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The Green Corridor – Keep an Eye Out for Green!

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Just recently, Unilever was delivered a black eye being named the world’s third largest plastics polluter by volume (only behind Coca-Cola and Pepsi Co.). EVs are attractive to taxi companies because they have the fleet size to support their own charging infrastructure and reap huge savings in operational costs. TRANSPORTATION.

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The New Definition of Supply Chain Agility and Resilience in an Unpredictable World

Logistics Viewpoints

To improve the entire network’s responsiveness to increasingly shortened lead times, trading partners are working together to seamlessly manage product flow throughout the supply chain and across all fulfillment channels ? with end-to-end visibility and an eye toward fact-based, profitable decision-making.

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4 Tips for Managing Small Business Finances!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Small Business Cost Cutting: A Short Guide! Running a successful business venture has a lot to do with keeping track of your small business finances to maintain a positive cash flow and stay on top of things. Most small business owners tend to underestimate the impact financial management can have on business profitability.

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Supply Chain Collaboration – a prerequisite for low carbon logistics?

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In this follow-up article I focus an important aspect of the study – collaborative initiatives to bring down logistics emissions. Overall, managers rated their companies’ current level of supply chain collaboration with suppliers, customers, logistics service providers (LSPs) and IT providers at around 3.5 out of six (Figure 1).

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Profitably Delivering eCommerce with Consumer-Centric Priorities

Logistics Viewpoints

Because warehousing and transportation represent significant cost centers, intelligent logistics decisions are critical. As logistics managers grapple with their own challenges, including labor shortages and emerging commodity marketplaces, the logistics function has never been under more pressure to deliver.

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What is Vertical Integration? And Is It Right for Your Business?

ToolsGroup

In this article, we’ll break down what vertical integration is, its benefits and disadvantages, its application in supply chain, and the factors to consider when deciding whether it’s the correct strategy for your company. Balanced integration is pretty rare due to the high costs required for multiple acquisitions. Some people can’t.

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What Is PPV? Purchase Price Variance Explained

Precoro

Financial efficiency, cost savings, and profitability undoubtedly fall under the main priorities of upper management, regardless of a company’s industry. However, only 30% of CPOs claim they have achieved their cost-saving targets in 2023.