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Winning the Race, Fleet Feet Implements Autonomous Mobile Robots

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The Fleet Feet Supply Chain The goal for the Carrboro, North Carolina-headquartered retailer is to make each store a hub for the local running community that it serves. Most of the goods destined for the company-owned stores flow through their distribution center in Durham, North Carolina. Shoes get picked into that box.

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Better Ways to Address Trade-Offs with Supply Chain Optimization

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Malcolm McLean, a trucker from North Carolina, was tired of waiting. He had a load full of cotton bales, and while idling away hours at a shipyard watching stevedores load other cargo onto ships he dreamed up containers that transformed global supply chains. Work planners previously did manually can be calculated by software.

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The Greenest Mile: Planning’s Role in Supply Chain Sustainability

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Similarly, UPS has strong commitments to sustainability and invests in many options, such as alternative fuel vehicles, e-cycles in dense cities, and carbon offsets for purchase with shipping. Using this approach, Technicolor was able to forecast more accurately for Q1/22 and bring inventory down by $120 million.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 24 – 30)

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Container Ship Leasing Trends Downward. Charleys Philly Steaks announced it has partnered with Flytrex to deliver freshly-made grilled cheesesteaks via drone in Durham, North Carolina. population with next or two-day shipping. The facility will also fulfill Marketplace items shipped by Walmart Fulfillment Services (WFS).

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What Lessons a Table Fable Teaches About Supply Chain Orchestration

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The issue wasn’t poor planning – they had the inventory. Multiple calls only muddied the waters, but a few things became clear: inventory was in the warehouse, but my order for it was stuck. Something is wrong in this retailer’s process, whether it be materials used, packing, shipping, etc.,

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Supply Chain Risk Management: Could You Face a Category 4 Supply Chain Disaster?

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As if the situation wasn’t bad enough, Hanjin, the huge shipping company, was already in bankruptcy as of early September and putting a delay in the arrival of goods well before the hurricane. Several container ships adjusted schedules to arrive before the storm, which put a strain on the dockworker supply as well. Use analytics.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 26 – March 4)

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Ukraine in the news: War in Ukraine disrupts ships around the globe. The world’s biggest container ship operators, A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S and Mediterranean Shipping Co., And now on to this week’s logistics news. Ukraine invasion and the semi-conductor chip impact. Walmart steps up automated store distribution.