Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 26, 2023
store operations by 9 percent over the past year, slashing hundreds of millions of dollars of goods from their balance sheets and suggesting space is opening up in their jammed supply chains. Target has been testing high-capacity van routes at Dallas and Minneapolis sortation centers.
Logistics Viewpoints
JULY 29, 2022
P&G uses life cycle assessment for sustainable packaging design. West Coast ports reduce idling vessels as container supply increases. Europe agrees to cut natural-gas consumption as Russia crimps supplies. Amazon’s electric delivery vehicles from Rivian rolls out. Uber Eats ups the ante in online grocery.
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Enterra Insights
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
References to the wild west are being made more frequently as criminal activity increases supply chain woes. s shares tumbled after the nation’s largest consumer electronics chain posted a decline in gross profit margin for the fiscal third quarter, citing organized theft and increased promotions.”[2] Footnotes. [1]
6 River Systems
JULY 25, 2019
Supply chain management is a multi-faceted process with many stakeholders and even more moving parts. New technology aims to make the supply chain more efficient, yet investing in the wrong technology further complicates productivity while hindering profitability. Here’s some research on this topic.
Supply Chain Shaman
OCTOBER 2, 2020
In my work with clients, customers bandy about the term “customer-centric supply chain.” Many of my clients talk about a customer-centric supply chain but rely on useless metrics from an annual survey or a net promoter score. A customer-centric supply chain is easier to say than implement.
Talking Logistics
MAY 12, 2017
It was a very busy week in the world of supply chain and logistics, so let’s go straight to the news that caught my attention: FLEXE Launches Nationwide Next-Day Delivery. Infor M3 Integrates to GT Nexus Supply Chain Network. Target to test next-day delivery service in Minneapolis (Reuters).
Enterra Insights
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
” Philippe Loeb, Dassault Systèmes’ Vice President for the Home & Lifestyle, Consumer Packaged Goods and Retail industries, notes, “The demand for e-commerce has risen dramatically stretching global supply chains with disruptions leading to product shortages.”[6] Supply chain snarls could affect demand.
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