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Travis Perkins Expands in the United Kingdom
The Travis Perkins Group, the UK's largest supplier to the building and construction market, plans to invest in a 700,000-square-foot regional distribution center in Warrington, Cheshire.
Barcoding Inc. Expands U.S. Footprint and RFID Abilities
Barcoding Inc., a provider of enterprise-wide mobility solutions, has completed the acquisition of Miles Technologies Inc. in order to increase its presence in the central region of the United States and expand its radio frequency identification capabilities.
Auto Components Supplier Goes Lean with RFID
Challenge: A major manufacturing facility sought to automate the receiving of parts from 160 suppliers daily. This facility needed a new solution to decrease bar code scanning time, to reduce inventory inaccuracies caused by late shipping notices and human error, and to enable the company to track and better manage its 80,000 shipping containers.
Managing People and Systems Is Key to Proper Inventory Management
Managing inventory requires skillfully balancing a variety of complicated and competing objectives. Supply management professionals responsible for inventory have to control inventory holding costs, such as warehousing and financial opportunity costs, while pursuing cost savings that may be obtained with larger purchases. They also simultaneously support ambitious customer service levels for a constantly expanding product portfolio. Of course, supply managers who focus on inventory know these pressures well.
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In 2013, E-Commerce Keeps Powering U.S. Industrial Market Fundamentals
Positive momentum continued in U.S. industrial markets through the first quarter of 2013 as e-commerce maintained its influence on reshaping industrial distribution strategies and facilities across the U.S., according to statistics released by commercial real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield Inc.
Commercial Brake Manufacturer Achieves $8 Million Reduction in Operation Costs
Challenge: Faced with rapid growth, increasing supply chain complexity and rising transportation and distribution costs, this commercial brake manufacturer wanted to increase efficiency and visibility and wring excess costs from its supply chain.
How Multi-Channel Retailing Impacts Site Selection
Two executives from industrial realty firm Jones Lang LaSalle discuss issues impacting retailer's distribution site selection decisions, including the growth of multi-channel distribution and rising transportation costs.
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Penske Logistics drives down customer costs with technology and expertise
Challenge: A leading auto parts manufacturer in North America was forecasting significant production volume increases for two facilities in Mexico. Inbound shipments to the locations included domestic Mexico and U.S. supplier pickups, border crossings and line-haul to their Mexico facilities. They needed to minimize costs without impacting service levels.
Mercedes Plans $70m Logistics Center in Alabama
Mercedes-Benz U.S. International (MBUSI) plans a new $70m logistics hub that it expects will create 600 new jobs from the automaker and its contractors and service providers at its Tuscaloosa County, Alabama campus.
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Supply Chain Council Creates New Framework and Training Tool
The Supply Chain Council has launched M4SC, a newly developed framework and accompanying training tool for supply-chain management.
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Penske Logistics Joins as Sponsor of 2014 3PL Study
Penske Logistics has become a sponsor of the 2014 edition of the annual Third-Party Logistics Study, joining Capgemini Consulting, Penn State University's Center for Supply Chain Research, Korn/Ferry International and eyefortransport.
By the Holidays, Amazon Will Have DC Within 5 Miles of Every Major U.S. City
Amazon will open eight new U.S. distribution centers between now and the holiday selling season, bringing the total to 54. The result of the ferocious building spree is that Amazon will then have a DC within five miles of most major U.S. cities. That means Amazon will very likely have a DC closer to your customers than many of your stores.
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