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5 Reasons to Leave Your 3PL with Shane Hanson

The Logistics of Logistics

Shane is Founder and CEO of Square1 Distribution & Logistics , a 3PL Warehouse that focuses on the Beauty and Packaged Food sectors. He is the Founder and CEO of Square1 Distribution & Logistics, a 3PL Warehouse that focuses on the Beauty and Packaged Food sectors. He is also a US Army veteran.

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DHL Relocates to a New and Larger Facility in Missouri

Supply Chain Brain

Louis, DHL hopes to more than double the number of packages and parcels it processes in the Midwest. By moving its operations to Kansas City from St.

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COVID-19 Virus is expected to reduce meat selection and raise prices

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Marc Perrone, the union president, said 13 plants in Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Wisconsin and Alberta, Canada, have been closed at least temporarily because of the pandemic. Some of the meat would need to be cut by grocery store meat cutters and packaged for customers to take home.

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Could Looming Supply Chain Risks Sink Your Company?

Material Handling & Logistics

At the same time, it quickly cut $5 million from packaging costs by eliminating color and standardizing shipping materials for boxes going to customers, and it identified long-term savings of more than $70 million. The company is also closing its plant in Missouri due to poor sales in the US. Procurement: Buy Better, Spend Better.

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Reaching Shoppers this Holiday Season

Enterra Insights

Dr. Chuck Hermans, a professor at Missouri State University, explains, “Not everyone is interested in, nor a good target for, every product or service offering. Innovations in augmented reality also give customers the ultimate shopping experience by overlaying product information when viewing a product package with a smart phone.

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Videos & Visions: Of Electrifying the Last Mile for E-Commerce Delivery

Supply Chain Network

Chanje are focused on creating sustainable solutions that improve how companies move people and packages from transportation hubs to their final destinations. We often say that many in the logistics and supply chain industry “Are from Missouri!”

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This Week in Logistics News (July 15 – 21)

Logistics Viewpoints

Nestle has partnerships with ADM and Ardent Mills, the two primary wheat flour suppliers for DiGiorno products, to support wheat farms in Kansas, Missouri, North Dakota and Indiana. Over the coming weeks, many of our U.S. employees will participate in training that would help them safely serve our customers if there is a labor disruption.