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• Walgreens Boots Alliance Global Sourcing has selected TradeBeyond’s multi- enterprise platform to optimize and standardize operations across its retail brands and to leverage more innovative and agile sourcing practices. • Snack food manufacturer and distributor Snak-King partnered with Redwood Logistics to mitigate supply chain disruption. The 3PL introduced a comprehensive suite of services that enables Snak-King to streamline logistics operations, secure more favorable carrier rates, and significantly reduce risk exposure.
n MANA Nutrition broke ground on a new 320,000-square- foot warehouse in Pooler, Georgia, four miles from the Port of Savannah. The facility,
scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2025, will enable the company to double its current production while adding new storage capacity. > MILESTONE n Team Worldwide is celebrating its 45-year anniversary as a global full-scale logistics provider of innovative solutions and personalized shipping experiences across multiple industries.
• Outdoor retailer Orvis expanded its relationship with FourKites and now uses FourKites’ Order Insights to improve on-time delivery, inventory management, and customer satisfaction.
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• Blain’s Farm & Fleet partnered with Roadie, a UPS company and crowdsourced delivery platform, to offer same-day delivery for its products. Blain’s shoppers who place orders by 2 p.m. can now choose same-day delivery to their doorstep for more than 60,000 products, including select oversized items, qualifying for this service. • Apollo Tires (US) Inc. has implemented Corcentric’s Managed Accounts Receivable services to help focus on strategic initiatives that will contribute to business growth in the United States. • Harry Rosen, Canada’s premier luxury menswear retailer, renewed its agreement with Rhenus Logistics Warehousing Solutions. Under the renewed contract, Rhenus provides
Michele Grubbs, vice president of the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA), was elected to the board of directors of the Containerization & Intermodal Institute, a not-for-profit organization that supports and promotes the business of international trade and the intermodal transportation community. She has been with PMSA since 2004, overseeing its Long Beach, California office.
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n As part of its sustainability and climate protection strategy, logistics service provider Dachser is cooperating with Renault Trucks on the gradual decarbonization of road freight transportation.
Dachser is expanding its fleet by 15 Renault Trucks all-electric vehicles, which complete local and long- distance transport tours at seven Dachser locations in Germany every weekday.
comprehensive warehousing and distribution solutions to support Harry Rosen’s extensive network of retail stores across Canada.
14 Inbound Logistics • August 2024
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