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From the Barley in the Fields, to the Beer in Our Hands: Carlsberg’s Sustainability Journey

BlueYonder

Carlsberg has also introduced electric trucks and established a specialized transportation control tower in Poznan, Poland. This initiative is central to enhancing the management and efficiency of its logistics operations throughout Europe.

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Ease the Burden of Labor Shortages and Increase Supply Chain Resiliency 

Logility

The labor supply is shrinking in Germany, Poland, Russia, and Japan, and contraction is expected to quicken. This results in delays that cause material or inventory shortages that affect both manufacturers and retailers Fulfillment centers that are short of workers can’t keep pace with order fulfillment volumes fueled by eCommerce.

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Highlights From Blue Yonder’s Global Week of Giving 2023

BlueYonder

Ramona Pricop, Warsaw, Poland “After a few tough days on the field, I’m happy to have contributed my volunteer days to a local community-supported ecological agriculture farm! It is good to see how this shared experience brought us together as a group.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 12 – 18)

Logistics Viewpoints

and European companies may last longer than expected as they try to sell off their bulging inventories in an economic climate where demand is stalling. Grupa Żywiec – the Poland-based brewer in which Heineken holds a majority stake – was second on the list. By location, 546 of the roles were in the US, followed by the UK and France.

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Building A Guiding Coalition for Change

Supply Chain Shaman

In Figure 1, I highlight the significant shifts in my lifetime: Just four decades ago, McKinsey coined supply chain management as managing source, make, deliver, and plan together. Centers of excellence evolved in countries like Guatemala, Ecuador, Poland, Singapore, and China. Business process outsourcing accelerated.

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NFTs & Supply Chain: What Are The Applications?

SCMDOJO

The tokenization system will also improvise how inventories are managed in the supply chain. NFTs supply a sole source of truth. Supply chain collaboration is of recent origin where the industry witnessed VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) & CPFR (Collaborative Planning Forecasting & Replenishment). Challenges .

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Global PMI Levels in August Remain Sluggish

Supply Chain Matters

From our lens, the August data further reflects ongoing shifts in production sourcing within specific industry sectors. The lowest production performance and associated supply chain activity levels were reported as that of Germany , Austria , Czech Republic , United Kingdom and Poland. The inventories index decreased 2.1