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Saturday, August 15, 2026

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4:30 AMFortune

‘You’re always right with wine’: Meet the woman behind 1 in every 4 bottles of Oregon wine sold in America.

Summary

Amy Prosenjak spent two decades expanding Oregon's largest wine business, which now accounts for one in four Oregon wine bottles sold in the United States. She is shifting toward lower production and adapting more closely to consumer behavior.

The move from scale to restraint signals a market correction after years of expansion in

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A leading regional producer is treating consumer demand, rather than growth alone, as the central operating constraint.

12:00 AMSupply Chain Brain

Scalable Fulfillment: How Scentsy Transformed Operations with Dematic

Summary

Scentsy upgraded its fulfillment operation as rising order volumes, a larger SKU base, and limited warehouse space outgrew manual processes. The solution combines AutoStore, intelligent software, and pick-to-cart workflows to increase storage density and speed e-commerce fulfillment.

The decisive shift is from labor-intensive warehouse work to an automated, software-coordinated fulfillment model. Scentsy

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CPG companies with expanding assortments can use warehouse automation to increase throughput and capacity without immediately adding facilities.

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