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19 Feb
Walmart says its automated supply chain is ‘ready to scale’
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
There’s a limit to how much the retailer can pick, fulfill and ship from stores, the CEO said. Walmart is banking on automation to change that.
18 Feb
Gartner: 77% of companies invest in deeper supplier relationships for resilience
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
Nearly a year into the pandemic, the buyer-supplier relationship is key to keeping goods flowing and ensuring companies have supply chain transparency.
18 Feb
Gone fishin’: Lack of succession planning is a supply chain risk
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
Supplier disruptions can happen almost overnight. A buyer could be left with a sourcing nightmare, but one that should have been anticipated.
18 Feb
Shipper, trucker groups applaud FMC on ‘strongest step’ to demand container information from carriers
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The release notes that failing to follow the agency’s interpretive rule on detention and demurrage “might constitute a violation of” the Shipping Act.
18 Feb
Gatik’s autonomous, middle-mile box trucks go electric
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Gatik, known for its partnership with Walmart, is using EV technology in B2B short hauls.
17 Feb
Expeditors: ‘Severely’ misaligned freight market spikes ocean, air rates
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“We moved more freight in the fourth quarter of 2020 than in any other quarter in our history,” the company’s CEO said in its earnings release.
17 Feb
US secures 200 million more vaccine doses from Pfizer, Moderna
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With the orders now finalized, President Biden said the U.S. would have enough doses to vaccinate 300 million Americans by the end of the July.
16 Feb
Warehouse operators seek nimble forklifts in the e-commerce era
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Supply chain managers are turning to technology to address the labor crunch and transform warehouses into more adaptable platforms.
16 Feb
Supply chains divided on plans to increase safety stock, stick with lean methods
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The desire to build buffer stock varies by industry and even SKU, with many companies developing inventory health metrics to decide which items need, and don’t need, safet...
16 Feb
4 charts show the effects of West Coast port congestion and supply chain delays
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have been overburdened with a deluge of container imports over the last few months. Here’s the impact that had on operations.