distribution

Distribution centers in Hurricane Milton’s path recalibrate ahead of landfall

Food retailers with distribution hubs in Hurricane Milton’s path are preparing for the storm to make landfall overnight Wednesday. 

It is unclear precisely where Milton will come ashore, but the National Hurricane Center says it will be somewhere along the west-central Florida coast. Then it will move across the state into the Atlantic Ocean. Many retailers have distribution centers across the midstate that could see an impact from the hurricane.

Publix, headquartered in Florida, is adjusting its...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/distribution-centers-in-hurricane-miltons-path-recalibrate-ahead-of-landfall

8 charged in beer heist targeting Northeast trains, distribution centers

Eight men from the Bronx face federal charges in a beer-theft scheme in which prosecutors say the men swiped the booze from railroad cars and distribution facilities in the Northeast. 

The suspects, indicted by a federal grand jury in the Southern District of New York, had a penchant for Corona and Modelo beers shipped from Mexico, the indictment says. They allegedly made off with the booze in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York.

Jose Cesari, who goes by “Cry”; Miguel Cintron;...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/8-charged-in-beer-heist-targeting-northeast-trains-distribution-centers

Scaling strategically with shared warehousing and fulfillment

Business growth can happen unexpectedly these days due to the rise of ecommerce, the sudden popularity of “viral” products and busier-than-usual peak seasons. To keep up with demand and build customer trust, a company needs to easily scale its warehousing, distribution and fulfillment capabilities. The right logistics partner can help businesses do just that.

While best-in-class third-party fulfillment services were previously only accessible to large enterprises, shared warehousing and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/scaling-strategically-with-shared-warehousing-and-fulfillment

Find Out How You Can Measure Innovation!

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  • Innovation is an ephemeral process that is difficult to quantify, but that is even more reason to measure it. 
  • The ideas must be ranked in terms of size and viability.
  • A “ballpark” cost-benefit analysis of a new idea should identify significant cost barriers to the idea and determine its fiscal viability. 

Most people believe that creativity happens by chance—like a lightbulb going off in the head of a cartoon character. Certainly, this is true, but how does an...

https://mfame.guru/find-out-how-you-can-measure-innovation/

CP, Maersk ink deal to develop Vancouver transload and distribution facility

A photograph of a train hauling intermodal containers.

Canadian Pacific (NYSE: CP) and Maersk have agreed to build a “world-class” transload and distribution facility at CP’s intermodal facility in Vancouver, British Columbia, that will be ready to serve customers in 2021.

As part of the agreement, CP will shuttle the containers of Maersk’s customers to and from the ocean terminals at the Port of Vancouver. The arrangement “will rely on the substantial use of rail instead of truck in the Vancouver market,” the parties said.

The new multicommodity...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cp-maersk-ink-deal-to-develop-vancouver-transload-and-distribution-facility