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Levi's COO wants to transform the brand's supply chain
The company's focus on product quality, sustainability and loyalty will require transparency and close collaboration with suppliers.
By Kaarin Vembar • June 23, 2021 -
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US needs 330M square feet of warehouse space to keep up with e-commerce: CBRE
Retailers looking to build or rent new real estate face potential sticker shock.
By Matt Leonard • June 23, 2021 -
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TrendlineWarehouse automation
Robotics, conveyor belts and software become staples of the warehouse as e-commerce grows.
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The inventory-to-sales ratio reveals a divide between retail and automotive
Retailers are building up inventory as demand balloons, while auto dealers struggle with a global parts shortage.
By Matt Leonard • June 22, 2021 -
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OpinionSupply chains that don't prioritize DEI risk losing out
Organizations that don’t "walk the talk" will lag competitors in business performance, employment value proposition and meeting their defined purpose, write ASCM's Abe Eshkenazi and Gartner's Dana Stiffler.
By Abe Eshkenazi and Dana Stiffler • June 22, 2021 -
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La-Z-Boy tries to whittle down backlog, up to 9-month lead times
Backlogs are eight times higher than they were before the pandemic, CEO Melinda Whittington said on an earnings call.
By A.B. Brown • June 22, 2021 -
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Kroger opens 2 cross-dock facilities to boost reach of automated fulfillment centers
The grocer will use warehouses, which require 60% of the capital and labor of stores, to meet the rising demand for delivery.
By Edwin Lopez • June 21, 2021 -
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ColumnPatent Pending: Walmart's idea for just-in-time, FourKites' plan for predictive visibility
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 • June 18, 2021 -
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Increased containerboard output not enough to keep prices down
Corrugated and solid box prices shot up during the first half of 2021, despite remaining flat or even falling throughout much of 2020.
By A.B. Brown • June 17, 2021 -
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EPA aims to reduce food waste in supply chains to tackle GHG emissions
By reducing food waste in production and supply lines, the agency is exploring the prioritization of food recovery over waste diversion.
By Maria Rachal • June 17, 2021 -
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Cluster analysis can help determine where to store inventory, reduce split shipments
A recent paper looked at using a clustering algorithm with product categories to decrease the number of warehouses needed to fill each order.
By Matt Leonard • June 15, 2021 -
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OpinionIt's time to use a wealth of available data to push sustainability forward
The data from digitization efforts can be used to find opportunities to accelerate progress on key sustainability targets.
By Lisa Wee • June 15, 2021 -
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Out-of-stocks cost Chewy an estimated $40M in sales
Chewy's inventories were up 9% YoY, but it had to keep up with sales rising nearly 32% YoY.
By Matt Leonard • June 15, 2021 -
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Wilmington Air Park, once abandoned by DHL, is brought to life by Amazon Air
Wilmington grew its cargo volume by nearly 289% YoY in 2020, according to an analysis of government data by researchers at DePaul University
By Matt Leonard • June 14, 2021 -
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USDA to invest over $4B to strengthen the food supply chain
The agency's investments through the Build Back Better Initiative are part of the Biden administration’s efforts to make U.S. supply chains more resilient.
By A.B. Brown • June 11, 2021 -
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Circle K invests in 100 Geek+ robots to speed store replenishment
The robots will help a Hong Kong distribution center handle deliveries to more than 300 Circle K locations that serve more than 600,000 customers every day.
By Matt Leonard • June 08, 2021 -
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As offices consider hybrid work, can warehouses operate remotely too?
Technologies such as RFID let managers glean insights off-site, while operators steer and monitor forklifts from afar.
By Jen A. Miller • June 08, 2021 -
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25% of online restaurant orders in 2020 were for delivery: report
Restaurants offering their own delivery reported 44% of orders for this channel compared to 12% of orders at brands that exclusively used third-party aggregators, according to a Paytronix study.
By Julie Littman • June 08, 2021 -
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Brands turn to air cargo as inventory delays continue
The companies behind brands such as Levi Strauss and Tommy Hilfiger said they are expediting more shipments to keep up with sales.
By Edwin Lopez • June 08, 2021 -
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Supply chain managers shift reshoring focus to total cost of ownership
Inventory challenges have led manufacturers to consider total cost as a key sourcing metric over price per unit alone, according to the State of North American Manufacturing report.
By Edwin Lopez • June 07, 2021 -
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'No longer a test': Locus Robotics to deploy 2K robots at DHL warehouses
DHL expects to have robots in "more than 20" facilities by the end of 2021 and plans to expand to more locations in 2022.
By Matt Leonard • June 02, 2021 -
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American Eagle cuts SKUs, speeds delivery with supply chain transformation
The introduction of regional hubs helped the retailer cut the number of shipments per order and reduce delivery speed by 1.5 days, the COO said.
By Matt Leonard • June 01, 2021 -
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Supply chains stick with lean methods despite inventory woes
Growing demand and flat inventory growth led the inventory-to-sales ratio to drop to 1.23 in March, the lowest ever recorded.
By Matt Leonard • June 01, 2021 -
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Deep DiveMore frequent, severe wildfires threaten California's growing logistics network
Fires can clog and cut off freight arteries, creating choke points for inventory traveling via truck and rail.
By Deborah Abrams Kaplan • June 01, 2021 -
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Coronavirus surge in India hits raw materials, manufacturing across multiple industries
Industries that use oxygen for production have curbed output to reserve supplies for critically ill patients, one analyst said.
By Matt Leonard • May 28, 2021 -
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Why lumber prices are spiking
An economist expects the labor part of the sawmill problem to start resolving itself later this year but prices to remain high into 2022.
By Jen A. Miller • May 27, 2021
