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store operations by 9 percent over the past year, slashing hundreds of millions of dollars of goods from their balance sheets and suggesting space is opening up in their jammed supplychains. Target has been testing high-capacity van routes at Dallas and Minneapolis sortation centers.
Most of the major van markets actually had fewer outbound loads available, though, and most regular freight heading to Houston was canceled. Dallas rates also soared, as some freight was diverted to that busy freight hub. In the other direction, Chicago to Minneapolis jumped up 33¢ to $2.60 per mile.
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It was a very busy week in the world of supplychain and logistics, so let’s go straight to the news that caught my attention: FLEXE Launches Nationwide Next-Day Delivery. Infor M3 Integrates to GT Nexus SupplyChain Network. Target to test next-day delivery service in Minneapolis (Reuters).
often suffer from all kinds of severe weather during the first quarter, impacting freight movements. Then temperatures suddenly plunged into the single digits and below in much of the Midwest, including sub-zero temps in Chicago and Minneapolis. Large swaths of the U.S. This winter could be one of the coldest yet.
In four of its Minneapolis test stores, Best Buy reduced the shoppable square footage to 15,000 square feet to provide more space for fulfillment. SupplyChain Implications Smaller stores typically mean less inventory. Because most customers want… fast. I’m also an analyst at the Journal of Commerce.
But working with the store can be difficult for organizations whose supplychains are not built to withstand the stress test of retail delivery. The big-box store first opened in the early 1900s in Minneapolis, MN, and has grown into a perennial top-10 revenue capturing retailer. Background About Target. Contact Us.
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Kelly Moller felt at not being able to buy tickets to Swift’s 2023 concert in Minneapolis. Walz signed House File 1989 — a reference to Swift’s birth year and an album with that title — at First Avenue, a popular concert venue in downtown Minneapolis. And now on to this week’s logistics news.
Earlier this week, Target said it will spend $100 million to build a larger network of supplychain hubs to speed up and lower the cost of delivering online orders. It already has opened nine, after testing the concept in its hometown of Minneapolis. The expansion will also grow Target’s workforce.
If the shutdown extends longer term, more supplychain professionals may be affected. Many supplychain professionals routinely rely on Washington every week when they review and use the weekly diesel price average. Often, cross-border freight requires approval from partner agencies — the U.S. DOT is down.
Moving on, here’s the supplychain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon is granted a patent for using a subterranean network to deliver packages (GeekWire). Target invests in Minneapolis start-up that helps retailers monitor supplychains (Star Tribune). It’s my birthday wish for you.
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