Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

It already has opened nine, after testing the concept in its hometown of Minneapolis. She said up to 40 percent of packages that go through sortation centers and get delivered by Shipt arrive to customers’ doors next day — and Target aims to get that number higher. The expansion will also grow Target’s workforce.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 26, 2023

For routes previously served by sedans, SUVs and minivans can deliver more than double the number of packages while the company’s “high-capacity vans” are able to service nearly five times as many packages, Mulligan said. Target has been testing high-capacity van routes at Dallas and Minneapolis sortation centers.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 13, 2017

Moving on, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon is granted a patent for using a subterranean network to deliver packages (GeekWire). Target invests in Minneapolis start-up that helps retailers monitor supply chains (Star Tribune). UPS Acquires Freightex Ltd. products (Reuters).

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Talking Logistics

MAY 12, 2017

Oracle Optimizes Global Transportation and Trade Compliance Processes. Pitney Bowes Adds Valuable New Capabilities to Its SendSuite Tracking Online Package Receiving Solution. Setback for Uber as European court advised to treat it as transport firm (Reuters). Target to test next-day delivery service in Minneapolis (Reuters).

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 30, 2021

In four of its Minneapolis test stores, Best Buy reduced the shoppable square footage to 15,000 square feet to provide more space for fulfillment. It is remodeling 13 stores to deliver an even greater portion of the volume, reducing the sales floor square footage, and installing warehouse-grade packaging station equipment and supplies.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 2, 2020

With a headquarters in Minneapolis, MN, the supply chain supports 600 stores in 50 states. The focus of these facilities is core manufacturing, including sewing, electronic assembly, and packaging/shipping. The process design started with the customer and then mapped back to manufacturing and transportation.

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ShipBob

MARCH 12, 2023

Instead of having individual parcels cross multiple shipping zones and hiking up shipping rates, they’re shipped out in one larger shipment along with other packages heading to the same region. The shipment is transported directly to the target region without going through a sortation process at multiple zones.

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