Supply Chain 24/7

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Shekar Natarajan, who has been overseeing a project at Wal-Mart testing drones in its warehouses, is joining Target Corp. to help the Minneapolis-based retailer improve its own supply chain.

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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.

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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).

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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 Movement

JUNE 11, 2014

Nine questions about the topics on the supply chain agenda of a supply chain professional. By Helen Armstong (Supply Chain Movement). It consolidated Cargill’s global animal feed production and strengthened its internal supply chain capacity for food production and processing.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 4, 2017

Friday in 5 – interesting news bits from around the supply chain horn, served up in one spot to keep you up to date. Warehouses have hired tens of thousands of California workers over the last five years to help fuel the fast-rising industry of online retail. A typical Amazon warehouse job pays $13 or so an hour.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 4, 2017

Friday in 5 – interesting news bits from around the supply chain horn, served up in one spot to keep you up to date. Warehouses have hired tens of thousands of California workers over the last five years to help fuel the fast-rising industry of online retail. A typical Amazon warehouse job pays $13 or so an hour.

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