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TikTok Creating Fulfillment Network in U.S., Globally

Multichannel Merchant

A search of open positions including the term “fulfillment” on TikTok’s LinkedIn page turns up 62 results worldwide on Thursday, with a mix of operations titles (logistics, fulfillment, supply chain) and ecommerce roles (procurement specialists, merchant development, seller governance and vendor program managers).

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Reports of Convoy Winding Down Digital Freight Business

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights a breaking news development related to Seattle based trucking based Cloud platform provider Convoy. Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal and other industry specific media are reporting that Seattle based digital freight start-up services provider Convoy is preparing for a possible sale or other action.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 1-5, 2016)

Talking Logistics

First branded ‘Prime Air’ jet in Amazon’s fleet to fly at Seafair (Seattle Times). And we have more than enough package supply to utilize the 40 planes we’ve procured.”. It’s also nice to take a break from usual stories and commentary, if only for a day. Now, on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news….

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8 Examples of Kanban in Lean Manufacturing

Unleashed

At Seattle Children’s Hospital the Kanban two-bin system was successfully introduced to address the problem of consumables running out Dynisco’s inventory reduction using Kanban Dynisco is a plastics extruder and manufacturer of sensors, and was having issues with its inventory carrying costs and lead times. Keen to find out more?

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The Data Behind Amazon’s Logistics and Fulfillment Play

Freightos

About half of these jobs are in the US, and half of them based out of their Seattle headquarters. Interestingly enough, some past Freightos research found that a similar 5% of jobs at enterprise logistics providers are in the IT sector. Team Analysis.

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Three Benefits of Moving Spend Management to the Cloud

ProcurePort

Imagine this: an enterprise has locations in Chicago, San Francisco, Florida, and Seattle, and is utilizing traditional, paper-based processes for its expense management and procurement. How exactly would that work? What happens if a purchase order or invoice gets […].

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Smart Supply Chains Adapt to Overcome COVID-19 Challenges

Logistics Bureau

Jacket-recommended restaurant Canlis in Seattle has temporarily closed its elegant mid-century dining room. In the future, businesses will diversify their supply chains and source locally so they are not as dependent on one procurement source as they are now.