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Facility Location Planning

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Plaskolite Sees $2M in Annual Savings With Optimized Transportation Solution

October 1, 2022
ODW Logistics Inc.

Plaskolite, a leading manufacturer of thermoplastic sheets, was expanding their operations and scaling their business quickly. The company needed a third-party logistics provider (3PL) that could provide innovative solutions to optimize their transportation network and deliver visibility, technology, and cost savings.


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Micro-Warehouse Provider Pivots as Retail Consumer Market Shifts

September 29, 2022
SupplyChainBrain

Fabric, which operates small, automated distribution centers in densely-populated areas, is cutting its workforce and shifting its business strategy as grocers and retailers look instead to add automated operations inside stores.


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Amazon Closes, Abandons Plans for Dozens of U.S. Warehouses

September 6, 2022
Bloomberg

MWPVL International Inc., which tracks Amazon’s real-estate footprint, estimates the company has either shuttered or killed plans to open 42 facilities totaling almost 25 million square feet of usable space.


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Two More Southern California Cities Halt Warehouse Expansion

August 22, 2022
Bloomberg

The freezes follow similar moves by a string of cities in the Inland Empire, the U.S.’s major warehousing and logistics mecca that stretches east and south of Los Angeles.


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Los Angeles Warehousing Mecca Halts Expansion Just as Needs Soar

August 17, 2022
Bloomberg

Communities in the Inland Empire, the U.S.’s logistics mecca east of Los Angeles, are suspending new warehousing projects to examine the impact from decades of pollution — putting the industry under pressure when it’s needed most.


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Amazon Shows It Can Generate Sales While Slowing Spending

July 31, 2022
Bloomberg

Amazon showed its e-commerce and cloud-computing businesses can churn out revenue even as consumers worry about inflation and the company gets serious about curtailing expenses.


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American Factories Heat Up as CEOs Take Production Out of China

July 7, 2022
Bloomberg

Rattled by the most recent wave of strict Covid lockdowns in China, the long-time manufacturing hub of choice for multinationals, CEOs have been highlighting plans to relocate production.


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ON-DEMAND WEBINAR

Part Four: Last Mile is So Last Year: Here's How to Reach The Future Retail Consumer

Series: Five Keys to Unlocking Supply Chain Value in a Time of Crisis
July 6, 2022
Gartner, Inc.

This webinar will show how new models, using urban, suburban and rural strategies for order collection or delivery, and multi-retailer consolidation networks will change how retailers get products into the hands of consumers.
  


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Part One: Network Optimization and Digital Twinning

Series: Creating Resilient Supply Chains Through IT Innovation
June 20, 2022
Deloitte Consulting

Leading companies are adopting new strategies to prepare for the impacts of the next inevitable disruption. Part one of series: Creating Resilient Supply Chains Through IT Innovation.


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Amazon Is Building a Property Empire, Quietly Buying Land Across the U.S.

June 14, 2022
Bloomberg

Buying land is a major shift for Amazon, which historically relied on a handful of developers to find property, build fairly simple warehouses and rent them back to the company. Now, Amazon is increasingly taking parts of the development process in-house — often bidding against long-time partners for the best space.


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Facility Location Planning

The latest news, analysis, services and systems for facility location planning and network design and their impact on global supply chains. Today’s companies are planning their location of facilities and the underlying transportation network in order to deliver goods in a more timely and efficient manner than ever before. New technologies are transforming the way companies search for and choose the right location for a facility in a region — allowing them to stay ahead of the competition in their industries. As these services continue to evolve, businesses are discovering new ways to increase efficiency and cut costs. Learn how companies are using facility location planning solutions to power their supply chains.

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