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RocketFuel: Fintech for Fulfillment with Braden DiCristofano

The Logistics of Logistics

Raised in Pleasant Grove, Utah, he served a two-year mission in Jacksonville, Florida, before attending Ensign College. It maintains fulfillment locations in Utah, Kentucky, and the U.K., Key performance indicators for Launch Fulfillment include a 99.998% accuracy rating and a 98.2% on-time delivery dispatch for B2C orders.

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Green Is the New Black: Why Green Manufacturing & Sustainability Matter

GlobalTranz

In a blog post earlier this year, we noted how since the election, more manufactures have expressed interest in reshoring and avoiding offshoring entirely. However, manufacturers are considering other ways of improving factories and supply chains as well. Across the U.S. Across the U.S. What the Benefits of Going Green?

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Smart Manufacturing: 5 Factors That Make Your Factory Smart!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Industry 4.0 – Smart Manufacturing of the Future! The manufacturing industry has been changing rapidly, aided by the newest software systems and machinery. Manufacturers have been forced to look hard at their production methods, labor costs, and transportation expenses, among numerous other areas throughout the organization.

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Middle-Market Manufacturers Think Big This Year

QAD

According to a recent IndustryWeek article, middle-market manufacturing companies face many of the same issues their larger peers do, such as growing inflation, supply chain issues, talent attraction and retention, high asset replacement costs, and difficulty hiring and retaining top talent. In the U.S.,

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Walmart Looks to Expand Drone Deliveries to Five Cities

Supply Chain Brain

Walmart previously scaled back its drone deliveries in 2024, when it ended the service in Utah, Arizona and Florida, in favor of focusing on remaining operations in Dallas-Fort Worth, Arkansas and Virginia. Eligible products include fresh produce, household essentials and various snack foods.

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The Tumultuous Mexican Cross-Border

Cathy Roberson

Even today when one reads the numerous articles about the benefits of manufacturing or assembling in Mexico, most of them highlight Mexico's low-cost labor and, of course, its proximity to the US market. But what does it all mean for those shippers and manufacturers that rely on cross-border trade between the two countries?

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How Robot Implementation Impacts Manufacturing Plant Productivity

Locus Robotics

By Eric Whitley, Director of Smart Manufacturing, L2L. Although robots were originally developed to do difficult tasks that can pose risks and hazards to humans in the manufacturing industry, Industry 4.0 As a result, robotic technology is an ongoing trend in the manufacturing and supply chain industries. million by 2028.