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Lineage Logistics pens deal with Henningsen Cold Storage, continuing acquisition spree
With its latest acquisition, Lineage Logistics' empire grows to 1.9 billion cubic feet of temperature-controlled capacity across 311 facilities in 11 countries.
By Matt Leonard • June 01, 2020 -
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Nordstrom cuts inventory 26% in Q1 by cancelling orders, shipping from stores
CEO Erik Nordstrom called inventory the retailer's "biggest lever of flexibility," with sales down 40% year over year.
By Emma Cosgrove • June 01, 2020 -
Dollar Tree: Distribution center pressure will continue even as supply issues resolve
Executives said the company's buyers will be "chasing" essential goods through July, putting pressure on warehouses to work faster.
By Emma Cosgrove • May 29, 2020 -
Amazon studies anti-collision method for robots to increase throughput
The proposed framework plans paths for robots by allowing each one to go through multiple goal locations and only requiring a collision-free path for a certain period of time.
By Matt Leonard • May 26, 2020 -
Foot Locker
Foot Locker turns to vendors to contend with 20% inventory spike
As of Friday, Foot Locker had opened 1,400 stores with limited hours and social-distancing protocols. But stores will not fully relieve the company of what the CEO called a "glut of inventory."
By Emma Cosgrove • May 26, 2020 -
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2 Ford facilities reopen for second time in a week
The auto industry has been open about its hurdles during the pandemic, as positive coronavirus tests can halt production at multiple stages in the supply chain.
By Matt Leonard • May 21, 2020 -
Target tests post-store sort center for last-mile delivery
The downstream locations are intended to remove parcel sorting from stores as Target shipped 80% of e-commerce orders from stores in Q1.
By Emma Cosgrove • May 20, 2020 -
Volkswagen Group
Volkswagen boosts manufacturing volume with automated operations planning
The automaker increased personnel utilization by 26% using an automated system that pulled in existing ERP data.
By Matt Leonard • May 19, 2020 -
Americold, Ahold Delhaize partner to build 2 automated cold chain warehouses
Automation features in the warehouses will include integrated transportation management systems (TMS), end-to-end forecasting and inventory replenishment technology.
By Krishna Thakker • May 19, 2020 -
Drug manufacturer gets $354M federal contract to produce COVID-19 medicines in the US
The contract was awarded to Phlow, a little-known, Virginia-based company that aims to secure a U.S.-based supply chain for essential medicines.
By Jacob Bell • May 19, 2020 -
Coronavirus adds to complications heading into hurricane season
Analysts anticipate risk to manufacturing and expect reduced trucking hours at ports to have a knock-on effect on cargo movement.
By Matt Leonard • UPDATED: May 21, 2020 at 11:35 a.m. -
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Walmart expands ship-from-store to 2,500 locations to handle e-commerce volume bump
The company accelerated omnichannel investments in Q1, but may need more fulfillment center capacity to keep up with online order volume.
By Emma Cosgrove • May 19, 2020 -
Daimler temporarily suspends production in Alabama over supplier issues
The Mexican automotive supplier base has been a big question mark when it comes to the sector's ability to restart operations in the coming days.
By Matt Leonard • May 18, 2020 -
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ColumnPatent Pending: FedEx envisions automated picking process
Supply chain innovators apply to patent what they see as important tools for the future. Sometimes they're brilliant. Sometimes they're funny.
By Matt Leonard • May 15, 2020 -
64% of manufacturers say reshoring is likely following pandemic: survey
Among industries, manufacturing reported the most interest in nearshoring, with 28% saying they were "extremely likely" to bring more sourcing back to North America following the pandemic.
By Matt Leonard • May 14, 2020 -
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Your business is essential. How do you protect workers during a pandemic?
Cleaning should be much more regular, gloves don't do much to fight coronavirus and other tips from health experts.
By Matt Leonard • May 12, 2020 -
PwC: Automation is key to supply chain agility post pandemic
Thirty-four percent of financial leaders surveyed plan to leverage automation to improve the speed and accuracy of decision-making within their supply chains.
By Emma Cosgrove • May 12, 2020 -
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Warehouse capacity contracts as imports arrive amid low demand, closed storefronts
XPO and Flexe said customers are looking for places to store inventory that has nowhere else to go.
By Matt Leonard • May 12, 2020 -
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Deep DiveCOVID-19 changed the stakes for e-commerce. Do fulfillment networks need to change too?
A global pandemic that drove consumers into their homes, cratered demand for discretionary goods and upped screen time has changed the risk calculus for e-commerce fulfillment.
By Emma Cosgrove • May 12, 2020 -
Peloton struggles with upstream delays amid pandemic demand surge
The at-home fitness juggernaut acquired one of its major manufacturers in Taiwan in October 2019 in an effort to mitigate supply issues, but the facility will not be fully online until December 2020, executives said.
By Emma Cosgrove • May 11, 2020 -
Pandemic tests Wayfair's operational efficiency as orders increase, losses continue
The company is in the process of hiring an additional 1,000 workers to handle pandemic-driven shipment volume growth, COO Thomas Netzer said on a Tuesday call with analysts.
By Emma Cosgrove • May 05, 2020 -
Coronavirus hit XPO revenue in Q1 despite demand surge from some shippers
The company's revenue fell in its transportation and logistics segment, but it did see some customers looking for capacity to cover a surge in demand.
By Matt Leonard • May 05, 2020 -
Wearables could be key for worker safety as warehouses, manufacturers eager to reopen
Wristbands connected to the Internet of Things present a possible safety solution, as well as privacy concerns.
By Jen A. Miller • May 05, 2020 -
USDA to purchase $470M in surplus meat, dairy and produce
After facing criticism that the government's efforts have been slow to help producers during the pandemic, the department said this will allow food to be distributed to communities nationwide.
By Lillianna Byington • May 05, 2020 -
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Tyson CEO says meat supply will increase in back half of year
Tyson's plants could build back up to pre-coronavirus capacity even with the operational changes, such as social distancing, that will need to be implemented.
By Emma Cosgrove • May 05, 2020
