Material Handling & Logistics

JANUARY 8, 2018

For example, an analysis carried out by AIR on the potential impact of Hurricane Harvey on regional manufacturing found that, based on percentage of the total potential revenue loss, the top three subsectors are petroleum and coal products manufacturing (37%), chemical manufacturing (13%), and oil and gas extraction (12%).

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Demand Solutions

DECEMBER 30, 2014

When measuring order fill rates, many manufacturer and distributors often fudge the numbers to make them look better than they really are. When an item is out of stock in their Massachusetts warehouse, they’ll overnight it from their Texas warehouse just to make sure they fill the order.

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Enterra Insights

DECEMBER 15, 2021

If you don’t have time to watch the video, Stank and his colleagues describe the effect this way: “ The bullwhip effect is a business phenomenon first described in the early 1960s by Jay Forrester at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and more recently explored by researchers at Stanford University.

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Locus Robotics

JANUARY 11, 2023

can quickly search for material samples from a variety of manufacturers on a single site and place orders before midnight and received in a single box as early as the next morning. Locus Robotics views Japan as an important market and aims to deliver proven, flexible, cost-effective, and scalable robotics solutions for the entire warehouse.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Moreover, Amazon refused even to discuss the situation in good faith with Gilimex, locking Gilimex’s CEO and management team out of Amazon’s headquarters in North Reading, Massachusetts after the Gilimex team had traveled thousands of miles from Vietnam for a meeting.”

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Elementum

JUNE 5, 2020

and warehouse staffing issues compounded. Ken’s Foods started out as a restaurant in Framingham, Massachusetts called Ken’s Steakhouse. When their salads and dressings became more famous than their steaks, they transitioned into a food manufacturer that has grown to a $1B+ business.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 10, 2024

The Waltham Massachusetts based robotics technology provider was founded in 1998 by a consortium of MIT engineers. In conjunction with this investment round, the company announced the appointment of a Chief Operations Officer to oversee operations, manufacturing, IT , product and customer success.

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 31, 2021

Think of the film that came out a few years ago: “ The Perfect Storm “, which describes how a boat in Massachusetts was lost at sea. The problem with containers is that most of them are stuck in the US, but need to be at ports and manufacturers in China! All of these shortages are hitting manufacturing.

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ThroughPut

MAY 23, 2024

The Bullwhip Effect is a phenomenon where slight fluctuations in demand at the retail level cause progressively larger fluctuations in demand at the wholesale, distributor, and manufacturer levels. This inconsistency can cause significant issues in inventory holding costs and warehouse space management.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

He is primarily responsible for complex supply chain implementations across Retail, Pharmaceutical and Manufacturing verticals. Adam graduated from the University of Massachusetts in 1997 with a degree in Natural Resource Economics.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Given manufacturers’ new orders are at all-time highs and consumers’ spending on goods is at record levels, I assume that demand for truck transportation will remain at its Q2 2021 levels through the rest of the year. for Q2 2021, relative to Q2 2018.

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6 River Systems

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

If you can use new technology to enhance communication with suppliers, manufacturers and more, you will have a tighter grasp on everything that is happening around your company. He has worked with 300+ clients in manufacturing, IS selection and implementation and project management. and Design 2 Part.

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Kinaxis

JANUARY 16, 2017

Robots already stand side-by-side with their human counterparts on many manufacturing floors, adding efficiency, capacity (robots don’t need to sleep!) It is still the dream of many manufacturers today. Those ‘lights out’ factories and warehouses are becoming closer to a reality. and dependability.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Instead of creating disposable transport containers for food products, many consumable manufacturers and suppliers opt to use reusable storage bins in their warehouse management strategies and supply chain activities. Food manufacturers can’t just repurpose old bins and materials without considering possible contamination risks.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Instead of creating disposable transport containers for food products, many consumable manufacturers and suppliers opt to use reusable storage bins in their warehouse management strategies and supply chain activities. Food manufacturers can’t just repurpose old bins and materials without considering possible contamination risks.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

G, the official groundhog of Massachusetts made her 16 th annual Groundhog Day forecast at Drumlin Farm in Lincoln, MA. Gap’s GPS Platform Services and UPS-owned Ware2Go are teaming up to provide an asset-lite co-warehousing solution. Once again warehousing metrics are the primary driver of logistic activity. And find it I did.

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Our prior full edition of this column was published on July 14 and featured news related to global battery manufacturer Panasonic and warehouse services start-up Flexe. Included in this update are headlines related to: Fairmarkit Announcing Series C Investment Round. No terms of this transaction were disclosed as well.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

15 in best Massachusetts hospitals. As Johnson explained, the manufacturer Medtronic’s acquisition of the company Covidien must be conveyed to nurses. Meanwhile, logistics teams can ensure the right number of products are transferred from warehouses to facilities. News and World Report, ranked the 268-bed institution No.

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RFgen

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

15 in best Massachusetts hospitals. As Johnson explained, the manufacturer Medtronic’s acquisition of the company Covidien must be conveyed to nurses. Meanwhile, logistics teams can ensure the right number of products are transferred from warehouses to facilities. News and World Report, ranked the 268-bed institution No.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 8, 2016

Manufacturers: best in class <10.3% industry average 6.8%. They also give you better negotiating information for suppliers and other third parties (transporters, warehousing companies, product assemblers and others) contributing to your supply chain operations. The same idea can be applied in other sectors too.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Coronavirus Impacts Manufacturing Supply Chains in Southeast Asia ; Bob Gill. However, the extent of impact on the manufacturing sector of each country (see below for analysis of the six major economies) varies depending on the makeup of the individual economy and the nature of its trading relationship with China.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 12, 2020

Warehouses in New York and New Jersey are reopening in the next 30 days. Manufacturers, construction outfits, vehicle dealerships, and professional services are now operating at 50% capacity. Massachusetts. The state’s stay-at-home order has expired and businesses aside from bars, gyms, and casinos are permitted to open.

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Stord

APRIL 26, 2022

The Three Types of Supply Chain Strategies Making Waves Today, we’re seeing businesses take creative approaches to increasing the resiliency of their supply chain, and these strategies boil down to three categories: changes to the way goods are manufactured, transported, and stored. Manufacturing changes tend to be the most challenging.

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Elementum

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Dr. Yossi Sheffi is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , where he serves as Director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL). Consider manufacturing companies: “It used to be—go to China for products, parts, and material. Operations managers now must be more discerning.

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RFgen

AUGUST 14, 2017

In 2014, Massachusetts resident Pierre Picone pleaded guilty to selling counterfeit integrated circuits (IC) to the U.S. These counterfeits featured markings normally found on legitimate parts from “approximately 35 major electronics manufacturers, including Motorola, Xilinx, and National Semiconductor.”

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6 River Systems

APRIL 23, 2019

The Chucks communicate with the software to coordinate all the tasks on warehouse floors. A fleet of Chucks working seamlessly and collaboratively with warehouse associates to eliminate long walks, reduce in-aisle walking and speed up warehouse tasks, including put-away, picking, replenishment and sorting. “6 The result?

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6 River Systems

APRIL 2, 2019

E-commerce and retail sales continue to grow each year, yet warehouse operators struggle to find and recruit enough warehouse associates to keep up with the work. E-commerce and retail sales continue to grow each year, yet warehouse operators struggle to find and recruit enough warehouse associates to keep up with the work.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The initiative involves placing RFID tags on packages and wearable devices on employees to eliminate manual scans, reduce misloads, and accelerate parcel throughput in the delivery giant’s warehouses. The smart package program also aims to improve the customer experience by slashing the rate of packages placed in the wrong delivery vehicle.

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Whether you''re a manufacturing company in China, a sourcing agent in London or a world''s leading company in Silicon Valley, we''re all in a global supply chain networks. It is safe to say that if a warehouse operation is not implementing Lean, it is falling behind its competition. But, it can be overdone.

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Supply Chain Opz

APRIL 15, 2015

Background Lean concept is considered one of the most popular management practice that can be used anywhere from manufacturing to service environment, from automotive industry to retail industry. It's the result of a 5-year study about the Toyota Production System conducted by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 19, 2020

Warehouses in New Jersey and New York are reopening in the next 10-20 days and we expect to see an increase in outbound volume as a result. . Manufacturers, construction outfits, vehicle dealerships, and professional services are now operating at 50% capacity. Massachusetts ? . Shippers should?not Kentucky ? .

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 5, 2022

Samsung has two big factories in China while SK Hynix Inc is buying Intel Corp’s NAND flash memory chips manufacturing business in China. chipmaking equipment to factories in China that manufacture advanced NAND chips. Apparently, warehouses are full. he crackdown, if approved, would involve barring the shipment of U.S.

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My Office Apps

MAY 5, 2020

. “The structure of the workforce is changing, but I don’t think artificial intelligence is essentially replacing jobs,” said Dr. Hossein Rahnama, founder and CEO of artificial intelligence concierge company Flybits and visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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My Office Apps

MAY 5, 2020

. “The structure of the workforce is changing, but I don’t think artificial intelligence is essentially replacing jobs,” said Dr. Hossein Rahnama, founder and CEO of artificial intelligence concierge company Flybits and visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 30, 2023

Starting next week, Amazon will start actively recruiting existing small businesses in 23 states including Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Florida, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, South Dakota, and Washington. percent) and transportation and warehousing (5.3

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 23, 2017

The service most frequently outsourced to a 3PL is transportation management (24%), followed by warehouse management (19%). CEVA also delivers contract logistics solutions featuring customized, flexible design and a range of tailored warehousing and distribution services across the country. CEVA Logistics (The Americas). Media Type.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 12, 2023

DHL Supply Chain to Acquire an Additional 5,000 Locus Autonomous Robots European based logistics services provider DHL Supply Chain announced the expansion of partnership with Massachusetts based Locus Robotics , a provider of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), increasing its use of Locus AMR robotics within its supply chain operations.

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