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The Vitamin Shoppe’s Omni-Channel Transformation

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Last week I attended the CSCMP Annual Global Conference in San Antonio, TX. Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Inventory Management Logistics Outsourcing Replenishment Retail omni-channel Vitamin Shoppe' The omni-channel track featured in the Customer Cornerstone had a number of interesting sessions (including mine).

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This Week in Logistics News (September 19 – 26)

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The conference brought together thought leaders and practitioners from all industries and backgrounds to San Antonio to discuss, debate, and challenge each other on a host of supply chain topics. Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) EU Food & Beverage Industry Labor Logistics Trends Retail This Week in News'

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This Week in Logistics News (August 6 – 12)

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per package during the first surcharge cycle. per package, will begin October 3 and run until Jan. Additional handling charges are imposed when a package does not conform to FedEx’s processing profile and must be handled differently than others. The first cycle of surcharges ends October 2. FedEx will charge $3.45 7-Eleven Inc.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2016

Talking Logistics

McLeod Software : Users Conference 2016 , September 18-20, San Antonio, TX. Oracle : Oracle Value Chain Summit 2016 , January 25-27, San Jose, CA. Transplace : Shipper Symposium , May 9-11, San Antonio, TX. LLamasoft : SummerCon 2016 , June 13-17, New Orleans, LA. TMC , a division of C.H.

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Category Management as a Competitive Advantage

BlueYonder

Next week, I will be participating in the 2012 Annual Category Management Conference in San Antonio. Key points we plan to cover include: What basic category management practices should consumer packaged goods companies master to gain competitive advantage? In this interactive session, scheduled for Friday, Sept. 28 at 9:30 a.m.

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Hurricane Harvey Updates

Elementum

Tropical Storm Harvey has forced UPS, FedEx and the United States Postal Service to cease delivery to major swaths of Texas and Louisiana, posing disruptions in the medical, food and packaging industries. Auto production in Texas, led by General Motors Co. in Arlington and Toyota Motor Corp.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 14 – 20)

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FedEx announced a series of surcharges to cover the delivery of shipments during the upcoming peak shipping season, as well as a separate 60-cents-per-package surcharge to extend into 2022. per-package surcharge on shipments requiring “special handling.” The holiday surcharge cycle, which begins October 4, includes a $5.95-per-package