Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 5, 2021
The company has about 200 of their own coffee shops; Peet’s also sells coffee bags and K-cup packages through 15,000 warehouse clubs, grocery, and convenience stores nationwide. These DSD warehouses in turn receive less-than-truckload size shipments on at least a weekly basis. Those reps go into stores and stock the store shelves.
Stord
APRIL 7, 2019
Carriers are still worried about river cresting along the Mississippi river and the structural integrity of many bridges around it. Rail freight volumes continued to fall at the end of March alongside service outages due to flooding in the Midwest.
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Logistics Viewpoints
OCTOBER 14, 2022
DHL Supply Chain to hire 12,000 warehouse employees ahead of peak season. Retailers add amenities to warehouses to attract workers. The company, which is staring down an ultra-tight labor market, bumped its average starting pay for warehouse and delivery workers to more than $19 an hour, up from $18 an hour.
Operations and Supply Chain Management
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
Mississippi River cargo traffic near Luling, La. billion infrastructure project expected to open in 2027, and the Mississippi River is being dredged to a depth of 50 feet to accommodate the world’s biggest ships. With global cargo lanes clogged, businesses are turning to new ways to deliver goods. Photographer: Ryan Dickinson/U.S.
Logistics Viewpoints
OCTOBER 20, 2023
Amazon introducing warehouse overhaul with robotics Climate change stress test coming for Amazon sellers and suppliers US will tighten curbs on China’s access to advanced chip tech S. Amazon launched the system this week at one of its warehouses in Houston. So maybe this functionality will help to get people outside more.
Ware2Go
OCTOBER 8, 2021
Similar to sales tax and economic nexus, inventory tax requirements vary by state and can vary based on how long the inventory is stored there, whether it is being shipped out of state or being stored in a 3PL or other third party warehouse , and in some cases may even include work in process (WIP) inventory. Is There a Federal Inventory Tax?
NC State SCRC
JANUARY 16, 2018
percent), Mississippi (4.9 As we’ve noted in previous posts, contingent workers are the folks who come in to work in warehouses, on trucks, and distribution centers, and who keep the packages coming in from all of those Amazon orders you place online. Colorado had the lowest unemployment rate in May, 2.3 The rates in Arkansas (3.4
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