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Philip Morris International’s Pivot to Smoke-Free Products Complicates their Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

The prevalence of smoking is going down, but the world’s population is increasing; the net result is that the forecast for the number of smokers is essentially flat in 2025 as compared to 2010. Dr. Alexandros Skandalakis – the Director Global Manufacturing Capacity, Strategic Assets and Capital Expenditures at Philip Morris Products S.A.

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7 Trending Business Practices Disrupting Procurement!

Supply Chain Game Changer

7 KPIs Your Procurement Team May Be Ignoring! But, when my mom was buying a new vehicle, she didn’t decide to scrap the vehicle from 1993 and purchase one from 1995. Procurement is a business function that has undergone a lot of change in the last few years. Responsible Sourcing. Responsible Sourcing.

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10 Wholesale Distribution Industry Trends for 2022 and Beyond

Unleashed

Global supply chain disruption, rapid technological evolution, changing buying and selling habits – wholesale distributors have had to deal with some rapid and radical changes over the past couple of years. D2C logistics and eCommerce can still be burdensome for manufacturers who are not well-established in these areas.

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Toyota Changes Supply Strategy for New Battery Facility

Supply Chain Matters

Production within this facility is scheduled to begin in 2025 with a capacity of 30 gigawatts-hours of batteries annually. He rather steered the company toward providing varying power train options for consumers and for specific countries, which included considerations for hybrid power technologies.

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AI in eCommerce: Benefits, Use Cases, and Risks

Unleashed

Shoppers can now enjoy more personalised buying journeys, as merchants make it faster and easier to find the products that they’re most likely to purchase. Goods are being produced, procured, and delivered more efficiently with reduced costs. Put simply, dynamic pricing is the automation of pricing adjustments.

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Using the Bits: Building Digital Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

At the conference I encouraged the attendees to network with each other, to build a guiding coalition, to redesign supply chain processes for the Supply Chain of 2025. However, the period of 2020-2025 will build on a confluence of disruptive digital technologies. Or did the machine fail in the digital manufacturing process?

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How to Sell CBD Online: Information and Tips on Selling CBD From Home

ShipBob

ShipBob can only fulfill orders for CBD products from our US fulfillment centers that meet the following criteria: Products are manufactured by a US-based company. The CBD market is booming in 2023 There’s no doubt about it, consumers are getting on the CBD train. Products exclude vapes. Products contain <0.3%

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