The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 2, 2022

Mike has a degree in Marketing from Iowa State University and over 30 years of experience leading teams in Demand Planning, Inventory Control, Automated Storage Retrieval Warehouses & Transportation. Mike Ringsdorf is the Vice President Transportation & Logistics at Mary Kay Global, a cosmetics company based in Texas.

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ToolsGroup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

The knack in today’s innovation economy is to understand how the value of a particular SKU deteriorates or its costs increase so that profit erosion can be factored into inventory optimization calculations. According to Nucleus Research, in its July 2015 Research Note , companies can optimize inventory using the right algorithms.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 7, 2021

When companies implement a demand management or replenishment system, the goal is usually to improve customer satisfaction while holding less inventory. Pinnacle Propane is based out of Irving, Texas. Pinnacle Propane was founded in 2010 through the acquisition of several retail propane companies in Central, South and West Texas.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

For example, Colorado should be serviced by the plant in Texas in certain months and by the California plant during others. The manufacturing capacity for each plant is the same (90K units per month), and there are no maximum inventory constraints. How will the solution be different for stochastic optimization VS a classic one?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 12, 2023

After causing long wait times for thousands of trucks, Texas officials have reduced the number of inspections for tractor-trailers arriving from Mexico at two border crossings, according to a U.S. The inspections are being carried out by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). Customs and Border Protection (CBP) official.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2022

The joint press release points out the technology’s ability to build palletized loads of department-sorted inventory and its strategic role in supporting Walmart’s goal of modernizing its vast supply chain network and allowing the company to transform its regional distribution centers to provide faster responsiveness to store orders.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 1, 2022

Returns come with plenty of challenges around logistics, inventory, and predicting volatile sales trends. Find out how MFP can help you more accurately forecast purchasing needs, meet financial goals, and drive optimal inventory levels. Retailers Quietly Offering a “Keep the Item” Return Policy. There’s an added benefit as well.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2024

Retailers are reviving an old playbook to manage their inventory levels after four years of struggling to find the sweet spot of holding enough merchandise but not too much. CargoNet ranks California, Texas and Florida as the top three hot spots in 2023, but the risk isn’t limited to the coasts.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 4, 2021

Offering a comprehensive warehouse management platform, we make it easy for 3PLs to manage inventory, automate routine tasks, and deliver complete visibility to their customers. For instance, a fulfillment company in Los Angeles may partner with fulfillment companies in Texas and Illinois in order to win a national account.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 20, 2012

Here is the list: Supply chain technology implementations have reduced inventory. Here they are: The Lie of Inventory Reduction. Repeatedly, I heard that supply chain applications have saved costs, reduced inventory and improved customer service. ” I played three lies and a truth with the group. The reason? They did not.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Focal Systems’ solution is integrated with Walmart Canada’s existing inventory systems to automatically detect availability concerns and direct store teams to replenish products. Tesla is ramping up production at its factories in Texas and Shanghai to head off an upcoming ambush of new EVs from legacy automakers.

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QAD

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Transportation, scheduling and on-time delivery are important for any manufacturer and inventory manager to keep manufacturing and supply chain businesses running smoothly. A man checked his watch to confirm what he had expected, he needed to leave his office in Michigan to catch his flight to Texas.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 15, 2021

Today, companies are realizing that having excess inventory, logistical expediting, and promotions without tight supply chain execution, without unifying logistics, and without a scientific basis may not be the solution and. Terence holds an MBA from the University of Texas, Austin and an Electrical Engineering degree at MIT.

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Demand Solutions

DECEMBER 30, 2014

I’m not sure I’ve ever talked to a Demand Solutions customer who wasn’t at least tracking their inventory levels, overstocks, stockouts, and so forth. When an item is out of stock in their Massachusetts warehouse, they’ll overnight it from their Texas warehouse just to make sure they fill the order.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2024

Wing already handles drone deliveries at Walmart Supercenters in Frisco, Texas, and the Dallas area. Walmart unleashes ‘largest drone delivery footprint of any U.S. retailer thanks to partnerships with Wing and Zipline. In 2022, the company shifted away from national fulfillment to a regionalized network model.

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Logility

OCTOBER 25, 2018

When you boil it down, a product’s shelf life is very short and if you don’t sell it, that inventory will be discounted shrinking already razor thin margins. Running out of Reese’s Cups in Texas where 245,135 pounds are projected to be consumed would lead to some mighty unhappy Texan’s (Don’t Mess with Texas!).

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 14, 2022

The company is using an advanced TMS to achieve real-time inventory visibility for both warehousing and shipment tracking across its extended carrier network. Terence holds an MBA from the University of Texas, Austin and an Electrical Engineering degree from MIT. With nearly $21.3

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 21, 2019

Meanwhile, inventory levels rose 3.6 For instance, a Walmart in Texas had printed “Discounts may apply,” on boxes picked up in-store in Lubbock, Texas for online purchases. Spot rates rose 9 percent, but some were as high as 12 percent. How Surface Mode Shippers Can Compete in E-Commerce Logistics.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 8, 2023

Combining River Logic’s advanced supply chain design and production capabilities with ToolsGroup’s award-winning demand planning, inventory optimization, and supply planning capabilities, customers can now benefit from a more comprehensive supply chain planning solution.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2021

including digital control towers fueled by artificial intelligence (AI), data science and analytics, strategic product segmentation, inventory management, operations intelligence and analysis, strategic sourcing, and effective pricing and promotions management.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 22, 2023

A company can choose to maintain a high level of costly inventory to ensure short lead times, and a family can decide to live farther away from work and school but buy a bigger house. When most people hear the word “optimization,” they immediately think about minimizing costs. But optimization is much more than that!

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Kinaxis

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

Join Benji Green , Director of Global Sales, Operations, Supply and Inventory Planning at Avaya for the Kinaxis supply chain optimization workshop on December 9th. Dallas, Texas. Register using the link below to receive 25% off your registration. December 8-10, 2014. Learn More and Register for the Summit. Schedule Meeting.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 31, 2022

We wanted to see inventory positions around the world compared to our forecast, compared to our actual demand. Keeping up with demand changes means constantly adjusting staffing levels, inventory positions, equipment placement, employee-specific task lists and priorities, and other warehouse parameters.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 24, 2025

Kinaxis Planning One for Infor CloudSuites for Discrete Manufacturing incorporate demand, inventory and supply planning in one view with powerful scenario management, enabling discrete manufacturers to model different demand and supply scenarios and select the best plan based on revenue, cost, time or sustainability drivers.

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ToolsGroup

MARCH 26, 2024

The visualization and scenario planning of the physical and financial value chain overlaid with a digital representation of the actual flow of goods enables us to utilize longer-term strategic supply chain design variations and optimize inventory and service levels.” “Our

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NC State SCRC

MARCH 17, 2021

Today’s Wall Street Journal article on the impact of the Texas winter storm on the petrochemical industry highlights many of the challenges that exist with this supply chain, that has been overlooked for perhaps too long. ” Discussions with experts on the Gulf Coast have also shared the challenges faced in this region.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 9, 2025

Texas stands out as the state that’s leading the way for both driver wage increases and work-life balance improvements. Among the U.S. freight businesses prioritizing staff retention, over half (56%) plan to increase driver compensation and benefits, matched by another 56% planning to emphasize work-life balance.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 8, 2022

Aside from health and wellness products from Walgreens, prescription pet medications from easyvet and first-aid kits from Texas Health, Wing’s drones will also deliver pints of ice cream from Blue Bell Creameries. Wing employees will oversee the delivery from a remote location.

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Zipline Logistics

DECEMBER 24, 2024

learn more Shipping to HEB If you’re a Texas native or spend much time in the Lone Star State, you’ve likely shopped at HEB. Founded in 1905, HEB is an American supermarket chain based in San Antonio, Texas, with more than 400 stores throughout Texas and Mexico.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MAY 18, 2021

Strategic product segmentation, sourcing and inventory management. This is often due to lack of key information – product location, available-to-promise inventory or a realistic customer delivery date. Terence holds an MBA from the University of Texas, Austin and an Electrical Engineering degree. MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 18, 2022

Tom earned his Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University. As a result, companies can reduce late shipments, inventory carrying costs, pricing discrepancies, and out of stock issues. On a personal level, Tom is a dad, lover of sports, and exercise fanatic. He loves cars and anything outdoors.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Moving on to omnichannel fulfillment, Manhattan Associates introduced Available to Commerce™ , which gives retailers “the power to offer specific units of inventory available for sale in the most appropriate channel (online, store, same-day delivery, etc.) 23, as well as promotional emails going out that day. .

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 3, 2024

lost half of its ocean shipping capacity when the 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) went on strike at 13 major East Coast container ports, stretching from Texas to Maine. On Tuesday, the U.S. While the walkout has been looming since June, the strike is still a surprise to many observers.

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Supply Chain Opz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

In the past, supply chain professionals are trained to handle the service issues through a planning of inventory , service level and after-sales operations. Vendors can access the Zappos''s inventory level online and may ask buyers to buy more or suggest style changes. They have a warehouse very close to 3PL''s hub.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Manufacturers, retailers and their logistics partners often managed supply and demand volatility by shifting scarce inventory among stores or distribution centers, or investing in expedited freight charges, without considering the real implications of these strategies on their long-term profitability.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 4, 2023

Freelance writers Michael Keenan and Kaleigh Moore report, “Data from the University of Texas–Austin suggests a simple improvement in ‘data usability’ can give some companies a 10% increase in revenue. Inventory Confusion. Experts can’t agree on what inventory management will look like in 2023.

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Ware2Go

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Everything you need to know about inventory tax. Learn which states collect it, its impact on your business, how to reduce it, and how to leverage fulfillment technology to accurately track and control inventory. Understanding Inventory Tax. Is There a Federal Inventory Tax? How Does Inventory Tax Affect My Business?

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