Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 30, 2021

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. While all stores ships online orders, Best Buy is consolidating ship-from-store units in a limited number of stores across the country to drive efficiency and effectiveness. The key here is fast.

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Supply Chain Movement

JUNE 11, 2014

Today it operates in 67 countries with 143,000 employees and has 76 business units on six platforms that cover animal feed, food production, energy and transportation, financial services and pharmaceuticals. GMS is a team of nine people based in Rotterdam, Shanghai and Minneapolis. Jaro Caban, moved with Provimi into the Cargill fold.

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synchrono

APRIL 2, 2018

There’s one sure-fire way to tell when someone has lived in Minneapolis long enough to be called a Minnesotan. Transportation – Unnecessary movement of material through the facility/supply chain. . . Where to Start Your Lean Journey. No, it doesn’t involve rooting for the Vikings, though that helps.

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Multichannel Merchant

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Through our work with Gatik, we’ve identified that autonomous box trucks offer an efficient, safe and sustainable solution for transporting goods on repeatable routes between our stores,” said Tom Ward, senior vice president of last mile at Walmart U.S.

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Zipline Logistics

AUGUST 24, 2021

The big-box store first opened in the early 1900s in Minneapolis, MN, and has grown into a perennial top-10 revenue capturing retailer. Reach out to discuss our retail-driven brand transportation strategies today. We are here to break down what you need to master delivery into the retailer’s various distribution centers. Contact Us.

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New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Source: Data from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Introduction. With inflation under 3% for most of the last few decades, most forward buying (also called investment buying) by wholesalers and retailers has in recent times been in response to promotional discounts offered by manufacturers.

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DAT Solutions

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

So it's no big surprise that the Minneapolis market area was also the land of a thousand loads (per day) in the first half of November, as fresh turkeys got stuffed into temp-controlled trailers during the run-up to Thanksgiving. The peak season for reefers in the Minneapolis market is late summer, not late fall. loads per truck.

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DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 27, 2015

In fact, there were more load posts on DAT Load Boards from January through September 2015 than in any other year except 2014 -- which was an exceptional year in freight transportation. TriHaul: Minneapolis - Denver - Rapid City. A second load from Rapid City back to Minneapolis paid $1.22/mile, What's different this year?

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JUNE 4, 2020

The images of truck driver Reginald Denny pulled from his tractor and beaten to near death during the LA Riots in 1992 are eerily similar to the beating of driver, Bogdan Vecherko on a freeway bridge in Minneapolis this week. And they’re accomplished in ways that do not add to the cost of transportation logistics to the shipper.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Robinson offered to donate the required transportation to deliver the donations to Second Harvest Heartland , one of largest, most efficient, and most innovative food banks. If you’re not in Minneapolis, please make a donation online in support of the team of your choosing. Being in the logistics industry, C.H.

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DAT Solutions

MARCH 13, 2018

He liquidated the business in 1991, and in 1997 he and two other partners started another trucking company, Hiawatha Transport, which they later sold. Rather than retire, in 2010 Schultz accepted a job in the transportation division of Ashley Furniture, the world's largest furniture maker, based in Arcadia, Minnesota. Do you want it?

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

– Bernt ‘Smitty’ Smith, capacity manager, Minneapolis Surface Transportation. Even with advancements in technology , I still talk to my guys pretty regularly and learn their business goals and about their family. I like that we have a relationship; it’s not just a transaction for me or for them.

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6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

As if this wasn’t enough, transportation costs are rising and forcing companies to constantly adjust and optimize. “When addressing transportation of goods, the biggest issue my prospective customers face that I can address and correct simply is…” Communication, communication, communication.

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ShipBob

MARCH 12, 2023

The shipment is transported directly to the target region without going through a sortation process at multiple zones. Since zone skipping involves directly transporting shipments to the destination region without making multiple stops in between, it can also reduce delivery times. Why is zone skipping important in ecommerce?

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DAT Solutions

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Winter is on the way, and the coming season’s weather pattern represents a big question mark for transportation and logistics pros. We hear weathermen discussing whether we will have an “El Niño” or a “La Niña” year.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 22, 2019

Department of Transportation and future rulemaking. Department of Transportation (U.S. He monitors regulatory and legislative issues impacting the transportation and produce industries for C.H. Jason is member of the Minnesota Freight Advisory Committee (MFAC) and serves as an election judge in the City of Minneapolis.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

It already has opened nine, after testing the concept in its hometown of Minneapolis. As electric trucks hit the road, environmentally conscious shippers and customers are turning to electrified capacity to meet their transportation needs and achieve their sustainability commitments. The expansion will also grow Target’s workforce.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 13, 2017

Target invests in Minneapolis start-up that helps retailers monitor supply chains (Star Tribune). Federal Judge Deals Swift Transportation Legal Setback (WSJ – sub. November 2016 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Uber debuts Movement, a new website offering access to its traffic data (TechCrunch). Alphabet Inc.’s

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 10, 2024

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. billion, according to the latest data from the Census Bureau.

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