The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Initiatives for more Sustainable Sourcing Industries have variations on this, but to limit the problems associated with poor transparency of quality, legality or sustainability; supply chain managers use some of the following methods: Physically go to the source and investigate. Test the supplier’s methods.

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QAD

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

duty charge, and plastic wheels from China would incur the same duty rate of 5.3% Using the FTZ program, a company would bypass the duties on parts and only pay duties on the finished product – which, in this case, is zero. It’s just not their primary reason for using the program. ad valorem.

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Learn how Resilinc is using predictive AI and generative AI to innovate supply chain risk management. In our Q&A, Shahzaib discussed predictive AI, which is used for supply chain disruption monitoring, hurricane simulators, commodity predictions, supplier screening, and predictive purchase orders.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 16, 2022

CNC machining services refer to a process method that uses digital devices and information to control parts and the movement of milling cutters to process parts on a CNC machine. Water cutting used to be an odd one out for metalworking machines. Laser cutting does not give good results in this case. plate thickness can be cut.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

New manufacturing data has revealed which industries and nations are leading the way in the post-pandemic economic recovery – and the tactics they’re using to beat supply chain disruption. Plastic and Rubber Products 180.88%. Plastics and rubber recorded the highest average fulfilment time. Food 93.69%.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Bags of green plastic Easter grass go back every spring. People who buy portable generators during weather emergencies use them until the emergencies have ended, and then those go back too. The industry term is DIF, for “destroy in field.” Most online mattress sellers offer free returns, in some cases for up to a year.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

When the recession of 2008 hit, many would not have guessed the industry would survive. These savings are precisely what the industry needed. The industry continues to serve as the backbone of the economy in Northeast Mississippi. The industry continues to serve as the backbone of the economy in Northeast Mississippi.

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Unleashed

APRIL 11, 2024

The Guardian reports that the Victoria Unboxed project will hope to eliminate invisible waste from supply chains by replacing cardboard produce boxes with reusable plastic crates. US manufacturing activity expands for first time since 2022. When sales increase, so do your costs (in most cases). in March – up 2.5%

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Locus Robotics

JANUARY 2, 2024

Data Analytics and Automation The use of artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning within warehouses thanks to tools such as robotics could increase to optimize your supply chain and reduce operational costs. Our bots are expected to work for seven years, but through this approach, bots can be useful virtually indefinitely.

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SupplyShift

JANUARY 6, 2023

California’s SB54 , the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act, creates a range of new requirements for companies, including recordkeeping and disclosure on source reduction and recycled content. The process is similar whether we are helping companies on paper, plastics, metals, or textiles.

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Locus Robotics

JANUARY 2, 2024

Data Analytics and Automation The use of artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning within warehouses thanks to tools such as robotics could increase to optimize your supply chain and reduce operational costs. Our bots are expected to work for seven years, but through this approach, bots can be useful virtually indefinitely.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Plastics have integrated every sphere of our lives. We use them every day in our kitchens, schools and almost every place of business you can think of. But while there is a lot of talk about plastic, there’s not a lot of discussion about the different types of plastic. However, there are other benefits.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 13, 2022

This latest development will exacerbate the situation for companies in many industries, particularly those which are heavily reliant on energy resources. Even companies without a direct supplier connection in Russia or Ukraine will experience debilitating disruption across industries from energy to agriculture.

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MIT Supply Chain

JUNE 5, 2023

I use the structure of supply chains to illustrate the point. In the case of strategic customers and suppliers, supply chain relationships can extend to the executive suite. On March 31, 2012, a tank filled with highly flammable butadiene exploded in one of Evonik Industries’ chemical factories in Marl, Germany.

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Unleashed

JUNE 22, 2022

Some moved from just-in-time to just-in-case, even if this meant more cash tied up in inventory and a higher risk of waste. To find out, we have created a Product Lead Time Index using data from our inventory management software to track how product lead times have changed since the height of Covid-19. Plastic and rubber products 19.27

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 11, 2022

CNC (computer numerical control) shop s are small businesses that use advanced equipment to fabricate parts from metals and plastics. We will also explore the benefits of using CNC machining services and how to choose the right shop for your needs. CNC machine shops are an important part of the manufacturing industry.

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Requis

DECEMBER 10, 2019

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. Also called “cradle to cradle”, it’s the opposite of the linear economy (in which items are manufactured, used, and disposed of, generally in a landfill or incinerator).

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 29, 2017

In most cases, this comes down to the way you might ship, store or produce the products you sell. The materials you use for packaging could be holding your supply chain down. If you’re using products that are expensive, wasteful or difficult to use, you’re adding time and money to your supply chain that you can’t afford.

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AFFLINK

AUGUST 7, 2018

Your manufacturing facilities need to dispose of the end-products of the manufacturing process – plastic scrap, offcuts, and the like. In some cases, your consumers must be instructed as to how to safely dispose of their device. On January 1 st , 2018, China banned the import of 24 different of scrap, including plastic waste.

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IQMS

JULY 16, 2019

Bottom Line: Cleanrooms provide the potential for plastics manufacturers to increase the average machine rate per hour, average markups and profit per production run by charging a price premium based on their certifications, compliance and industry expertise. Cleanrooms Provide A Path Out Of Price Wars & Commodity Pricing.

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Locus

JUNE 3, 2022

In fact, it will not be a stretch to say that climate change is currently the biggest threat that global supply chains are facing today and is responsible for shortages and disruptions in several industries. Hurricane Ida struck the Gulf of Mexico in August 2021, destroying industrial installations for pharmaceuticals and plastics.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

While it won’t take away the sting of defeat, it can at least help knowing that their gear is being used for a good cause. Bridge linking US and Canada reopens after police remove last protesters. Coke announces industry-leading target for reusable packaging. And now on this week’s logistics news. By 2030, the Coca-Cola Co.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Adidas and ThredUp want to resell your used footwear. The timing is particularly bad, with the shipping industry already facing congested supply lines that are delaying deliveries of clothes and toys for the year-end holidays. The program, dubbed “Choose to Give Back,” comes amid Adidas’s ongoing efforts to reduce plastic waste.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

We would go to a local lot and pick out the tree which appealed to us the most. After the season was over we would put the used tree out for the garbage men to pick up, on the presumption that it would be recycled. The global Coronavirus pandemic has disrupted most every industry, and every commodity, in some fashion.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Instead of creating disposable transport containers for food products, many consumable manufacturers and suppliers opt to use reusable storage bins in their warehouse management strategies and supply chain activities. The food industry faces unique obstacles when providing the public with consumable products.

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RFgen

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Instead of creating disposable transport containers for food products, many consumable manufacturers and suppliers opt to use reusable storage bins in their warehouse management strategies and supply chain activities. The food industry faces unique obstacles when providing the public with consumable products.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

How is the logistics and supply chain management industry evolving – and what developments do you need to consider? We’ve read the market reports, trawled the internet and identified key areas of change, and here we break these down for you with 10 of the major trends we expect to see in this industry in 2022 and beyond. billion to $5.6

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 27, 2022

With new building codes using light-frame construction, there are limits on how many trees are cut down before putting our environment at risk. The construction of light-frame homes requires a particular type of using lumber. While not perfected yet, below are some ideas that will be useful to help alleviate the issue: 1.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 6, 2015

In case you missed it, the Wall Street Journal and others reported last week that Sealed Air Corp., The new iBubble Wrap is sold as flat plastic sheets that customers fill with air at their locations using a custom-made pump. The reaction on Twitter was quick and furious: It’s a sad, sad day in our nation’s history.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

DB Schenker eyes ‘commercial use’ first with all-electric autonomous truck pilot (Lloyd’s Loading List). It’s during these times that our industry and its people truly shine the brightest. The ‘Uber of Trucks’ Isn’t Cruising to a Profit (WSJ – sub. Tide in a Box: E-Commerce a Catalyst for Smarter Packaging.

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Provenance

JULY 19, 2019

An industry that lacks integrity. Made using nothing but apples, water and time.” . So says the bottle of Avallen spirits, but in an industry that completely lacks transparency and is not required to disclose nutrition or ingredient information – how do you know what’s actually inside? This is just how bottles are sold. “I

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Unleashed

JUNE 2, 2021

From operational intelligence to additive manufacturing, mass customisation and speed – digital manufacturing is changing the way companies manufacture products through the use of digital technologies that allow for far greater control and adaptability to the way things are conceptualised and produced. Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0

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Resilinc

AUGUST 31, 2021

Even the equipment used to make semiconductors requires a lot of semiconductors, accordingly “lead times for new semiconductor manufacturing equipment are out 12 months.”. The February 2021 Texas freeze impacted chemical, resins, plastics supply chains,” said Akhtar. The post Supply Chain: Interrupted.

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NC State SCRC

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

As we enter into the early stages of the second wave of COVID cases, hospitals and public health administrators are worried about the new influx of cases that will arrive before the development and deployment of COVID vaccines in 2021. These companies need stainless steel tanks and disposable plastic bags for processing a vaccine.

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IQMS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic digitally transformed manufacturing faster than the most persuasive, profitable business case ever could. DELMIAworks has partnered with LogicMonitor to provide every manufacturer who opts to use HMS with real-time monitoring & analysis using L.M. costs while saving I.T. Intelligence.

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SupplyShift

JUNE 4, 2021

In many cases, this remains true today. To improve their ability to grapple with issues like climate change, deforestation, plastic pollution and human rights abuses, industry-leading companies are now collaborating to form corporate responsibility coalitions, aligning their focus on ESG, GHG reductions, and supply chain scrutiny.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

Although 3D Printing for both plastic and metal materials has been around for years, the investment, developments, breadth of applications, adoption rate, and beneficial case studies are expanding at an extremely rapid rate. As more materials are bought to market for this process, in both plastic and metal, the applications grow.

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