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5 Reasons to Leave Your 3PL with Shane Hanson

The Logistics of Logistics

Shane completed his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Missouri State University while working with the Wal-Mart Innovation Network. About Square1 Distribution & Logistics Square1 Distribution & Logistics is a 3PL warehouse located in Springfield, Missouri that offers omni-channel services.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 25 – October 1)

Logistics Viewpoints

Costco is renting 3 container ships and ‘several thousand containers’ Amazon ends free Prime delivery for Whole Foods deliveries. Even with a labor shortage, large retailers are gearing up for the holiday season by bringing in hundreds of thousands of employees ahead of the shopping and shipping surge.

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Marijuana Supply Chain: Profits and Headaches

Logistics Viewpoints

These states include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Washington D.C. Marijuana is legal, at least from a state perspective, in 21 states as of this writing.

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Marijuana Supply Chain: Profits and Headaches

Logistics Viewpoints

These states include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Washington D.C. Marijuana is legal, at least from a state perspective, in 21 states as of this writing.

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Automating Arrival Notifications with AIS & Artificial Intelligence

Supply Chain Network

But this may need to be rethought now that Satellites and AIS technology are being applied, and are capturing the “truth” about these activities, by monitoring actual ship movements and by comparing this to the related EDI arrival transactions for those same activities.

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ScottsMiracle-Gro Improves Distribution System in Sustainability and Customer Service

Supply Chain Network

Since 2009, when ScottsMiracle-Gro began implementing its new distribution model, the Company has reduced the number of miles traveled to ship products to home center customers by approximately one-third. ScottsMiracle-Gro is consolidating the warehousing and distribution of its bagged products that are shipped to home center stores.

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Will that be automatic or semi-automatic to manage your supply chain?

Kinaxis

It was cold out in Missouri in the middle of winter, but it was a bit of a thrill to do what I’d done as a kid with toy guns. Perhaps an earlier low priority order can ship on time while a later high priority order will ship late due to constrained supply? This was the real thing. What do we do?