The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2023

by Timothy Foote , Founder of Susymbio. Last year at this time, I sat down with my crystal ball to try and sort out some indicators for people to see that a “green” future is in the works. One year seemed like something doable in terms of prognostication. It is that time of year for me to see how my predictions panned out and make some new ones!

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 29, 2021

Refractories are products that have been chemically engineered to resist high temperatures. But refractories are used in a wide variety of industries, particularly manufacturing industries with high temperature or corrosive production processes. Dave Elias, VP of SCM (on the left), and Josh Stauffer, Sr.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Affected goods include: Engines and motors. Machines for working minerals, glass, rubber or plastic. Affected goods include: Plastics/plastic products. Industrial machinery. Machinery for working stone, ceramics, concrete, wood, hard rubber or plastic and glass. Construction. Motor vehicles and motorcycles.

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QAD

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The manufacturing industry has adopted “Lean” techniques enthusiastically. Lean thinking helps manufacturers consume less of everything, from packaging and raw materials to energy. Want to cut material consumption? The world is getting warmer. Severe weather events are becoming more frequent and intense.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 16, 2024

Anyone who follows U.S. politics knows there is a wide divide between Democrats and Republicans when it comes to green energy. Some of these differences can be explained by the fact that many Republican politicians come from states rich with fossil fuels. One feature is that it can be produced using either renewables or fossil fuels.

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Texas alone produces nearly three-quarters of the country’s supply of one of the most basic chemical building blocks. Ethylene is the foundation for making plastics and with Harvey’s floods shutting down almost all the state’s plants, 61% of U.S. Ethylene is the foundation for making plastics essential to U.S.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 3, 2020

Wilson quotes Sarah Watt, senior director analyst with the Gartner Supply Chain practice, who stated, “The circular economy creates an ecosystem of materials. Digital technology has the potential to provide visibility and enable improved decision making when it comes to raw materials and services. Today that is changing. .”

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Requis

DECEMBER 10, 2019

When you think of the term “circular economy”, you might think of natural fibre clothing, glass water bottles, and biodegradable materials. Major industries like energy, manufacturing, IT, or mining and resources aren’t an intuitive association, but they could become a very important part of the circular economy.

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USC Consulting Group

AUGUST 5, 2019

Manufacturing has helped lead the way, with the industry contributing $2.2 For example, plastics are a major environmental hazard due largely to their ubiquity. In fact, food packaging manufacturers account for 40% of these materials. million of which were added to payrolls in 2018 alone. Augmented reality.

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MIT Supply Chain

JUNE 5, 2023

Engineers in both organizations interact when working on new products and implementing technologies. Supply chain management is a people business and will remain that way even amid the rise of AI and automation. In this post, I argue that humans will be an essential part of the external work environment in an AI-driven world.

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Unleashed

JUNE 2, 2021

Digital manufacturing is a key element of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and is defined as an integrated approach to manufacturing – bringing together physical machines, data and human beings to transform the manufacturing process. Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 in manufacturing.

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EcoVadis

JUNE 13, 2019

Additionally, we’ve seen a continued shift and expansion of focus from a historic emphasis on materials and environmental criteria, e.g. making better choices on sustainable materials and products purchased, to a more holistic view that emphasizes the sustainability practices of suppliers. This year at SPLC, the mix seemed just right.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 24, 2015

manufacturing is not experiencing a “renaissance” Industry experts conservatively acknowledge that off-shoring has slowed, and perhaps “stabilized” Although around 80,000 manufacturing jobs have come back to the U.S. Jobs & The Slow Movement of Reshoring. And, the labor force was 35% smaller in those days.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 6, 2019

According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation , a leading proponent of the circular economy, “The circular economy refers to an industrial economy that is restorative by intention; aims to rely on renewable energy; minimizes, tracks, and hopefully eliminates the use of toxic chemicals; and eradicates waste through careful design.”

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Logistics Bureau

JUNE 21, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the weakness of Australia’s decades-old policy of favouring mining at the expense of industrial development, eventually leading to an increase in manufacturing offshore, especially in China. Several factors lie behind Australia’s industrial deference to overseas manufacturers. Economic Benefits.

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3PL Insights

JUNE 23, 2021

With that in mind, we wanted to examine the largest export industries in the U.S. and what to expect out of these industries moving forward. It is expected that this industry will continue to grow. Aircrafts, Engines, and Parts Manufacturing ($63.2B). As travel picks up in 2021, this industry will recover rapidly.

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NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

I started at GM India after my undergraduate degree was completed in mechanical engineering. This week, my former student Vel Dhinagaravel, and founder/CEO of supply market intelligence company Beroe , came to my class to speak. NC State has strong linkages to companies in the supply chain space and we started to work full time together.

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Unleashed

OCTOBER 26, 2021

This manufacturing process offers unsurpassed design freedom and the ability to manufacture parts from a variety of metal-based materials, and has a number of benefits. Metal additive manufacturing is an important part of manufacturing industry growth. These methods take a transformative approach to assembly and industrial fabrication.

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Freight Plus

JUNE 18, 2018

The USTR's list of 1,102 product lines are focused primarily on high-technology industries such as aerospace, robotics, automobiles, and industrial machinery. The aim of the Trump administration's tariffs look to disrupt China's Made In 2025 initiative to become a dominant leader in those industries. intellectual property. "So

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Florida's petrochemical footprint isn’t nearly as large as Houston’s, but a map shows scores of plants, storage depots, refineries, wastewater treatment facilities and EPA Superfund sites that could release hazardous materials. But Masters couldn’t offer comfort to people living near chemical plants as Hurricane Irma bears down.

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ShipBob

JUNE 9, 2020

We’ve compiled the resources below that aim to help support the black community, from independent black-owned brands you can shop and steps the retail industry can take to better represent black founders, to causes you can donate to and steps other brands have taken that you can implement. Healthy Roots Dolls. Hairbrella.

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