Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 13, 2021

With the new expansion, Amazon is rolling out same-day delivery to Prime members in Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Tampa, Charlotte and Houston, bringing the total markets served to 12. In these markets, shoppers will be able to place orders online throughout the day, then have items on their doorstep in as fast as five hours.

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Logility

JULY 13, 2023

For example, your optimum East Coast distribution point might be Charlotte, NC but anywhere from Atlanta, GA to Roanoke, VA is equivalent in terms of cost and service time. This will identify not only the optimum footprint of sites, suppliers, ports of entry, and modes of transportation.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 29, 2024

A passionate sportsman and triathlete, he lives in Charlotte, NC, dedicated to making a positive impact. Actively involved in the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), the Private Directors Association (PDA), Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), and Vistage. Dusty is committed to board excellence and personal growth.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 17, 2022

She started up Corning’s optical fiber factory in the Charlotte, NC area, founded a popular kindergarten engineering design workshop based on a famous MIT course, and led the STEM coaching team serving 48 Easter Seals teachers across metro Atlanta. She graduated from MIT with a chemical engineering degree and a Theater Arts concentration.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Major leaders conducting sessions and events at this conference in Charlotte Russe, Heineken, KeHE, Lowe’s, Mercedes-Benz, PetSmart and more. Attendees get in-person skills in how to leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning for the future of supply chain management, how to stay in-line with consumer’s needs, and much more.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 26, 2018

July 16th in North America (current thinking is Charlotte or Chicago. The opportunity lies with building better networks. We hope to see you at the next meetings: June 25th-26th at Evonik in Hanau, Germany.

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DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Buffalo to Charlotte was down 24¢ at $2.44/mile. Atlanta to Charlott e fell 17¢ to $2.84/mile. Texas has been quiet in recent weeks, but the lane from Houston to Oklahoma City rose 14¢ to $2.26/mile. FALLING The biggest declines were on lanes that spiked due to Hurricane Florence.

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Volumes also rose significantly in Charlotte. Buffalo to Charlotte climbed 34¢ to $2.44/mile. Charlotte to Lakeland, FL fell 24¢ but was still high at $3.08/mile. Rates below include fuel surcharges and are based on real transactions between carriers and brokers. Buffalo to Columbus was also up 31¢ to $2.21/mile.

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

We’ve seen a big increase in van freight moving from Atlanta and Charlotte down into the state. As mentioned above, there’s been a big uptick in freight going into Florida from Atlanta and Charlotte , and rates on those lanes soared last week. Charlotte to Lakeland soared 42¢ to $3.32/mile

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Enterra Insights

MAY 19, 2022

Agriculture experts Charlotte Hebebrand, Executive Vice President for Stakeholder Relations and Chief Sustainability Officer at Nutrien, and David Laborde, a Senior Research Fellow with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), observe, “Like people, plants need a multitude of nutrients to thrive. ”[1] How bleak?

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 28, 2017

She was quickly able to identify that the Charlotte, NC, location had demurrage charges at 10 times the rate of other similar warehouse locations. . A new manager started looking closer into the details driving that 4% number, rather than just the total amount, which was millions of dollars annually.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

For example, urban planners in Charlotte, NC, have “designated a 60-acre, 50-square block area as a place for modern, urban redesign, dubbed the North Tryon Vision Plan. McGraw, “ Charlotte Moves toward a Car-Free City Center ,” Next City , 30 July 2018. [2] ” Footnotes. [1] 1] Daniel J.

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DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Lots of Florida-bound freight also comes from Charlotte , and rates on the Charlotte-to-Lakeland lane also dropped 20¢ to $2.88/mile. Atlanta to Lakeland, FL , fell 19¢ but still averaged $3.24/mile. Atlanta to Miami was down 22¢ to $3.43/mile.

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HICX Solutions

AUGUST 11, 2021

For the session, we were joined by Charlotte Anabelle de Brabandt , a representative of the Institute for Supply Management (IMS) and Ramit Mahajan , the Head of Supply Chain Enablement, India at Henkel. . Added to the communication aspect, Charlotte points out the importance of providing even more training.

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HICX Solutions

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In the podcast, we first ask Max and Charlotte to unpack that statistic. Charlotte looks at the statistic from an industry perspective, as she explains, “I spent the last 15 years in Procurement, always playing this cat-and-mouse game and always being the ‘bad guy’ and trying to get more savings. It’s just brilliant to hear that.

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Material Handling & Logistics

APRIL 7, 2018

Every year, the 30 Under 30 program designates one "megawatt star," and for this year that honor goes to Charlotte de Brabandt, a 30-year old category associate with Johnson & Johnson, based in Zurich, Switzerland. You'll find Charlotte de Brabandt, and 29 of her peers, in the following sildeshow. Printer-friendly version.

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DAT Solutions

JUNE 6, 2017

The biggest spike was on the lane from Charlotte to Buffalo , which jumped up 44¢ to an average of $2.74/mile. Higher prices out of Memphis and Columbus tell us that retail traffic is moving, and higher rates out of Dallas and Seattle show us that the improvement is far-reaching. Chicago to Buffalo also rose 18¢ to $2.33/mile.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 27, 2017

On a lighter note, the Charlotte Symphony came into my town for an outdoor concert Saturday night – a pretty big deal they only do once a year. If you hadn’t heard, an accidental communication about a massive earthquake in California was picked up by an automated story generator at the LA Times which quickly created a false story about it.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 29, 2019

Areas of the Midwest and Northeast were buried for weeks, and even the Southeast got hit with snow and ice, including places like Birmingham, Atlanta, Nashville and Charlotte. During the "snowpocalypse" winter of 2014, a series of snowstorms extended across two-thirds of the continental U.S.

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DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 11, 2017

The weakest reefer lane was Lakeland, FL to Charlotte , down 30¢ to $1.19/mile, Florida rates continued to slide: Miami to Atlanta dropped 40¢ to $1.29/mile, mile, which is more typical for this time of year. mile, and it’s continuing on a downward trend this week.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 9, 2022

Charlotte Diener, Marketing Director : “Be hungry but stay true to yourself and your values while keeping boundaries. Based on the culture I was raised in, women are often taught not to show they are smarter than men. But hey Little Carol, you should be proud of who you are and not afraid to shine!”

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Online shopping article and permission to publish here provided by Charlotte Smith. Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. ECommerce Overpackaging is an Absolute Disgrace! We have all been there.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Given that the study was funded by an Atlanta-based group, the results are hardly authoritative (for instance, a number of major cities, such as Boston, Charlotte, Denver, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Washington, are not included in the study), but they do offer an interesting view on the supply chain capabilities of seven major regions.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

“There are still plenty of problems to fix, but our roads and bridges aren’t crumbling,” said David Hartgen, lead author of the Reason Foundation report and emeritus professor of transportation at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The key going forward is to target spending where it will do the most good.”.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

APRIL 10, 2013

This led to the development of Coca Cola Consolidated, located in Greensboro North Carolina, which later moved its headquarters to Charlotte, NC. When approached by an entrepreneur interested in bottling the product, his remark was that this was “a stupid idea”, but nevertheless sold the rights to bottle the product for $1 per bottle.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

DowDupont sites in North Carolina’s Charlotte, Greenboro, and Fayetteville will have work suspensions. The Port of Charleston will also be closed starting Thursday, September 13, with the possibility of reopening on Sunday. Agricultural companies Cargill and Smithfield Foods Inc. closed down their sites in North Carolina as well.

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Buffalo to Charlotte lost 13¢ at $1.75 Rates had been rising on shipments in and out of Buffalo in recent weeks, but prices started to decline last week: Chicago to Buffalo fell 28¢ to an average of $2.48 Rates continue to rise on many lanes this week for reefers, as well as vans.

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

This recent study on the state of the supply chain industry and its impact on the North Carolina economy was completed by a team of who students recently presented both in front of the North Carolina Legislature (Subcommittee on State Logistics) and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals in their Charlotte Roundtable.

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Kanban Logistics

MARCH 26, 2020

There are four ports in the state : the Ports of Wilmington and Morehead City, as well as two inland facilities in Charlotte and Greensboro. New intermodal capabilities including the brand-new Queen City Express which allows the transport of goods by rail between the Port of Wilmington and Charlotte.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Every time I start my book, I mentally compare my writing to Charlotte Bronte or Thomas Hardy or Charles Dickens, and then I stop. Write a book. Hundreds of new authors are published each year, so what happened to that dream of mine? Me; I happened. Seriously, can you believe I compare myself to some of the greatest authors in history?

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

So Atlanta, Charlotte, Memphis and other regional hubs were moving freight to Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma, because Houston couldn't do it. 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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Supply Chain View from the Field

AUGUST 15, 2013

It is envisioned that the chapter will have meetings held across the Carolinas, including RTP, Charlotte, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and Greenville, SC. I presented an overview of the Global Logistic Trends and Strategies report.

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Freight Plus

OCTOBER 16, 2018

For example, a shipment going from Boston to Atlanta may include stops at terminals in Philadelphia and Charlotte along the way. When it comes to handling, this looks more like three separate trips - from Boston to Philly, Philly to Charlotte, then Charlotte to Atlanta in one straight course.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

JUNE 24, 2015

I had the opportunity to visit with the American Red Cross in Charlotte, NC yesterday, and held a negotiation workshop with the supply chain directors and managers. This was at the request of my good friend, Tom Nash, who I have known since 2000, when he was an IT Sourcing executive at Shell Oil in Houston.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

JULY 22, 2020

Charlotte News & Observer). South Korean steel maker Posco is closing a 50-year-old mill under declining demand. Nikkei Asian Review). Amazon now expects to need twice as many workers at a North Carolina fulfillment center than earlier anticipated. Patriot-News). in June from a year ago.

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3PL Insights

JULY 20, 2020

These markets are Charlotte, Cincinnati, Denver, Louisville, Orlando, Portland, St. The primary risk in investing in these markets are oversupplying and lower liquidity. However, a few markets have emerged as locations with high liquidity and a large enough market to produce a good return on investment. Louis and Tampa.

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HICX Solutions

JANUARY 13, 2022

Scott Taylor , Principal Consultant at MetaMeta Consulting, on Telling Your Data Story Giles Breault , MBA, MCIPS, C.P.M,

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