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This Week in Logistics News (July 30 – August 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

With the new partnership, retailers will fulfill orders from inventory in their stores, and a Flex delivery driver will pick them up from the retailer. Some of the participating retailers also give shoppers the option to order items online and pick them up at the store. he crackdown, if approved, would involve barring the shipment of U.S.

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Supply Chain Leaders Prepare For The Long Haul. Caution: It Will Be Gray.

Supply Chain Shaman

The first major polio epidemic in the United States occurred in Vermont in the summer of 1894. Supply chain management as a discipline—a set of flows combining the processes of source, make and deliver together to drive value– is relatively new. How did the changing mix of the orders shipped change inventory buffers at suppliers?

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This Week in Logistics News (July 8 – 14)

Logistics Viewpoints

billion Denbury deal boosts energy transition plans On the lighter side… Truck stuck in Smugglers’ Notch, again, and Vermont plans to take action The Amazon Prime Day event, stretching across July 11 and 12, was Amazon’s largest ever Prime Day, according to Amazon. port strike Exxon’s $4.9

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™! An Interview with Michael Massetti, VP at Gartner!

Supply Chain Game Changer

I went to the University of Notre Dame for my BSEE degree and the University of Vermont for my MSEE and MBA degrees. The biggest career transformation for me was after leaving Dell when I joined Lucent in 2002 and entered supply chain in technology sourcing. I’m the oldest of 3 children. I live in Tampa, FL, USA with my wife.

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