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This Week in Logistics News (April 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

Spending is growing across several categories, and the top Easter items consumers say they are planning to purchase include candy ($3.3 The first line of defense for Amazon is its seller verification tools, which blocked 800,000 attempts to set up Amazon stores by “bad actors” looking to sell counterfeits, according to the report.

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Shipping Containers and Supply Chain Snarls: Is There a Way Out?

Enterra Insights

Much of the finger-pointing involved the movement of shipping containers into and out of port facilities. For the supply chain to work smoothly, a complex and highly choreographed dance, involving both full and empty shipping containers, must be performed. More than 80 ships stretched to the distance — a new record. ”[1].

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Experts Discuss How to Streamline Global Supply Chain

Supply Chain Opz

The Lean journey should focus on straightforward activities that everyone can see and understand because the tools take on a life of their own, causing the operation to lose sight of the simple goal of waste elimination. Work with your broker to see if you can get priority on unloading the ship and inland transport.

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How To Keep Medical Supplies Moving With ERP Remote Access

IQMS

Based in Massachusetts with offices and facilities in Hong Kong and China, GII’s products are used extensively in electrosurgical tools, critical patient monitoring devices, and other products for medical applications, and medical supplies with zero-failure requirements.

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Omnichannel Fulfillment and the Amazon Effect

Enterra Insights

.”[1] Retailers puzzling over how to counter the Amazon Effect realized their brick-and-mortar stores could be used as fulfillment centers and began to roll out “click-and-collect” capabilities — allowing shoppers to purchase an item online and pick it up in store. “That’s precisely what it’s designed to do.

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Bundling Blockchain with Other Technologies for Maximum Effect

Enterra Insights

Procurement departments are poised to benefit from many of the advantages blockchain technology brings, such as cost savings, greater data transparency and shorter lead times. Transportation: shipping in refrigerated trucks to retailers like supermarkets or convenience stores. Consumption: customer purchase and consumption.

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Ecosystem in Practice: Building a Best-In-Class Manufacturing Tech Stack

Arena Solutions

We’re based here in Waltham, Massachusetts, not too far away. I’m a Solution Architect. I primarily work with customers and prospects on how to fit our ERP solution into their business and different functionalities that we can bring to bear and how it would work with other parts of their technology stack.