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Amazon Workers Walk Out and Demonstrate for Grievances with Management

Supply Chain Matters

Reporting by The Seattle Times, business broadcasting network CNBC , and statements from Amazon differ on the overall number of workers that participated. According to reporting from The Seattle Times , workers provided images of walkouts involving Brussels, Chicago, London, Miami , as well as offices in Virginia and Idaho.

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SanMar’s Sustainability Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

SanMar was founded by Marty Lott from the basement of a Seattle office building in 1971. The GM of the DC that had the highest box re-use rate was awarded the Box King award at the annual General Manager’s meeting. The company works globally across 22 countries and import a little over 10,000 TEUs per year.

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Automated Package Lockers Growing as a BOPIS Solution

Multichannel Merchant

With ecommerce expanding and consumers expecting greater speed and convenience, retailers need cost-effective ways to meet these demands. This report looks at the growth in locker adoption and how they’re helping retailers meet these challenges. Pilot Program for Automated Lockers Seeing Success in Seattle.

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Distribution Center Robots: How Robots Continue to Power the Distribution Center

GlobalTranz

To meet rising demand, supply chain executives must begin considering new ways to increase the capacity of their existing facilities. According to Angel Gonzalez of the Seattle Times , systems alignment is essential to leveraging gross and fine movements from robotics to human workers. Bring disparate systems together.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

Previously, some Prime members could get Amazon Fresh orders and Whole Foods deliveries dropped off in their garage, but only if they lived in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Seattle. In-home delivery requires a smart lock and a camera, while in-garage delivery requires a smart garage door opener.

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Boeing’s Newest Production and Quality Challenge

Supply Chain Matters

Boeing Acts Swiftly According to reporting from Bloomberg , Boeing CEO David Calhoun immediately cancelled a planned annual senior leadership retreat which was scheduled to begin today, and has since summoned company employees to an all-hands meeting to be webcast on Tuesday from the company’s 737 production facility in Seattle.

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8 Examples of Kanban in Lean Manufacturing

Unleashed

Within this system, it’s key that each station only produces what it needs to meet customer demand. The challenge, its leadership team decided, was to meet demand without increasing inventory space. When using a digital Kanban system, anyone can generally see what’s going on in the wider pipeline at a given moment.