The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 15, 2023

For visualizing a products next life or “end of product life”, I will be focussing on packaging. #1 1 Your Input Channel In November 2022 my story To Realize the Circular Economy Dream – Reach Out to Your Community , I used the example of a company that takes bread crusts (a by-product of one industry) and uses it for making beer.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

I must admit, new ideas on how to package anything more efficiently (and better yet, sustainably) is like catnip to me, a self-proclaimed tree-hugging logistics nerd. Many consumers will likely continue to be loyal e-commerce shoppers even after the pandemic. The Singapore National Environment Agency calculated that in 2020, 1.14

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DELMIA Quintiq

JULY 31, 2023

The food and beverage (F&B) industry has always been highly responsive to changes in consumer behavior, but rising food prices have brought about new challenges—pushing manufacturers to search for new ways to adapt and remain competitive in a rapidly changing market. What is an example of sustainable food?

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ToolsGroup

JULY 27, 2021

On the surface, it seems like the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry performed better than most during the COVID pandemic. Consumer goods e-commerce sales for example increased 91% year over year according to a NielsenIQ analysis. Sense Consumer Demand to Fine-Tune Forecasts.

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DELMIA Quintiq

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Traditionally, festivals were held during this time of year to express appreciation for the harvest as well as wish for a good crop in the coming year. While many towns throughout the world host festivals filled with good food, hot pretzels and a cold brew, have you ever wondered what happens behind the scenes of all this activity?

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 15, 2023

The grocery landscape has changed enormously from the days of the general store, when a clerk behind a counter would fetch goods for customers from scantily stocked shelves. Back in January, reporter Julie Creswell observed, “Consumer advocates, unions and independent grocers are against a deal that would join Kroger and Albertsons.

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Enterra Insights

JULY 13, 2023

A strong consumer packaged goods (CPG) sector is essential for a healthy U.S. Brad Cook and Steve Hewitt , partners at Wipfli, report, “Consumer spending accounts for nearly 70 percent of U.S. ” Changing consumer behavior is only one trend to which stakeholders in the CPG sector need to watch and respond.

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Logility

AUGUST 17, 2021

Managing consumer packaged goods inventory is challenging at the best of times, and it can be debilitating during times of local or international disruption. With an annual value of $2 trillion, the CPG industry is one of the largest in the world. Challenges in the CPG Industry. Reductions in Profit Growth.

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Logility

AUGUST 31, 2023

The consumer goods industry may have experienced tremendous growth, but figuring out what consumers want is an ever-evolving puzzle. From where they shop and how frequently they buy to what price points entice them, consumer behaviors have been challenging to predict over the past year.

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DELMIA Quintiq

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The cancellation of this year’s Oktoberfest is another blow to a beleaguered beer industry that’s still reeling from the effects of the global health crisis. The popularity of Oktoberfest goes beyond all borders and normally the beer industry as a whole would benefit; but this year there won’t be much going on.

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DELMIA Quintiq

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In the world of consumer goods and home and lifestyle, today’s fast-moving consumer trends demand fast delivery and quality at the lowest possible cost—for which lean programs in manufacturing are paramount. 3DLean is a modern approach to lean and is a quick win for industrial transformation. Out with the old.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The initiative involves placing RFID tags on packages and wearable devices on employees to eliminate manual scans, reduce misloads, and accelerate parcel throughput in the delivery giant’s warehouses. The smart package program also aims to improve the customer experience by slashing the rate of packages placed in the wrong delivery vehicle.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In the ever-evolving supply chain industry, transportation spend optimization – or TSO – has assumed greater significance. The rise of e-commerce and consumer expectations for faster, more reliable deliveries has further heightened the importance of optimized transportation to meet these needs.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 2, 2023

A large consumer products manufacturer with nine Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) instances and several divisions wanted to discuss forecasting. The Company focused primarily on retail planning and wanted to extend its capabilities into a consumer products manufacturing solutions offering. Bear with me. What Is a Forecast Anyway?

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ToolsGroup

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

That includes the workers processing and packaging your beloved chicken nuggets. Labor shortages, lack of truck drivers, and shortages of packaging materials like plastic, paper, and aluminum are all contributing to the slowdowns. One Australian poultry processor (Inghams Group Ltd.) Image source: 9 News Twitter. Image source: Mashed.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Companies have many levers to pull to reduce their impact on the environment such as altering the materials used in products, using more sustainable packaging and even reducing business travel. The dashboards are designed to scale to be granular enough to measure package-level emissions.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

Aeronautics engineering innovation is sadly only paddling forward in comparison to the ship building industry. Airlines have began to fuel with SAF blended fuels, but the industry is really waiting for production to catch up, and it is slow to do so. Now if only other nations could take a couple pages from their play book.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 29, 2024

In other Amazon news, the company says it helped stop 7 million counterfeit products from entering its fulfillment centers and reaching consumers last year– one million more than it did in 2022. Wing is a part of Google parent company, Alphabet, that offers automated delivery drones to transport smaller packages from businesses to homes.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 12, 2024

Manufacturers of consumer products — including packaged goods, food and beverages, and life sciences — face both opportunities and challenges. Product sales figures are on the rise, with the consumer packaged goods (CPG) sector realizing 10% growth in 2023. Market volatility.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 30, 2023

Both consumers and enterprises in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) sector are taking notice. Stricter governance and mandates will propel the shift to more sustainable business models more quickly and purposefully than growing consumer sentiment has been able to. ” • Bringing the consumer on the journey.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2021

the daily delivery of packages to our homes). Emerging technologies play a role in managing disruption and are driving change in the transportation and logistics industries. So when we talk a lot about Industry 4.0 Transparency and choice apply to both businesses and consumers. Speed is the New Cheap”.

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Logility

JUNE 9, 2023

However, when Angie Taylor, CSCP, Vice President of Sales Operations at PPC Flexible Packaging LLC (PPC), shared the stage, she reached the heart of every supply chain challenge. From film technology and graphics to materials and construction, consumer goods brands worldwide regard PPC as a high-stakes partner.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 4, 2022

The past couple of years have been — to say the least — interesting for the consumer packaged goods (CPG) sector. As Erik Larson ( @erikdlarson ), Founder and CEO of Cloverpop, observes, “The consumer packaged goods industry is experiencing unprecedented change. ” Data and Decision-making.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

Worried consumers are considering the environmental impact of home delivery when they click to buy. It’s widely expected that this trend will reverberate around the globe as consumers learn more about the threat of global warming. Consumers want to see improvements. by Barbara Schielke, Chief HR & CSR Officer for Asendia.

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Logistics Middle East

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Schneider Electric’s Consumer Packaged Goods Industry Director – IMEA, Mohammed AlKhateb, discusses the company’s role in boosting efficiency across the F&B supply chain while reducing operational costs and energy usage, as well as helping businesses realise their sustainability targets.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 23, 2021

2] In an effort to reduce waste heading to landfills, product packaging, especially the use of plastics, has become a target. Earlier this month, “Maine Governor Janet Mills … signed the nation’s first extended producer responsibility, or EPR, law, effectively holding corporations accountable for the packaging waste they create.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 17, 2022

”[1] They go on to note about 17% of food available to consumers ends up being wasted; however, consumers aren’t the only culprits. ”[2] Watson isn’t suggesting you consume spoiled food. ”[2] Watson isn’t suggesting you consume spoiled food. Don’t waste food.”[1] ”[4].

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 17, 2022

”[1] They go on to note about 17% of food available to consumers ends up being wasted; however, consumers aren’t the only culprits. ”[2] Watson isn’t suggesting you consume spoiled food. ”[2] Watson isn’t suggesting you consume spoiled food. Don’t waste food.”[1] ”[4].

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 5, 2021

Joe Lynch and Mike Neme discuss the CPG supply chain and Mike’s approach to winning and managing business with emerging consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies. CPG is an abbreviation for consumer-packaged goods, which is an industry term for merchandise that customers use up and replace on a frequent basis.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 26, 2022

As more consumers flock to e-commerce, purchasing big & bulky goods such as furniture, appliances, and wholesale electronics online is becoming more common. Larger types of retail goods such as furniture and appliances, also known as oversized, are more challenging to ship than small packages. Partial delivery.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 6, 2022

UPS plans to implement its smart package initiative at 100 facilities in 2022, which will involve using RFID tags on packages to speed up throughput. The initiative will eliminate 20 million manual scans daily for UPS employees loading its package cars. Empty shipping containers stack up at US port depots.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

That’s exactly what Amazon is doing as it with its “Ships in Product Packaging” (SIPP) program, which, as the name suggests, allows products to ship in their original box or bag without any added Amazon packaging. At this time, the company does not provide customers with any information about who is delivering their packages.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 2, 2021

The Consumer Brands Association today announced the creation of a new Supply Chain Health and Performance Task Force aimed at increasing visibility and easing supply chain pressures felt across the consumer packaged goods industry.

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Logility

AUGUST 10, 2021

But for anyone in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry, figuring out how to compete in a demand-driven consumer packaged goods market has been a roller coaster of both uncertainty and opportunity. Adapt to the changing consumer. So how did they do it?

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 21, 2019

But now, the day-to-day use of drones is a reality as they are being used for many purposes, from consumer recreational use to media, and from industrial to institutional applications. Drones in supply chain will presumably have high impact on industries that rely on package delivery. Benefits of drone delivery.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 15, 2014

These grocery carts would have a computer attached to it that could assist consumers in shopping by providing coupons, the location of an item the shopper wants to buy, and even an accelerated check out process if the shopper scanned the items into […].

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 28, 2020

Prior to founding Fulfyld, AJ held business development and leadership positions in the manufacturing, technology, packaging, and consulting industries. AJ earned an industrial engineering degree from Auburn University. The products are packed according to the size of the order and predefined packaging and packing guidelines.

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