article thumbnail

Sustainable Frozen Ecommerce Fulfillment with Cathy Hayward-Hughes and Mike Bradburn

The Logistics of Logistics

She spent her childhood and much of her professional life managing people, originally on processing ships in the Bering Sea, then later in manufacturing. Crystal Creek is a direct-to-consumer fulfillment business that provides shipping for ecommerce retailers across the U.S. Cathy was born into a fishing family in Alaska. and Canada.

article thumbnail

This Week in Logistics News (September 25 – October 1)

Logistics Viewpoints

Costco is renting 3 container ships and ‘several thousand containers’ Amazon ends free Prime delivery for Whole Foods deliveries. Hy-Vee brings inventory robots to 5 stores to plan orders, reduce stockouts. The Giant Company launches Instant Delivery. DoorDash expands offerings with Dylish.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Hurricane Harvey - Effects, Forecasts, and Operational Best Practices

Elementum

Battered Houston, the nation's fourth largest city, plays a crucial role in the energy, chemical and shipping industries that reaches well beyond its metropolitan area. Gulf Coast, surplus fuel inventories may help the industry withstand the worst storm to hit the country in more than a decade. RELIEF EFFORTS.

article thumbnail

We Need Supply Chain Immunity, not Resiliency: A Position Paper

NC State SCRC

After all, supply chain management is about getting things moving, and that applies not only to roads, airports, and ships, but to how we think about getting things to people. Resilience is the easy way out – it involves carrying a lot of inventory and redundancies in the supply chain that are wasteful. Informs MSO. Example: GPS.