C&S to deploy zero-emissions refrigerated trailer | Walmart offers fulfillment service to 3rd-party sellers | Foundation Building Materials: Sales, profits up in 2019
C&S Wholesale Grocers will test trailers outfitted with molded structural composite technology to improve thermal efficiency and reduce reliance on batteries. C&S executive Chris Trajkovski says the zero-emissions trailers, combined with the addition of solar and battery-powered units to the fleet, will make delivery more efficient.
Walmart is introducing Walmart Fulfillment Services, which will offer third-party sellers on its online marketplace the option of paying for Walmart to take care of logistics. The service will involve storage, packing and shipping of merchandise.
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A new photovoltaic diode-powered ID chip dubbed the "tag of everything" could help improve supply chain security and reduce counterfeiting, according to researchers at MIT who developed the technology. The chip is small enough to be fitted to products of any size and can confirm product authenticity throughout the supply chain, researchers say.
E-commerce fulfillment centers are more successful when productivity is measured, picking and packing have clear logic and designs, and the people process is emphasized for better hiring, management and retention, writes F. Curtis Barry & Co. President Brian Barry. "If you have the basics in place, consider using incentives to increase production," he writes.
State of the Wholesale Supply Chain Industry in 2020 For the third straight year, Blue Ridge asked wholesale supply industry leaders about their challenges, how they're thinking about solving them and how they're dealing with the pace of technological change. One key finding for the 2020 survey is the adoption of new machine learning, such as A.I., which is on the rise as a strategy to combat supply chain disruption. Get the report to read more.
This year, new apps in the Google Play store will first need approval from Google before they can collect user location data when users are not aware that the data is being gathered, and Google is extending the policy to include all apps in November, according to a corporate blog post. The move "should further squeeze an already rattled location-based ad market, which has been forced -- through consumer awareness, regulation and the actions of operating systems -- to reduce its reliance on GPS signals to target consumers," writes Lara O'Reilly.
Costco's free-to-members monthly publication, Costco Connection, boasts circulation of 14.3 million copies per issue, making it the US magazine with the fourth-largest distribution. The magazine features a mix of celebrity images, food stories and product news, and more than 50% of readers surveyed in 2017 said they had bought a product after seeing it featured.
Delegating tasks to your team can free up the bottleneck you create in your business, and columnist George Brooks explains the three outcomes this strategy generates. It allows you to focus on your true strengths, replace yourself within the business, and ultimately create empowerment within your team to get employees to take ownership.
In his latest blog post, Mark Dancer says, "If business is ultimately about people working and living, then distributors can draw on their historical precedent to win by being human. Success is not about clinging to the past; it's about embracing human endeavors and looking forward in the digital age. Distributors can lead the way toward human-centric innovation because, despite disruption, distributors are inherently local businesses with a culture of helping customers and communities to succeed." Read his post.
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