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Stord Acquires ProPack, Nutrition and Supplement Fulfillment Leader with Temperature-Controlled Warehouses across North America

Stord

This strategic acquisition further expands Stord's fulfillment network throughout the US and Canada, and strengthens its ability to provide comprehensive and tailored supply chain physical and digital solutions to its customers. This acquisition expands Stord’s comprehensive suite of products and services tailored to our customers.

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COVID-19 accelerates four trends and changes within global supply chains

Proxima

Global supply chain management has always been at the forefront of the battle. Whether warehousing, automation, freight, retail or e-commerce, business leaders needed to evaluate and address many or all in order to maintain their supply chains and keep up with the demand, which in turn, was drastically altered by the pandemic.

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In Logistics, the Last Few Feet are as Important as the Last Mile

Enterra Insights

If you’ve never heard that term (or simply don’t understand it), off the chain means out of control — like having your pit bull getting off the chain in the back yard and tearing through the neighborhood. ” Even with hyperlocal urban warehouses, goods still need to traverse the last mile. ”[2].

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This Week in Logistics News (January 11-15, 2016)

Talking Logistics

So let’s go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon poised to take on UPS, FedEx in delivery business (Seattle Times). Elemica Honored With Third Patent for Next Generation Supply Chain Network. I didn’t win the $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot.

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How to Reduce Shipping Costs: 8 Effective Ways

Ware2Go

Design a Warehouse Network that Gets You Closer to Customers. For example, a package sent 2,000 miles through USPS from Seattle to Tulsa would be Zone 8. SMBs should evaluate their fulfillment network, with the goal of identifying optimal warehouse placements across the country based on historical and projected customer demand.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Stephen Beard, VP at Flexe!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. As such we have introduced our “Seasoned Leadership in Action ” Interview series at Supply Chain Game Changer. Subscribe Here!

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8 Examples of Kanban in Lean Manufacturing

Unleashed

Kanban is a process management tool that visualises the status of each job on a company’s radar, and controls the flow of production from customer requests back to the warehouse. Then, when the warehouse runs low in stock, it reorders from preferred vendors. Basically, the team holds all supplies and consumables in two different bins.