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7 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

Intel had already whittled packaging down to a minimum, and with a high value-to-weight ratio, the chips’ distribution costs could not be pared down any further. In fact, during 2007 and 2008, Starbucks leadership began to have severe doubts about the company’s ability to supply its 16,700 outlets.

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Will Robots Take All the Supply Chain Jobs?

247 Customs Broker

• The growing army of robots used in distribution. It’s not even really that clean just in robots for manufacturing and distribution. Distribution is a different matter. We are approaching, I believe, an inflection point in distribution robotics. In comparison, in 2000-2007 the U.S.

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Why Is It So Hard to Find Good Help These Days?

Material Handling and Logistics

Every year, in our annual MH&L Salary Survey , we ask readers to identify the biggest challenge they face in their jobs, and every year they tell us the same thing: finding, developing and retaining talent. Al Will, president of PWG Distribution Solutions. Omni-channel Distribution—Have Retailers Figured It Out Yet?