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Sears – Achieving Home Delivery Excellence

Talking Logistics

Christina Gross, Sacramento Routing Manager, then added: “Because we’re now working with a live, real-time system, we’re able to make adjustments and see those reflected in the routes right away. Every day our last orders came in at 3:30 pm and the team had to quickly develop the routing solution by 6:00 pm.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 4-8, 2013)

Talking Logistics

LLamasoft Introduces Supply Chain Sherpa Mobile Design and Visualization Modeling Tool. New ISF (10+2) Rule May Be Coming in May ( Supply Chain Management Review ). Share designs with other Supply Chain Sherpa users via email, or send the models to Supply Chain Guru for more detailed modeling, optimization and simulation.

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

BlueYonder

Friday in 5 – interesting news bits from around the supply chain horn, served up in one spot to keep you up to date. Warehouses have hired tens of thousands of California workers over the last five years to help fuel the fast-rising industry of online retail. A typical Amazon warehouse job pays $13 or so an hour.

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

BlueYonder

Friday in 5 – interesting news bits from around the supply chain horn, served up in one spot to keep you up to date. Warehouses have hired tens of thousands of California workers over the last five years to help fuel the fast-rising industry of online retail. A typical Amazon warehouse job pays $13 or so an hour.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 4-8, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Moving on, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Trucking Stocks Tumble on Downgrade, Pricing Outlook (WSJ- sub. Manhattan Associates Empowers Warehouse Managers With New E-Commerce Capabilities. New Study: 70% of Executives have started Digital Supply Chain Transformation.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 18 – 24)

Logistics Viewpoints

Earlier this week, Target said it will spend $100 million to build a larger network of supply chain hubs to speed up and lower the cost of delivering online orders. More companies are exploring ways to staff warehouses with robots but may have to wait a few years for the technology to catch up.