 1985, Minneapolis-based Event Sales has been serving the reverse logistics needs of retailers and manufacturers seeking to dispose of excess merchandise. with the ability to manage their inventory and operations from their Minneapolis headquarters.</p> </p>

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28 supply chain professionals share the biggest challenges of supply chain management

6 River Systems

All of the above (and other down-stream KPIs and processes) are heavily influenced by the accuracy of a demand forecast: if the demand forecast is much more accurate, a company is more likely to have the right product, in the right quantities in inventory and will have less of the products in inventory that is not required. Louis, M.S.