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- Aug. 29, 2013
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Amazon's German Warehouse Workers Want More; Trucking to Continue to Gain US Share; More US DCs Want Task Interleaving; Oil Prices Set to Spike |
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48% |
Number of respondents to a recent Motorola Solutions survey on "the future of warehousing" that said they plan on increasing their use of task interleaving in their distribution centers. Task interleaving involves combining DC tasks in something akin to a "continuous move," such as matching a putaway move with a full pallet replenishment. Frequently touted by Warehouse Management System vendors as a key area of potential savings, task interleaving can deliver real value by reducing "dead head" fork truck miles, but it is often harder to implement than the hype makes clear.
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$150 |
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Price per barrel of oil that we might see if the US starts attacking Syria, according to some industry experts. Michael Wittner, chief oil analyst at French bank Societe Generale, estimated there was about a 20% chance of hitting that level, depending on if such an attack causes other conflicts to arise in the Middle East, such as in Iraq. Wittner believes the most likely case is that ol would spike to $120 to $125 per barrel. Brent crude has already moved from about $110 to $116 since word of the potential attack was announced.
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