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Serving Crowded Urban Centers Means Re-Creating Distribution Models

The Coca-Cola Co. bottler in Rio de Janeiro used to deliver crates of drinks in the city’s Copacabana area by truck until a parking ban forced the company to rethink its distribution strategy. The big cargo vehicles now arrive early in the morning, park at designated sites and transfer the goods to motorcycles that make the final delivery to customers.

How Intel Became 'A Supply Chain to Admire'

Even the most dominant companies in the world need to take a look in the mirror now and then.

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PLS Logistics Expands With Office in San Antonio

PLS Logistics Services has opened a new branch office in San Antonio, Tex.

IAG Cargo Adds Widebody Service Between Heathrow, Tel Aviv

IAG Cargo is introducing a dedicated widebody service between London Heathrow Airport and Tel Aviv.

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Sight Slippage in On-Time Performance Recorded Overall in November by Container Shipping Lines

Containership reliability was broadly unchanged in November as the average on-time performance across all trades slipped by just 0.8 percentage points against October to 77.2 percent, according to Carrier Performance Insight, the online schedule reliability tool provided by Drewry Supply Chain Advisors.

Omnichannel Is All About Fulfillment, And Retailers Need to Think The Process Through Carefully

Today, omnichannel is so much broader than just the technology platform the customer uses for purchases - web, store, mobile, catalogue and so on. At its heart it is really about fulfillment - the customer's choice of fulfillment.

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Canadian Load Volumes Decline for the Second Consecutive Month

The TransCore Link Logistics Canadian Freight Index fell behind in November, following its traditional drop this time of year, with volumes declining eight percent compared to October. While year-over-year volumes also dropped 28 percent, this is compared to historic highs set throughout 2014.

Industrial Real Estate Market on Fire as Companies Require More, Bigger DC, Fulfillment Centers

When the Panama Canal expansion finally debuts in Spring of 2016, it will open to a thriving market that remains hungry for new and efficient distribution center space in nearly every major U.S. market. Retailers and e-commerce companies are already investing in new and larger distribution and fulfillment centers as the U.S. supply chain evolves to meet changing consumer demand and service requirements; especially near key ports, transshipment points and large population centers.

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A Map Is Worth a Thousand Words: HP Visualizes Its Global Supply-Chain Network

Good data is critical to a company's decisions on where to site manufacturing, distribution and services facilities. But too much data can paralyze planners. HP has found a way to cut through the noise and react more quickly to changes in the market.

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Change Is Non-Stop in Warehouse, Distribution

In the warehouse and distribution sector, a quote from Ben Franklin resonates so true today: "When you are finished changing, you are finished." It is imperative that you stay current with trends and projections in your industry.

Big Data Analytics Is No Fad - Utilize It or Fall Behind

Companies that resist building an analytics culture will fall further behind as big data becomes more ubiquitous and continues to grow exponentially.

Railroads Might Carry Good Investment Opportunities

As an asset class, railways have a worrying history. Railway mania in Britain in the 1840s left plenty of unwary investors nursing hefty losses; that episode sits in most lists of history's biggest speculative bubbles. But the prices of shares and bonds are dauntingly high, which has stoked interest in all manner of outlandish "alternative" assets in recent years. That, along with legal changes making it easier to repossess collateral that goes clickety-clack, may soon have investors funnelling cash into locomotives, carriages and goods wagons again.

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How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

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