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FedEx Founder Fred Smith Dies at 80

Supply Chain Digest

Fred Smith was the founder of FedEx, Supply Chain Digest Says. Operations began in 1973 with 14 aircraft, and a package hub in Memphis. RIP Fred Smith, one of the most consequential figures in the history of supply chain. He founded a new freight company called “Federal Express,” to denote his national ambitions.

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Study Shows Two-Thirds of Companies Yet to Execute Digital Transformation in Supply Chain Planning

ToolsGroup

September 26, 2019) A new study by ToolsGroup, a global leader in supply chain planning software, and Spinnaker, a supply chain services company, has found that only 7% of companies are reaping the benefits of digital transformation of supply chain planning. BOSTON, Mass. and HOUSTON, Tex.

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Retail Store Location Planning ? Creating Balance, Driving Profit

Logility

It’s time we asked the obvious question: does it seem like technology is missing from this story? Where are the modern tools that accommodate high-level merchandise decisions, store-level operational planning and customer-centric merchandise execution? Technology showed up and then ran home when things got tough.

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

Many metrics can be used to determine the top 3PL warehousing companies, such as company revenue, the number of warehouses, total warehouse square footage , etc. This compilation is based on the most currently available company revenue data (between 2018 and 2020) without factoring in any other metric. Kuehne + Nagel Inc.