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Potential Efficiency Improvements: Vehicle Efficiency in Businesses

SCMDOJO

LPG produces fewer harmful pollutants compared to diesel and offers similar performance (International Energy Agency, 2004). Biofuels, derived from renewable sources like plant materials, boast a lower carbon footprint while still being compatible with existing diesel engines (often in blends) (Khare & Sharma, 2003). Khare, M. &

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

Bed Bath & Beyond @BedBathBeyond Bed Bath & Beyond has discovered a way to save millions of dollars on freight over the next few years, thanks to a new 755,000 square-foot distribution facility slated to open in the fall of 2019. The new facility will allow the company to offer two-day shipping to most (about 90%) of the U.S.

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U.S. Tariff and Deportation Policies on Collision Course in Agribusiness

Supply Chain Brain

has long tolerated the fact that a huge proportion of workers in the agriculture, construction and hospitality industries are working illegally, what a 2004 Boston Globe editorial called “ the dirty little secret of the American economy.” And that will hit the public hard.” It’s a pretty badly kept secret, though. According to U.S.