Operations Management: Page 59
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Autonomous vehicles make inroads — inside and outside the warehouse
Drones and driverless vehicle technology will continue to change supply chains as businesses experiment with how best to deploy them.
By Jen A. Miller • Feb. 15, 2022 -
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Wayfair taps Nike, Target vet as new supply chain chief
Sean Halligan joins the online home goods specialist in a tough operating environment, and after years of shipping and fulfillment costs eating up profits.
By Ben Unglesbee • Feb. 15, 2022 -
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TrendlineRetail Supply Chains
Retailers are making operational investments and adjustments to maintain supply chain resilience. Here’s how.
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Starbucks accelerates price increases to offset omicron-related costs
Staffing constraints at third-party delivery providers drove costs up at a higher-than-expected rate, executives said.
By Alejandra Carranza • Feb. 14, 2022 -
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Tracking the shift to 24/7 supply chains
The San Pedro Bay ports could continue to dangle the threat of a container dwell fee through this summer.
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Deep Dive // 2022 outlookRetail supply chains were made to be broken. Will brands adapt — or revert?
The past two years have laid bare vulnerabilities that have long existed in the system, including a lack of capacity and geographic concentration in manufacturing.
By Ben Unglesbee • Feb. 11, 2022 -
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Heightened cold storage demand drives DHL’s $400M expansion
A just-in-case approach to pharmaceutical distribution prompted the logistics provider to add six facilities in the U.S.
By Alejandra Carranza • Feb. 11, 2022 -
Advance Auto Parts has a program to hire people with disabilities at 16 of its 44 distribution centers. Darrin Masters (right), who was hired via the program, poses alongside Jenny Ramos (left), head trainer at Advance Auto Parts’ Kutztown distribution center. Advance Auto Parts granted permission to use this image.
Deep DiveDisability inclusion programs help warehouses hire overlooked talent
Retail and logistics companies are accelerating their commitments to workers with disabilities as a labor crunch hampers operations. Experts say the programs have sizeable benefits.
By Colin Campbell • Feb. 8, 2022 -
Tractor Supply to cut in-store safety stock with just-in-time replenishment centers
The facilities, known as mixing centers, focus on delivering some of the retailer’s fastest-turning products in full-pallet quantities.
By Max Garland • Feb. 7, 2022 -
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Labor, transportation costs fuel Amazon’s decision to hike Prime price
As the omicron variant makes waves, companies are facing higher operating costs to keep facilities staffed up. Amazon is no exception.
By Max Garland • Feb. 4, 2022 -
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Fender moves to cloud ERP to keep up with record guitar demand
Businesses are pushing for better scalability and new features in their central provisions systems.
By Roberto Torres • Feb. 2, 2022 -
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Sam’s Club rolls out inventory-checking robots chainwide
The technology, based on software developed by artificial intelligence company Brain Corp, will be mounted on autonomous floor-cleaning machines already in operation in stores across the U.S.
By Sam Silverstein • Feb. 1, 2022 -
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Supply chain snags could knock out $17B in apparel and footwear profit in 2022: report
Backups and bottlenecks persist, putting pressure on profits. And only 12% of organizations in the sector are leading in resilience, according to Kearney.
By Ben Unglesbee • Feb. 1, 2022 -
2022 outlook
11 technologies set to shape smart operations
A look at the latest adoption trends for up-and-coming tech among the warehousing and manufacturing sectors, based on MHI data.
By Edwin Lopez • Jan. 31, 2022 -
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2022 supply chain outlook features shortages, high delivery costs
While supply chain woes aren’t expected to disappear in 2022, this year could mark a turning point.
By Sarah Zimmerman • Jan. 31, 2022 -
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Deep Dive // 2022 outlookHow grocers are managing the twin pressures of supply chain disruption and inflation
Companies need to be particularly “agile” in 2022, one expert said, as high demand and shortages can make inflation appear quickly.
By Jeff Wells • Jan. 31, 2022 -
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BJ’s Wholesale to buy four refrigerated distribution centers
The acquisition of the facilities from longtime partner Burris Logistics will allow the club retailer to handle its perishables supply chain in-house.
By Sam Silverstein • Jan. 31, 2022 -
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Shippers plan for disruptions from Lunar New Year: survey
A majority of companies ordered early as the holiday is expected to lengthen transit times and raise freight costs, according to Container xChange.
By Alejandra Carranza • Jan. 31, 2022 -
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Mondelēz reactivates ‘COVID playbook’ to address low inventory
Early in the pandemic, the snack food giant focused on simplifying its business. High demand and lingering labor constraints have pushed the CPG to revive some aspects of that strategy.
By Sarah Zimmerman • Jan. 31, 2022 -
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Kroger to extend delivery network with ‘spoke’ facility in Kentucky
The 50,000-square-foot fulfillment center in Louisville, set to open later this year, continues the grocer’s e-commerce network buildout.
By Sam Silverstein • Jan. 28, 2022 -
PPG Industries diversifies resin suppliers as staff shortages affect production
Resins were already in tight supply after severe weather in 2021. Rising omicron cases add to the mounting challenges.
By Colin Campbell • Jan. 27, 2022 -
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Lighter bots, faster orders: How Ocado is innovating in e-commerce
The Kroger partner plans to introduce new robots, including an automated on-grid picker and routing technology that will allow it to get more same-day orders out to shoppers.
By Jeff Wells • Jan. 27, 2022 -
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Nike says a ‘sole train’ helped mitigate supply chain disruptions
In addition to fast-tracking product to Memphis by rail, the brand also added several distribution centers and deployed 1,000 robots.
By Colin Campbell • Jan. 25, 2022 -
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Robotics, automation go from fringe to mainstream
Pretty soon, the technologies are going to be table stakes for supply chain operations, one executive said.
By Jen A. Miller • Jan. 25, 2022 -
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Inventory restocking efforts push logistics real estate demand even higher: Prologis
Tenants need to restock not only for inventory shortfalls, but to also build additional safety stock as well, CFO Tom Olinger said.
By Max Garland • Jan. 25, 2022 -
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Neiman Marcus names supply chain chief to oversee $90M investment
The department store retailer is working to overhaul operations and upgrade its systems and distribution centers.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris and Sarah Zimmerman • Jan. 25, 2022
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