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Marijuana Supply Chain: Profits and Headaches

Logistics Viewpoints

These states include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Washington D.C. Jobs in retail, restaurants, trucking, and warehousing are particularly hard to fill.

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Marijuana Supply Chain: Profits and Headaches

Logistics Viewpoints

These states include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Washington D.C. Jobs in retail, restaurants, trucking, and warehousing are particularly hard to fill.

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Five Signs Your Business Needs a Fulfillment Partner

Ware2Go

If your business is stationed in Florida, for example, but a large percentage of your customer base is placing orders in Montana, you may be overpaying for ground shipments with extended time in transit (TNT) , or worse, paying for Next-Day Air in order to meet customer expectations for fast shipping. Watch the full ECR4Kids story below.

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Three Mistakes to Avoid with Machine Learning Forecasting

o9 Solutions

In the words of Hannah Montana, everybody makes mistakes. And, respectfully, Hannah Montana never even tried to use machine learning (ML) methods for time-series forecasting. If she did, she would have made many more mistakes. A pertinent example of this can be found in retail transactional data from the coronavirus period.

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Social Distancing and Making Sales: Tips for B2B companies

Unleashed

For example, Montana Colors AU transformed their business with self-servicing — albeit prior to the outbreak. You don’t need to be in your warehouse to manage it. In turn, your customers will be able to log in and see what’s available in real-time. Your online B2B store acts as a salesperson for your customers.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 30 – June 3, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Now, on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Wal-Mart says it is 6-9 months from using drones to check warehouse inventory (Reuters). One of my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2016 was that drones would have a breakout year — not in delivering packages to consumers, but in yard and warehouse management.

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URMâ„¢ Stores Inc. Selects Herlitz Inventory Management to Improve Efficiencies and Increase Profits in its Purchasing Process

Herlitz Inventory Management

It is an American retailers’ cooperative serving independent supermarkets in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. URM Stores, Inc. of Spokane, Washington services over 1,000 customers with sales of over $1 billion.