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. Here are three ways to help position your business to compete in a demand-driven consumer packaged goods market.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Supply chain sustainability has become a very hot topic, but for a lot of people, there is uncertainty around its meaning. A few ways companies can begin to offset their carbon footprint is to take a deeper look at product packaging, energy efficiency, alternative fuels, route optimization, and returns and recycling programs.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 24, 2020

Sustainable Packaging article and permission to publish here provided by Erich Lawson. Eco-friendly packaging! Well-known brands all over the globe have made slight modifications to their packaging to cater to conscious and educated consumer needs. Let’s have a closer look at why sustainable packaging is beneficial.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

About a decade ago, I visited a packaging facility operated by a contract packaging provider. The facility would receive bulk quantities of goods from a leading consumer goods manufacturer and package them into different clamshell units (10-count, 30-count, 50-count, etc.) and then into cartons.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 19, 2023

As I have written about before, supply chain sustainability , or the notion of going green, is a hot topic as companies and countries look at their overall carbon footprint and look for ways to be more environmentally friendly. Final Thought The APQC report on sustainability in logistics sheds new light on a hot topic.

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PINC

OCTOBER 25, 2016

"Commercial Drone Interest is Exploding, While Applications Inside and Outside the DC Are Here Now, before Package Delivery". Technology disruption in the supply chain has been a hot topic over the industry conferences this year. I recently got back from sunny Tucson in Arizona where the MHI Annual Conference took place.

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Provenance

MARCH 9, 2020

Shoppers now expect brands to offer environmentally-friendly packaging, but choosing between all the options can be overwhelming. Concern over waste has made sustainable packaging options seem limitless. Concern over waste has made sustainable packaging options seem limitless. Join our webinar on 18th March 2020.

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ShipBob

APRIL 22, 2020

When it comes to understanding how customers interact with ecommerce brands, packaging is by far one of the most ubiquitous elements. This is great for business, but with all of this spending online comes another cost: more packaging waste, and therefore a growing environmental impact. What is eco-friendly packaging?

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 7, 2023

About Supply & Demand Chain Executive Supply & Demand Chain Executive is the only supply chain publication covering the entire global supply chain, focusing on trucking, warehousing, packaging, procurement, risk management, professional development and more.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The notion of going green is a hot topic as companies and countries look at their overall environmental impact and search for ways to be more sustainable.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 28, 2023

In an effort to tackle packaging waste, Amazon has announced its intention to stop using plastic padded bags for package delivery in a sustainability report just released. Amazon spokesperson Elizabeth Fine stated that the company’s primary objective is to eliminate packaging whenever possible.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Last mile delivery has become an increasingly hot topic, as companies look at ways to optimize final mile deliveries. More and more often, when I receive a package from Amazon, I will also get an email with a picture of the package on my front steps. This is due to the rising instances of “porch pirates.”

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SupplyShift

MARCH 27, 2018

Paper and packaging is, in some ways, a unique commodity. Unlike other commodities, paper, pulp, and packaging are critical for every industry, from coffee to furniture. Coincidentally, paper and packaging as a commodity also has an outsized impact on natural resources and is one of the more visible areas of impact for many companies.

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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. GlobalTranz was recently recognized as the 8th largest Brokerage Company in Transport Topics’? The CPG Supply Chain with Mike Neme. About Mike Neme.

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QAD

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Our recent conversation covered a variety of interesting topics and included a great deal of brainstorming. The new parameters of “How, When and Where” wine was consumed affected transportation, warehousing, distribution, and even packaging. Steve: Sustainability has been a hot topic for several years now.

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Logistics Bureau

JUNE 15, 2016

Many articles on the topic of supply chain cost reduction have been written, most of which are understandably focused on issues such as inventory levels, network design, process efficiencies and supplier management/relationships. Make no mistake; any initiative to save money on packaging is likely to require some investment up front.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

But within supply chain management, the complexities associated with vaccine distribution made cold chains one of the key supply chain topics getting attention this year. This is a meaty report – 86 pages long – covering many important topics. Covid has led supply chain management issues to be more discussed than ever before.

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SupplyShift

MARCH 27, 2018

Paper and packaging is, in some ways, a unique commodity. Unlike other commodities, paper, pulp, and packaging are critical for every industry, from coffee to furniture. Coincidentally, paper and packaging as a commodity also has an outsized impact on natural resources and is one of the more visible areas of impact for many companies.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 21, 2024

Sustainability in Focus For the first time, there was a Theatre dedicated to Sustainability-specific topics with15+ sessions. Supply chain is a big polluter (manufacturing activities with lots of finite natural resources, global shipping traffic across all transport modes, packaging boxes, and not to mention utilities).

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AIMMS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

New features and capabilities are expected as part of the package – much like you’d expect Netflix to constantly refresh their content offering. . Other major topics: S&OP and Demand Driven . As always, S&OP was a hot topic at the conference.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 17, 2012

In fact, unsuspecting consumers would never guess at the issues that the package on the shelf represents for the sustainable supply chain. The package in consumer products is designed to market the product. The package is designed, redesigned and tweaked over and over again throughout the launch process. Interest is increasing.

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QAD

APRIL 16, 2024

The urgency of supply chain adaptability and resilience is particularly pronounced in industries like life sciences, where the need for robust and agile supply chains had been an industry topic for some time, then the COVID-19 pandemic fully exposed the severe impact of supply chain disruption on health systems.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

As I think about this topic, I find it useful to listen to this song from 1963. Not sure what big topics you’ve been looking into recently, but if we can find some topics for discussion that would be relevant to investors in the Consumer area, that would be great. In Figure 1, I show results from a recent S&OP study.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 24, 2021

We’ve written about the topic before, and many years ago. The nail polish example is just one in a long, long line of packages we’ve received from online retailers for which the packaging is far in excess of what is necessary for the goods being shipped. The extra packaging material costs more money.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 31, 2022

I see the packaging of traditional technologies into new programs by consultants to drive and accelerate spending. This brings me back to the topic of shiny objects. (Twenty years ago, it was a bell curve with an equal number of late adopters and early adopters. Now it is skewed to more conservative spending.). How can this be?

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 8, 2019

There is a lot of discussion in the marketplace about disruption, transformation and the rapid pace of change in supply chain management, but if you’re in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) or contract packaging and manufacturing industries, you know this all too well. So, what are the new rules for success?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 22, 2022

The topic of IWT was not new at DHL and seizures in parcels and packages did occur even before I started the program. When I was Head of Go Green at DHL eCommerce a few moons ago, I spearheaded a program to do just that.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 8, 2024

What are the greatest challenges and opportunities facing consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies today, and how can they maximize their chances for success? Today CPG companies are inundated with enormous volumes of data — about operations, suppliers, products, sales, retail customers, consumers, market trends and other topics.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

From my recent conversations with companies one topic is becoming increasingly prevalent — stock loss. From the automotive industry with both OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers, through to packaging companies supplying the CPG industry. This problem impacts the business operations of a range of industries and company types.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

The conference brought together thought leaders and practitioners from all industries and backgrounds to San Antonio to discuss, debate, and challenge each other on a host of supply chain topics. Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) EU Food & Beverage Industry Labor Logistics Trends Retail This Week in News'

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AIMMS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

New features and capabilities are expected as part of the package – much like you’d expect Netflix to constantly refresh their content offering. Other major topics: S&OP and Demand Driven. As always, S&OP was a hot topic at the Supply Chain Insights conference.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Finally, a real focus on cubing – not shipping lots of extra air and packaging – is all focused around sustainability. Sustainability has clearly become a top-of-mind topic for the supply chain. From the TMS side, the biggest trend is to focus on being as efficient as possible when it comes to shipping. Sustainability.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 9, 2024

The company’s Sail ’27 mission is the second iteration of a plan to “brew for a better today and tomorrow,” plotting a roadmap for a future based on the concept of zero: Zero carbon footprint, zero farming footprint, zero packaging waste, zero water waste, zero irresponsible drinking, and a zero-accident culture.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 14, 2023

Indeed, direct contracts will enable shippers to negotiate the best package that include: rates, volume capacity, container availability and some extra services. This engagement advances knowledge and expertise for logistics practitioners across the spectrum of supply chain topics.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 17, 2023

In this Part 2 blog post, we will continue to explore how consumer packaged goods manufacturers can improve supply chain competitiveness, profitability, and sustainability. Terence: Let’s continue with the topics of operational total shareholder returns and customer service. Terence: What is the top-of-mind topic?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Stephanie Krishnan noted that through increased automation use, Asia/Pacific supply chains could deal with restricted access to low-cost migrant workforces and gave examples of how turning to robotics for packaging has reduced the impact of labor bottlenecks. current trends and focus areas for technology adoption.

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