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Amazon and Anticipatory Shipping: Revisiting This Highly Publicized 2013 Patent Ten Years Later

Logistics Viewpoints

The Essence: Predictability Can Enable Cost-Efficiency and Responsiveness Amazon’s anticipatory shipping patent describes both physical distribution network capabilities and information technology capabilities. Amazon has built up its own distribution and transportation network substantially over the last decade.

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Distribution Operations Transformed with Warehouse Management

Logistics Business Magazine

Distribution Operations Transformed Sébastien Lefébure, vice president, Continental Europe, at Manhattan Associates, added: “We have been supporting the ERAM Group, which is made up of nine affordable fashion brands, including Gémo, in its logistical and omnichannel transformation since 2013.

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GM Investing Over $630mn in Fort Wayne Assembly Plant

Supply Chain Brain

Since 2013, GM has invested over $31 billion in U.S. manufacturing and parts distribution including $2 billion in the Fort Wayne Assembly plant.

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Flexible Warehousing with Flexe CEO Karl Siebrecht

The Logistics of Logistics

Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Seattle, Flexe brings deep logistics expertise and enterprise-grade technology to deliver innovative eCommerce fulfillment, retail distribution and network capacity programs to the Fortune 500.

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Increasing Speed and Efficiency of Vaccine Distribution During Uncertainty

AIMMS

The Dutch Delta Program Commissioner used analytics to prevent flooding and was recognized with the 2013 Edelman Award. The post Increasing Speed and Efficiency of Vaccine Distribution During Uncertainty appeared first on AIMMS. AIMMS also allows us to minimize travel for the pilots, while maximizing their weight and fuel utilization.

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The Flexe Story with Dave Glick

The Logistics of Logistics

Dave is the Chief Technology Officer at Flexe , a market place for matching shippers who need fulfillment or distribution capacity with 3PLs who have existing capacity in their existing warehouses. The Flexe Story with Dave Glick. Dave Glick and Joe Lynch discuss the Flexe story. About Dave Glick. Key Takeaways: The Flexe Story.

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Medline is the Largest User of the AutoStore Robotics Solution in the World

Logistics Viewpoints

AutoStore in action at a Medline Distribution Center AutoStore has a lot of buzz surrounding it. And through that, we’ve invested more than $2 billion back into our manufacturing footprint, our distribution footprint, and technology and systems to make sure that we’re continuing to be very resilient.”