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This Week in Logistics News (October 14 – 20)

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-bound shipments post first annual gain in 14 months in September Teamsters at DHL rally for fair contract The Mississippi River has dropped to a historic low Amazon is introducing an array of new artificial intelligence and robotics capabilities into its warehouse operations that will reduce delivery times and help identify inventory more quickly.

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Supply Chain Sustainability Gathers Steam

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The coronavirus pandemic is the most obvious of these hurdles, but everything from the threat of tariffs to the temporary blockage of the Suez Canal (and even the ongoing closure of the I-40 bridge in Memphis) could have had lasting ramifications for global commerce. This eliminates repositioning empty boxes – quite literally, shipping air.

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Securing the Pickleball Supply Chain

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Or, alternatively, a company carries too much inventory, storage for excess inventory must be purchased, and cash flows become tight. Those materials come into their distribution center in Memphis where they inflate the balls, use a die cut machine to create the packaging, and then kit the ball and pump into the custom-made box.

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Retail Store Location Planning ? Creating Balance, Driving Profit

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But the Distribution Analyst has to consider the proper allocations for the mall in Memphis versus the pop-up in Pasadena. The store plan covers current sales, forecasted sales and forecasted inventory, which in turn drives product distribution. Soon, inventory positions are off across multiple locations and the effect grows with time.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 8-12, 2018)

Talking Logistics

I have to go to the grocery store again today to replenish our inventory (yeah, I don’t shop for groceries online; as the son of a bodegero, I’m old fashioned that way.). And this week ShippingEasy announced its integration “with Amazon Alexa to ship with your voice!” Did I mention they eat a lot? and up come the results on the screen.

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

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A behemoth in the logistics industry, UPS has operations in shipping, air freight, trucking, last-mile delivery and drone delivery. Revenue: $69.217 billion (12 months ending May 31, 2020), $69.693 billion (2019) Headquarters: Memphis, Tennessee, USA CEO: Frederick W. Kuehne + Nagel Inc. Kuehne + Nagel Inc.