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This Week in Logistics News (May 18 – 24)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The indexes will feature in future Empire State Manufacturing and Business Leaders surveys, the bank said. Tractor Supply Company has gone big in Arkansas, opening its most high-tech distribution center yet. I highly recommend watching the movie when you get a chance.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 25 – 31)

Logistics Viewpoints

In the spring of 2022, Walmart created a new position among the roughly 15,000 employees who work at its headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas. And now on to this week’s logistics news. crumbling infrastructure and manufacturing. The post This Week in Logistics News (March 25 – 31) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Freight Procurement is a Different Game

Logistics Viewpoints

Simmons Foods Simmons Foods is a farm to fork poultry manufacturer. They are a leading supplier of poultry, pet food and animal nutrition products based in Siloam Springs, Arkansas in the US. Then we are pulling out of an animal nutrition production facility and taking those finished products to a pet food manufacturing facility.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 25-29, 2019)

Talking Logistics

Speaking of learning, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Will Truckers Trade Futures? Inside Google’s Rebooted Robotics Program (New York Times) Transplace Invests in New Operations Center in Northwest Arkansas Black & Decker Fined $1.8M You learn something new every day. Why or why not?

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Walmart: 3 Keys to Successful Supply Chain Management any Business Can Follow

GlobalTranz

This “invisible” part of Walmart’s business is a logistical and supply chain management and the practices they employ should give supply chain managers pause to take a bit out of their day and inspect what Walmart is doing in order to mimic into the supply chain manager’s own practice. Decades in the Making.

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26 logistics professionals reveal the biggest trends in logistics technology

6 River Systems

Logistics can be traced all the way back to the Greek and Roman empires , but it’s undergone several major transformations as new technologies provide opportunities to more efficiently manage the movement and storage of goods. In the digital transformation age, logistics is once again undergoing a major shift. Marc Tuinier.

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Emergency Freight: What Harvey Tells Us About Irma

DAT Solutions

Houston is home to a number critical industries, including energy exploration, oil and gas refineries, and related manufacturing of petrochemicals and plastic resins, among others. It will take a very long time for freight transportation and logistics to return to normal, after two such monstrous storms in the same month.

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