Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 12, 2021

Headquartered in Ankeny, Iowa, the retailer has over 37,000 employees. It gives them more control over their supply chain. The new distribution center is not the only supply chain initiative the company launched in the last year. In the past year, the company has also launched a centralized procurement team.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 8, 2015

Is there a greater need for supply chain research today than in the past, and if so, why? Robinson , in a recent episode of Talking Logistics titled, “ When Shippers, 3PLS, and Universities Collaborate on Supply Chain Research.” One of the projects, for example, was with Iowa State University called Stale Rates. “It

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Maggie is the Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at Emerge , a company that is Reinventing Freight Procurement. Maggie Petrovic joined Emerge just over a year ago following 8 years with Coyote Logistics as Director of Enterprise Sales. in Business & Communications from the University of Iowa. About Maggie Petrovic.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 13, 2022

Our research with Iowa State University and MIT’s Center for Transportation and Logistics have identified the impact of the last 4-days of a quarter to route guide performance, paving the way for applying strategies to mitigate the risk of cost over runs. Martens worked as an account manager at Schneider Logistics.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 4, 2024

Andy is a graduate of Iowa State University’s Supply Chain Management program. Post-college, Andy worked for Menlo Worldwide in their managed transportation group before moving to the startup Echo Global Logistics. He got his start during college dispatching trucks for Hills Brothers Trucking in Omaha, NE.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Whether your supply chain’s seasonal surge is now or not for several more months, your execution strategy has a big part to play—perhaps bigger than you realized. We understand that getting your products to customers is likely your top supply chain priority. Leverage what’s great about your freight and your business.

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Turvo

JUNE 8, 2020

Interestingly, we all had significant experience in the freight, logistics, sourcing, and supply chain world. Supply Chain, one of the rare exceptions of this century, to this day remains relatively unchanged and undisrupted in a world dramatically reshaped by technology. Would it even happen? The blue dot (i.e.

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