Distribution and Transportation Case Studies
Smart and sustainable
When Walmart Canada Corp opened its new fresh food distribution centre (DC) in Balzac, Alberta late last year, the company also introduced Canada’s most innovative and sustainable facility.
Legal Link: You’re gonna work for who?
When employment and corporate relationships break down, concerns can arise about restrictive covenants, in which one party promises to refrain from certain actions.
Working on the railroad
Bob Moore and Mike Barnard take the CN yard operations course and share the experience.
Hydrogen proves its worth
Two and a half years ago, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based Genco ATC began a pilot project with hydrogen fuel cell-powered forklifts.
The ultimate beer run
The story of how Molson Coors moved six massive beer tanks from the Port of Hamilton to their Toronto facility.
Happy New Year, 3PLs! A resolution for third-party logistics providers
MM&D MAGAZINE, JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011: Resolutions are as much a part of a new year as buying a calendar. Here is a resolution—with a legal twist and focusing on competitive advantage, risk management and corporate governance—that providers of third-party logistics can use to start 2011 off right. Whereas: • 3PLs wish to minimize their risks and ...
The value of relationships: What to consider when dealing with 3PLs
Companies need a large amount of trust—as well as a great deal of control—if they plan to rely on outsourced solutions.
Massive beer vats begin road trip to Molson
Massive beer vats are being hauled from Hamilton Harbour, where they arrived from Germany, to a Molson Coors facility in Toronto.
On a roll
It’s a recurring question for Canadian shippers: is one central DC enough, or is it wise to add a western outpost? Deborah Aarts explains how tire manufacturer Pirelli made the call—and how it’s paying off.
2010 Salary Survey Results
The economy may not have recovered yet, but it’s a good time to be a supply chain manager. In general, salaries are up and on-the-job conditions are improving.This is your chance to find out how you compare. Deborah Aarts reports.
iGPS tracks customer savings on pallets
Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS Company, LLC), operator of the world’s first pallet rental service providing all-plastic pallets with embedded radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, claims its customers have saved nearly US$68 million by switching from wood to plastic pallets. “Thanks to the lighter weight of our pallet (48lb versus a wood pallet’s 75-80 lb), ...
Picking up the pieces
CRASHHH! “What was that?” someone asks. “It sounded like it came from the warehouse!” cries another. When you hear something like that, myriad chilling thoughts swirl through your brain as you race toward the source of the crash site. Bursting through the door, your worst fears are confirmed: a rack has collapsed. What next? Perhaps ...
Information overload
It’s been said that companies in the supply chain can use three things to break down the silos that traditionally separated their differing functions: transparency, time and trust. The first of the three, transparency, is a tricky thing to foster. And it’s getting trickier. Over the past few decades, many companies have worked to create ...
Pass it on
Good communication is serious business for Peter Weiss, head of worldwide logistics and Customs for Chrysler. Weiss was the keynote speaker at a recent meeting of the Detroit Transportation Club. He discussed several issues on Chrysler’s radar, including the advantages of having shifted from a push system to the new ‘order-to-delivery’ supply approach. The meeting ...
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