SCD: FedEx plans four facility closures, layoffs in North Carolina and South Carolina
SUPPLY CHAIN DIVE reports: The layoffs come in the thick of FedEx’s Network 2.0 initiative, consolidating its ...
FWRD: LEADERSHIP UPDATEAMZN: A TOP PICK KNIN: GOING WITH THE FLOWDSV: RISINGMAERSK: SOARINGMAERSK: HOLDING MSS DISPOSALWMT: FOCUS ON COREUPS: STAFF CUTSGM: TOP SALESGXO: LEGAL RISKAMZN: AI-DRIVEN VALUETSLA: UP SHE GOESUPS: LOOKING FORWARDUPS: LOWERING EPS ESTIMATESEXPD: UNDER PRESSURE CHRW: JOB CUTS REPORTED
FWRD: LEADERSHIP UPDATEAMZN: A TOP PICK KNIN: GOING WITH THE FLOWDSV: RISINGMAERSK: SOARINGMAERSK: HOLDING MSS DISPOSALWMT: FOCUS ON COREUPS: STAFF CUTSGM: TOP SALESGXO: LEGAL RISKAMZN: AI-DRIVEN VALUETSLA: UP SHE GOESUPS: LOOKING FORWARDUPS: LOWERING EPS ESTIMATESEXPD: UNDER PRESSURE CHRW: JOB CUTS REPORTED
SUPPLY CHAIN DIVE reports:
Dive Brief:
– Kraft Heinz has added $30 million to its sales by applying artificial intelligence to its supply chain visibility functions, the company said in an investor presentation last week.
– The food manufacturer has used AI to drive operational priorities as well as automate service risk identification and operator alerts. To that end, Kraft Heinz has reduced its operator alerts by 42% with the technology, the company said.
– Kraft Heinz’s service levels have steadily improved since September as the company focuses on supply recovery. Case fill rates in March were up by more than five percentage points to a little over 95%…
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Also worth a read: “Costco, Walmart join Biden administration’s supply chain data exchange“.
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