Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Obviously, in this short article, I can’t discuss the many efforts currently underway by corporations across the world. The first company, Nestlé, the world’s largest food company and an Enterra Solutions ® client, announced last December it plans to invest $3.6 ”[4]. What are companies doing? ”[6].

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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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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 20, 2020

But the COVID-19 crisis, has required rapid operational solutions to unforeseen roadblocks. Quick solutions to employee shortages, remote working, and to ensure health and safety across the company need to be deployed. These bottlenecks significantly change the priorities of leaders.

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Unleashed

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Companies are now turning to sustainability reporting to not only ensure they behave environmentally responsibly but also because it has become an important marketing tool. According to this article from Deloitte , companies need to show “greater commitment to sustainable value creation.” Who reports on sustainability?

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

As a logistics service provider, focusing on over-the-road surface transportation management solutions via technology and managed transportation services, we find the following information on the history of shipping containers of great significance to the logistics and supply chain community at large. Shipping between Europe, S.E.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 15, 2018

Meanwhile, warehouse robotic solutions are developing apace, as you’ll know if you’ve been reading some of my posts on supply chain trends to watch in 2017 and 2018. Again, the key to this solution will be the use of automation and robotics. Robots Run the Warehouse. On the Rails. In the Air.

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Provenance

MARCH 6, 2021

But of course, a product’s impact goes far beyond its carbon balance, so these ‘climate positive’ products can have a negative environmental impact – a nuance that’s lost in a momentary purchase decision. If you’re unsure where to start, Project Drawdown offers a range of climate solutions that you can implement today to cut emissions.

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EcoVadis

MAY 9, 2018

Direct purchasing by governments and state-owned enterprises accounts for 12 percent of GDP in OECD countries, and in the U.K. Sustainable public procurement can also be beneficial from the economic perspective: It can generate income, reduce costs and promote innovation among domestic producers. National Procurement Standards.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 27, 2021

Genetically modified salmon (not yet available for purchase) has a gene that makes it grow to maturity in half the time of wild salmon. Golden Rice (not available for purchase) is a form of rice that helps prevent vitamin A deficiency, which can kill or blind children under the age of five, thanks to its higher vitamin A levels.”

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Claritum

AUGUST 15, 2019

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. The benefits of purchasing promotional products. Promotional merchandise is a valuable marketing tool that can help to establish brand awareness of a company among consumers. Promotional products are powerful, both as effective forms of communication and as useable, necessary tools.

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Techgistics

DECEMBER 22, 2016

The software and hardware is available now. My Five Most-Viewed Articles Ways to Think About Last Mile Delivery - Last mile delivery is going to change significantly over the next decade(s). Amazon Go and the Jobless Future in Retail - Amazon is attempting to completely reinvent how goods are purchased in retail stores.

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Supply Chain Trend

DECEMBER 13, 2016

These leaders all have 20+ years S&OP experience and published books, whitepapers and articles in renowned magazines. My first one was for the 2015 annual APICS conference in Las Vegas where a board member of SAPICS attending my presentation inquired if I would be interested in presenting at their conference in Sun City, South Africa.

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NC State SCRC

AUGUST 24, 2019

A recent WSJ article highlighted a fact that confirms much of what we found in our study of counterfeit products in the supply chain a year ago: if you’re buying on Amazon, beware of counterfeits. Brands will often respond that “you purchased this product through an unauthorized distributor, and it is not our product.”

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NC State SCRC

JULY 28, 2019

Organizations continue to scour global markets for even lower labor rates, moving from Western China to the Pearl River, and now to Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, and North Africa. A key element of evaluation involves understanding and assessing the environmental risk associated with the particular chemical being purchased.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 19, 2024

But I will get into the details in a future article. In the past weeks, ocean freight rates have risen as much as $10,000 per 40-foot container, as container ships seeking to avoid the attacks embarked on long detours around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, diverting more than $200 billion of cargo away from the critical trade artery.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Later in this article we’ll look at some examples of functional and cross functional KPIs. Purchasing and supplier management. At the beginning of this article, I stressed the importance of not having too many KPIs. Broadly speaking though, the following areas are those where KPIs will be necessary: Order capture. Warehousing.

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Peter Guinto capped his 12-year Air Force career in procurement by serving on the federal COVID supply chain task force and becoming head of contracting for the Medium-altitude UAS Division—the unit responsible for keeping the United States’ edge in warfighting drones. What is needed to strengthen the SNS?

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