The company is expected to invest $60 million in the Nuuly fulfillment center and create 750 jobs within five years.

Kansas City region has emerged as one of the nation’s largest, fastest-growing food and beverage logistics hubs, announced KC SmartPort.

Elli Bowen, vice president of KC SmartPort, an affiliate of KCADC, was featured in the latest issue of Freight Business Journal North America, in which she gave her insight into the rapid growth of “reefer” (refrigerated) containers and the increasing need for cold storage facilities.

Congratulations to our partners in Lenexa on the announcement that Tool Source Warehouse (TSW), a national wholesale distributor, will open a new 153,000-sq.-ft. operation at the Lenexa Logistics Center in building No. 7. The company plans to hire up to 25 over the next few years.

Logistics is defined as the things that must be done to plan and organize a complicated activity or event that involves many people, while supply chain is defined as the sequence of processes involved in the production and distribution of a commodity.

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) is the world’s leading source for the supply chain profession.

Today’s warehouse is a hub of technology extending well beyond its four walls. Cloud computing, omnichannel management, big data, and last mile logistics are reforming the world of warehouses and distribution centers.