The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

trillion in 2020, and is projected to grow to $7.4 Parallelly, expectations around the overall purchasing experience have also grown steeper. A quick and practical way to go about it is to leverage cutting-edge technology solutions that bring about efficiency at scale. Sales in the e-commerce sector globally, grew to $4.9

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Precoro

MARCH 31, 2023

March 21 was the second annual iteration of World Sustainable Procurement Day , an online event organized by the Sustainable Procurement Pledge team, SPP Chapters, SPP Champions, and partners to raise awareness about the importance of ethical procurement and to share the best sustainability practices with organizations worldwide.

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Provenance

MARCH 9, 2020

Shoppers now expect brands to offer environmentally-friendly packaging, but choosing between all the options can be overwhelming. Join our webinar on 18th March 2020. Concern over waste has made sustainable packaging options seem limitless. Concern over waste has made sustainable packaging options seem limitless.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The fall ritual precedes the dropping of the ball on Times Square to ring in 2020. Special programs—new product launch, promotional packaging, and samples—are often managed as marketing programs using offline processes (usually spreadsheets). Most can only measure functional costs—transportation, manufacturing, and procurement.

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Logility

MARCH 2, 2021

For example, a Nielson poll found that 66% of adult consumers are willing to pay more for eco-friendly products and 50% of purchasing decisions are influenced by sustainability claims. For example, a packaging innovation that reduces the use of black plastic at the expense of an increase in the rate of deforestation.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 6, 2021

If your company’s supply chain survived 2020 and the disruptions of early 2021, it’s safe to say it has passed the resiliency test. Supply chain disruption has many sources: tariffs and trade disputes, natural disasters, pandemics, economic uncertainty and cybersecurity attacks. 2020 Was A Year Of Supply Chain Disruption.

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Unleashed

AUGUST 3, 2021

The growth in pet ownership in 2020-2021 has seen unprecedented demand in the pet food sector – a true industry boom. purchase in bulk, hoarding quantities?of New Zealand industry sources report that pet food suppliers sold?three?months’ certain packaging materials. in 2020, and foster?organisations?found

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 27, 2019

Retailers have always been curious about the paths consumers take when they decide something needs to be purchased. When the Internet and World Wide Web introduced consumers to online shopping (aka e-commerce), the path to purchase became much more complex. Today the digital path to purchase is growing in importance. ” 10.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 27, 2020

The diamond and gold, tea and coffee, beverage, food, and automotive industries all have participants with blockchain applications under test, operating as pilots, or implemented as digital solutions to improve supply chain operations. So how well is blockchain living up to commercial and organizational expectations?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Outlined below are common fulfillment obstacles faced by online businesses and their solutions. The perfect solution to this problem is working with fulfillment providers with multiple warehouses. Using a Complicated Fulfillment Software. Select a software that is easy to use, integrate, and meets your business needs.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

If you are unfamiliar with the technology, journalist Janet Brice explains, “RPA, also known as ‘smart automation’ or ‘intelligent automation,’ is an umbrella term for advanced software systems that are programmed to perform tasks that previously required human intervention. Initiating purchase orders.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Source: Bloomberg.com. below its February 2020 rate, despite enticements like improved workplace flexibility, benefits, and wages. Moreover, the new policy of purchasing online and picking up in-store adds to the already high-stress environment for in-store employees.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 13, 2022

Brand loyalty was tossed out the window as desperate consumers made product availability and price their motivating purchase factors. John Williamson, an Account Leader at ddm marketing + communications, suggests consumer packaged goods manufacturers should start this effort by looking at their brand strategy.[1] Readily available?

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 1, 2021

Vaibhavi Tamizhkumaran, a Digital Marketing Executive at Indium Software, writes, “The retail industry is constantly changing and will continue to evolve, from concentrating efforts on website growth and online retail to needing faster shipping speeds. Through image recognition solutions, field reps capture images of retail store shelves.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

As the world continues to struggle with the effects of the pandemic, the digital path to purchase continues to see an increase in traffic. In 2020, global e-commerce sales growth jumped three years in the first three months of stay-at-home mandates, with a share of overall retail matching 2023 predictions.”[2] Footnotes. [1]

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

From demand planning to manufacturing to trade promotion optimization, data is essential for almost every aspect of consumer packaged goods (CPG) company operations. … With an ever-complex consumer purchasing path, it can be difficult for a brand to know where exactly to adjust their efforts.

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The way we eat, technology, people’s expectations — the knock-on effect of this is revolutionising much of the food industry, from the ingredients we buy to the food manufacturing software we use. But the other side of the coin to remaining open is that 2020 had to be a year of increasingly tight restrictions and precautions.

Food 94

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QAD

MARCH 23, 2023

From toilet paper to bed sheets, fresh food items to cleaning products; the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry has changed and will continue to do so. Only 13% of US households had ordered groceries online pre-pandemic, compared to 31% by late March 2020. Mass retailers, meanwhile, saw a 93% jump in online sales from 2019 to 2020.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 11, 2021

This can be different as well as for the purchasing (e.g. This includes bi-directional traceability from source to receipt, processing, packaging, shipping to final consumption. An ERP solution can be set up to automatically convert between different measurements for the mixing requirements of a particular product.

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Logility

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Process manufacturing companies — such as those in the packaging, specialty chemicals, and rolled and woven goods sectors — are dealing with overcapacity as well as price pressures and continuing supply chain uncertainties. 4 Digital Solutions That Address the Top Challenges for Process Manufacturers. You can’t afford to use guesswork.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 9, 2021

The kick-off to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan is just two weeks away, after being postponed last summer due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said it was essential to prevent Tokyo, where the highly infectious Delta COVID-19 variant was spreading, from becoming the source of another wave of infections.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Gary Drenik ( @gdrenik ), CEO of Prosper Business Development, writes, “In the early days of the pandemic, the consumer-packaged goods (CPG) industry was operating in uncharted territory as it scrambled to keep supply chains running in the face of drastically shifting consumer behavior.”[2] How best to respond.

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ModusLink Corporation

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Four fundamental practices: Based on (Ali Esfahbodi, 2016) research, Chinese and Iranian governments have focused their fight for SSCM based on four fundamental practices: sustainable procurement, sustainable production along with sustainable distribution , and reverse logistics. Corporate news. Retrieved from Ikea.com. Mohsin Malik, S.

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

It’s become even more important that businesses navigate multiple supply chains with food manufacturing software. While tracing the origin of a food source and viewing transparent information about its manufacturing process has certainly grown over recent years – there’s no doubt the pandemic has sped up consumer demand for this.

Food 93

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

For illustrative purposes, I will discuss some efforts by consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies currently underway. The first company, Nestlé, the world’s largest food company and an Enterra Solutions ® client, announced last December it plans to invest $3.6 Danone, in February 2020, announced plans “to invest $2.18

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 31, 2023

The exact percentage of grocery sales coming from e-commerce depends on the source and method of analysis, as well as whether the researcher includes non-consumable items in its category definition.” growth in 2020. .” growth in 2020. The post The Future of Omnichannel Grocery first appeared on Enterra Solutions.

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Ware2Go

APRIL 11, 2023

The return rate on ecommerce orders can be up to 35% higher than in-store purchases, and the method of return varies — from scheduled carrier pickups, to in-store returns, to dropoff centers. Packaging- especially plastics- are creating an environmental emergency of their own. In 2022 alone, eCommerce returns generated 9.5

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Unleashed

MAY 19, 2020

Knocked back just 7% in sales volumes during the height of 2020 lockdowns, according to Unleashed Software’s own data, the beer industry overall has shown remarkable resilience – for somewhat obvious reasons – and appears likely to continue its expansion. Brewery software: Enterprise Resource Planning for brewers.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Imagine buying a basic code of ethics and upgrading it with morality packages depending on your proclivities.” consumers — and businesses wanting to sell to those consumers — want to ensure that goods and services are sourced ethically and sustainably. ” West Governors University, 30 January 2020. [2] Footnotes. [1]

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ShipBob

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

In 2020, global retail sales exceeded $23 trillion and experts predict ecommerce demand to continue expanding. You pick items, package them up, and ship orders to their destination. Procuring inventory. Having insight into what’s going on during the procurement process can help you find ways to build a more agile supply chain.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 31, 2022

Many retailers were slow to invest in required technologies until 2020 when the COVID pandemic temporarily forced physical stores to close and/or limit hours of operation, e-commerce purchases jumped, and last-mile delivery providers struggled to deliver goods on time to consumers. points versus Q1 2021.

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Locus

APRIL 3, 2023

This refers to planning, coordinating, and executing the flow and storage of goods and services, including activities such as transportation, inventory management, order processing, warehousing, packaging, and security. Source: Zebra Technologies). between 2020 and 2027. billion by 2025, growing at a CAGR of 16.7%

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 12, 2022

In 2020, it was the top one, contributing 27 percent of emissions in the country. Broken down, most of the 2020 transportation sector emissions in the U.S. They include energy sources your company purchased for its use, such as electric car refueling, electricity for the building, and similar types. g NOx per ton-mile.

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Locus

DECEMBER 22, 2021

World Economic Forum, The future of last-mile ecosystem, Jan 2020. As the pandemic continues to rage on, brands will adopt AI-based technologies to help consumers easily track their packages and receive them as contactless deliveries. From 2022, we can see a steady rise in enterprise businesses investing in last-mile delivery software.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 4, 2016

Employ comprehensive solutions that support the entire source-to-settle process and create value for all parties involved in it. By allowing to see loading instructions on a heads-up display with step-by-step instructions on how to most efficiently load a container given the size, dimensions, and weight of the packages going into it.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JULY 29, 2018

Retailers such as Walmart have rigorous standards and will only purchase from suppliers who meet these standards. And customers, many of whom are Millennials, want to know the sourcing of the products they buy and will make decisions based on a company’s sustainability record. Reducing energy costs often reduces GHG emission.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JANUARY 22, 2019

The companies that disclosed to CDP in 2018 did so at the request of over 650 investors with assets of $87 trillion, and/or 115 major purchasing organizations with a combined spend of US$3.3 million (US$3.6 Printer-friendly version.

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