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Coronavirus: A lesson in supply chain risk management
Quarantine put supply chains' risk management strategies to the test as it left manufacturing facilities without the workers needed to reach full production, reduced demand for ocean freight and cut airfreight capacity.
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Tracking the speed, dwell and cars of Class I railroads
This dashboard shows the average speed, dwell time and cars online for all of the Class I railroads operating in the United States.
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Leases to non-Amazon e-commerce companies triple for Prologis as online retail diversifies
New signings include Walmart, MercadoLibre, JD.com and smaller customers using a combination of insourcing and outsourcing for their supply chains, Chief Customer Officer Mike Curless said.
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Instacart collaborates with Fabric to offer automated fulfillment service
The partnership is the first phase of the e-commerce company's “next-generation fulfillment initiative” that moves order picking and packing out of store aisles and into dedicated spaces.
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FMC to audit top 9 carriers as part of permanent program to oversee detention, demurrage
The agency said it wants to ensure "shippers do not suffer from unfair disadvantages."
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Frito-Lay bucks the trend of supply chain simplification
The snack brand is embracing complexity, which demands a supply chain that's primed for efficiency.
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"JB Hunt semi-tractors at the company's intermodal facility in Chicago, IL 08-19-2017" by Richard Hurd is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Capacity crunch prompts JB Hunt to limit service
Detention of trailing equipment in the intermodal and truck segments led the carrier to levy accessorial charges on shippers.
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Walmart plans to automate 25 distribution centers with Symbotic
The retailer aims to improve the storage density, pallet density, throughput as measured in cases per hour, system availability and order accuracy of its replenishment system.
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BNSF meters traffic from West Coast to Chicago
The railroad is the second to limit its rail traffic to Chicago this week, following Union Pacific's weeklong service suspension intended to clear congestion at inland rail terminals.
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Supply chain 'stretched' for cardboard boxes, wood pallets: Thomas
Price indices are at record highs, but companies are still clamoring for materials as they try to keep pace with heightened e-commerce demand.
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Albertsons adds Uber grocery delivery to 1,200 stores
Uber's expansion is an attempt to gain market share against Instacart, still the leading last mile delivery provider for grocers.
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SpartanNash aims to boost e-commerce operations with first micro-fulfillment center
The company will use the 55,000-square-foot facility to pick and pack online grocery orders for 24 West Michigan stores.
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Deep DiveAs PPE demand grew, organizations stepped up to the challenge — and fought fraud along the way
Bad actors emerged during the pandemic, as a supply-demand imbalance in personal protective equipment left openings and vulnerabilities for fraud and counterfeits.
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TSMC says semiconductor capacity will remain tight into 2022
The manufacturer has been investing in expanded capacity with a goal of increasing production by 60% YoY in 2021, but high demand will continue to test semiconductor orders.
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Executives lead the charge in supply chain sustainability efforts: report
The tactics supply chain professionals used to tackle sustainability may have shifted in 2020, but their commitments did not, according to a report by MIT's Center for Transportation and Logistics and CSCMP.
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Union Pacific pauses service from West Coast to Chicago as congestion hits inland terminals
The railroad says the service suspension will give it time to work through a container backlog at its Global IV gateway in Chicago, but experts noted the move may make congestion on the West Coast worse.
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Pandemic changed rail's product mix as e-commerce grew intermodal volumes
Large retailers and third-party logistics providers leveraged railroads to diversify their transport risk and get around labor constraints in the trucking market during the pandemic, according to a study by Northwestern University.
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MSC Industrial Direct ups prices amid 'fast and furious' supplier price increases
Supply chain challenges are creating an inflationary environment that the industrial supplier hasn't seen in years, the company's CEO said.
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Column4 ways to prepare procurement for the second pandemic peak
As shortages and COVID-19 infections persist, it's time to navigate the next phase of the pandemic. Let's call it the second peak.
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Bed Bath & Beyond teams up with Roadie for same-day delivery
The company said the partnership would double its same-day delivery reach, bringing the service to about 16,000 zipcodes.
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Stockouts worsen for the chemical industry as shipping delays exacerbate inventory woes
Shortages may last yet another year due to the lasting effects of a February storm in Texas, increased demand and supply chain congestion.
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Walmart's Flipkart cuts single-use plastic packaging from supply chain, shifts sustainability focus to sellers
The e-commerce platform is juggling the rapid growth in online retail with corporate goals and consumer preferences for sustainable packaging.
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Higher contract rates pull volume from spot truck market
DAT Principal Analyst Dean Croke said this is the result of carriers securing higher contract rates, which reduces the incentive to focus on the spot market.
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Warehouse rents climb in Q2 as e-commerce drives demand: Cushman & Wakefield
A facility deemed a weak fit for e-commerce fulfillment a few years ago may now be attractive if it's within last-mile delivery range, a Cushman & Wakefield researcher said.
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Courtesy of Macy's
Macy's plan to speed up its supply chain starts with inventory management
By having a supply chain that looks at in-store and warehouse inventory as a whole, the retailer says it can strengthen its margins, and get items to customers quicker and in the ways they prefer.
