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Supply Chain Resilience. Really?

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, I speak at the North American Manufacturing Association, Manufacturing Leadership Conference, in Nashville on the use of data to improve supply chain resilience. To accomplish this, we need unique and authoritative identifiers for company entities, warehouses and manufacturing locations.

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The Hidden Benefits of Visiting Your DTC Fulfillment Partner (Or Perspective Partner)

Stord

But regardless of if you are a Stord customer or not, taking the time to step onto your current/prospective warehouse floor can provide invaluable insights and build stronger partnerships that drive real growth and efficiency for your business. What will we have learned shipping and storing your product that you might not be aware of?

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Stord Expands Operations with Acquisition of Pitney Bowes’ State-of-the-Art Fulfillment Center in Kentucky

Stord

The 640,000 square foot capacity facility is the largest warehouse in Stord’s network and includes significant climate control storage, a pick mezzanine, pallet racking and robotic automation. The new fulfillment center already services leading customers and ships over 5 million packages annually.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 25-29, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Free’ Shipping Crowds Out Small Retailers (WSJ – sub. Hot off the press this morning, Descartes announced that it has acquired pixi* Software GmbH (“pixi”), “a leading Germany-based provider of technology solutions for e-commerce order fulfilment and warehouse management,” for $10.4 Postal Service, FedEx and UPS.

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146 days until Christmas - Are you ready?

Cathy Roberson

“The problem is, as we go into the holiday season, they’ve got the wrong stock in the warehouse,” Moore said. Retailers with store-front will push this option and curbside pickups to offset high shipping costs. FedEx and UPS expect mixed volumes Some carriers such as FedEx appear to be expecting more subdued volumes.

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RLA Inaugural Startup Pitch Contest

Cathy Roberson

The biggest retail challenges from the NRF and Appriss survey include the following: Self-service returns Damaged returns or policy abuse Re-processing goods at a warehouse on digital returns Indeed, a lot of work still needs to be done in reverse logistics. Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.

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Singing the inventory blues

Cathy Roberson

Mind you, some retailers may indeed be pleased with their inventory levels, but others may be trying to figure out where to store the excess inventory since so many warehouses are beyond full. Many retailers are feeling inventory pains despite assuring analysts that they're quite pleased with their inventory levels.