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EMJ Extracts Execution Excellence
Transportation system aims to turn plans into profitable reality for flatbed shippers
Read MoreOshKosh B’Gosh: An Overall Inbound Success
OshKosh B’Gosh tries on a 3PL partner to better manage its global inbound flow.
Read MoreAmerican Textile: Room to Grow
A new super-sized DC was just the ticket to keep one textile company growing.
Read MoreJohn Henderson: A Man of Parts
Over the past few years, John Henderson has pulled off a double logistics coup. He led an effort that cut $20 million out of Gerber Technology’s service parts inventory, and he did it while boosting next-day customer service delivery from 40 percent into the high 80s. A division of Gerber Scientific International, Gerber Technology sells […]
Read MoreSilvon: The Incredible Shrinking Safety Stock
New software helps companies systematically match inventory to fluctuating customer demand.
Read MoreSandy Chavis: To the Line, Just in Time
In 1995, Sandy Chavis took on a new challenge: creating a logistics department at Toyota Industrial Equipment Manufacturing (TIEM). Until then, purchasing staff who procured parts, raw materials, and supplies for the forklift truck manufacturer also handled the transportation of those goods. But as TIEM started buying more parts in the United States instead of […]
Read MoreCombineNet: Moving Beyond Reverse Auctions
Using combinatorial optimization, DuPont finds further ways to save on transportation.
Read MoreAvnet: Focus on Perfection
Avnet’s Arizona distribution center is one of the company’s best sales tools.
Read MoreRichard Jackson: Purchasing Power
From cancer cultures to special valves to dual-engine aircraft, Richard Jackson stood ready to find and deliver almost anything. As manager of export purchasing for chemical company ICI Americas (later Zeneca and AstraZeneca) until his retirement in 1993, Jackson tapped U.S. suppliers for materials and equipment his company’s overseas facilities couldn’t find in their own […]
Read MoreSeeing Is Believing
TBI, a non-profit network of eye and tissue donor banks, relies on supply chain management to expedite time- and temperature-sensitive shipments to doctors and hospitals worldwide.
Read MoreGalen Erickson: Back to the Sporting Life
After seven years calling balls and strikes in the minor leagues, Galen Erickson was looking for a major change. The former umpire soon found a new career in logistics, rising from receiving dock supervisor to vice president of distribution at Phoenix-based Broadway Southwest Department Stores. Later, he advanced to executive positions with—among other companies—Leslie Fay […]
Read MoreLogility: May the Source Be With You
Collaborative sourcing management steers Bell Sports toward greater control over its brands.
Read MoreParcel Direct: Built for Speed
A network of high-tech distribution centers helps Parcel Direct pass deep postal discounts on to its customers, while speeding delivery to final destination.
Read MoreBill Jones: Distribution and the Deep Blue Sea
Twenty-seven years ago, the day school let out, Bill Jones and his father went to buy a pair of boots. The 14-year-old needed them for a summer job with his mother’s employer, Pacific Seafood of Portland, Ore. From then on, summers and weekends, Jones ripped the backs off Dungeness crabs, built boxes, shoveled ice, and […]
Read MoreFlex Time: Finding Adaptable Software
Adjust-it-yourself supply chain software helps a fast-growing retail chain bend the rules.
Read MoreCoty’s DC Gets a New Look
Coty gives its DC a facelift by optimizing the building’s cube and adding automation. Now it serves demanding retail customers from one location.
Read MoreMike Bates: Location, Lead Time and a Quick Bulkhead Fix
Location might not be everything, but in Mike Bates’ job it counts for a lot. As inbound freight logistics manager for Thurston Foods, Bates wages an endless campaign to find carriers to serve his warehouse in Wallingford, Conn. With few outbound loads available in the area, truckers delivering to the regional food service distributor often […]
Read MoreZedent: A CLASS Act
Zedent’s ERP system aims to help distributors win top grades for customer service.
Read MoreFujifilm: A Matter of Perspective
Seeking a carrier to serve its LTL customers in the west, Fujifilm sought a partner that could see the larger supply chain picture.
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