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Retailer Roundup: Everything CPG Shippers Need to Know About Big Box Retailers

Zipline Logistics

Founded in 1905, HEB is an American supermarket chain based in San Antonio, Texas, with more than 400 stores throughout Texas and Mexico. These are report cards that grade suppliers on quality and performance, looking at common metrics like on-time delivery, inventory management, missed shipments, lead time, costs, etc.

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The Hydrogen Advantage for Commercial Trucking

Supply Chain Brain

Texas specifically has a strategic triangle connecting Dallas, Houston and San Antonio, providing an ideal testbed with distances perfectly suited to hydrogens 500-mile range. at 29% of the total. Initial deployments focus on routes with predictable patterns, where trucks return to central hubs or travel defined regional corridors.

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The Vitamin Shoppe’s Omni-Channel Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

Last week I attended the CSCMP Annual Global Conference in San Antonio, TX. Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Inventory Management Logistics Outsourcing Replenishment Retail omni-channel Vitamin Shoppe' The omni-channel track featured in the Customer Cornerstone had a number of interesting sessions (including mine).

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This Week in Logistics News (August 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

Founded in 2018 in San Antonio, Skipcart is a delivery platform providing same day and on-demand delivery for a variety of industries including e-commerce, pharmaceutical, retail, food and beverage and more, including convenience-store merchandise, with an average delivery time of 30 minutes, the company says on its website.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 15-19, 2014)

Talking Logistics

And with that, have a happy weekend — and I hope to see you in San Antonio next week! Macy’s, Inc. Additional rollout of RFID tagging in fashion categories is planned for 2015. Song of the Week: “Girl” by Beck. Note: Grand Junction, Kewill, and MercuryGate are Talking Logistics sponsors.

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Church's Chicken is Reinventing the Supply Chain

Elementum

Having worked in the restaurant industry for years, he wanted to bring delicious chicken and home-style sides to people in San Antonio, TX. This results in having a bloated inventory, excessive waste, supply uncertainty, and poor customer service. Church’s Chicken was founded by George W.

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Visibility Powered Planning

BlueYonder

I recently had the honour of presenting at the annual CSCMP (Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals) conference in San Antonio, Texas. Supply chain visibility traditionally concerns inventory and supply disruptions. That topic is how visibility helps solve the ongoing problem of disconnected planning processes.