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Winning the Race, Fleet Feet Implements Autonomous Mobile Robots

Logistics Viewpoints

The Fleet Feet Supply Chain The goal for the Carrboro, North Carolina-headquartered retailer is to make each store a hub for the local running community that it serves. Most of the goods destined for the company-owned stores flow through their distribution center in Durham, North Carolina. Shoes get picked into that box.

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Better Ways to Address Trade-Offs with Supply Chain Optimization

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Malcolm McLean, a trucker from North Carolina, was tired of waiting. He had a load full of cotton bales, and while idling away hours at a shipyard watching stevedores load other cargo onto ships he dreamed up containers that transformed global supply chains. Work planners previously did manually can be calculated by software.

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The Greenest Mile: Planning’s Role in Supply Chain Sustainability

Logistics Viewpoints

Similarly, UPS has strong commitments to sustainability and invests in many options, such as alternative fuel vehicles, e-cycles in dense cities, and carbon offsets for purchase with shipping. UPS saves time and money at a level worth reporting on earnings calls, but they are also more sustainable.

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What Lessons a Table Fable Teaches About Supply Chain Orchestration

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply chain leaders from planning to procurement to logistics face labor shortages and cost concerns, so they want to reduce workforce time spent on manual activities. Something is wrong in this retailer’s process, whether it be materials used, packing, shipping, etc., Is that the kind of customer experience they wanted?

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Florence Et Al.

Supply Chain Shaman

North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia sit squarely in the storm’s path. It is now closed at the start of a busy shipping season as companies prepare for holiday inventory builds. The question was simple, “What will be the impact of Hurricane Florence on the supply chain?”

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What is Inbound Logistics and How Can a 3PL Help?

Kanban Logistics

See, there’s a big difference between handling inbound logistics yourself and outsourcing it to a trusted North Carolina third-party logistics (3PL) provider that knows the manufacturing industry. This includes the procurement and delivery of the parts used to build the finished product. Third-party procurement.

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FedEx Elects to Spin Off LTL Freight Business

Supply Chain Matters

As an example, this weeks local and nationwide news headlines include reports of shipping delays being focused on various FedEx facilities across parts of Georgia , Michigan , North Carolina and Ohio. The transformation and/or restructuring of three major business units simultaneously is a tall order that can cause risks.