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This Week in Logistics News (July 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

P&G uses life cycle assessment for sustainable packaging design. Louis, among other cities. Consumers are increasingly demanding greater transparency and sustainability from the companies they buy from, especially when it comes to the household products they use every day and how they’re packaged.

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Patrick Swaney, Evans’ VP of Human Resources Featured in WSJ

3PL Insights

In states that ended the $300 enhanced weekly payment by June 19, continuing claims for regular state programs had fallen 12% by late June from May 15, versus a 7% decline in other states, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. But filling positions has been difficult, Mr. Swaney said.

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DHL Relocates to a New and Larger Facility in Missouri

Supply Chain Brain

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

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Tens of Thousands of New Jobs, and One Worry: Robots

BlueYonder

Inside cavernous halls known as fulfillment centers, workers retrieve coffee filters, diapers and other items that are then packaged and shipped to customers. It was only for residents of Minneapolis, Denver, Houston, San Diego and St. Walmart Slashes ‘A Few Dozen’ Corporate Jobs.

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Tens of Thousands of New Jobs, and One Worry: Robots

BlueYonder

Inside cavernous halls known as fulfillment centers, workers retrieve coffee filters, diapers and other items that are then packaged and shipped to customers. It was only for residents of Minneapolis, Denver, Houston, San Diego and St. Walmart Slashes ‘A Few Dozen’ Corporate Jobs.

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The Top Dozen Supply Chain Innovations of All-Time

Operations and Supply Chain Management

7: The FedEx Tracking System: After re-inventing the category of express parcel shipments, FedEx went a step further in the mid-1980s with its development of a new computerized tracking system that provided near real-time information about package delivery. P&G first implemented the approach with Schnuck’s Markets in St.

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28 supply chain professionals share the biggest challenges of supply chain management

6 River Systems

from Washington University St. Louis, M.S. Some companies are having to retract and tighten up production and inventory levels to ride out the storm, while others are finding innovative work-arounds to get their goods shipped and imported with respect to packaging, labeling and logistics. University of North Texas.