The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 15, 2021

Over the last decade Yas Marina Circuit has implemented a number of initiatives to improve the sustainability of its venue and events. In 2019 Yas Marina Circuit began working with DGrade to find a sustainable solution for plastic water bottles and cups used during the Formula 1 event. Closing the loop with Sustainable Products.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Some people view sustainability efforts as tree hugging idealism and some business executives perceive sustainability efforts as wastes of money. ” Christopher Martin ( @cleantechchris ) and Millicent Dent report all types of companies are profiting from pursuing sustainability. Both views are short-sighted. They are: 1.

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SCMDOJO

AUGUST 16, 2023

The ability to analyze this data enables the retail giant to make informed decisions on product procurement, inventory management, and demand forecasting. One of the key elements of the EDLC policy is the direct procurement of items from suppliers, eliminating intermediaries in the process.

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EcoVadis

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

In December EcoVadis announced some big news that — we hope — will change the trajectory of sustainable supply chain progress. When EcoVadis started in 2007, our customers were pioneers: Sustainable procurement was an esoteric niche. You can read the full press release here . Destination: Growth!

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 6, 2019

7 KPIs Your Procurement Team May Be Ignoring! But, when my mom was buying a new vehicle, she didn’t decide to scrap the vehicle from 1993 and purchase one from 1995. Procurement is a business function that has undergone a lot of change in the last few years. Subscribe Here! Email Address. Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

project44 Launches Enhanced Truckload Visibility Solution. Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 15, 2017. Hunt announced this morning that it has placed a reservation to purchase multiple Tesla Semi tractors. The post This Week in Logistics News (November 13-17, 2017) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Technology Leader Gives Students Hands-On Experience With AI-based Supply Chain Execution Solutions. Logility recently added onto the experience, allowing students to dive further, learning how to source vendors, issue purchase orders and even track work-in-process and inbound shipments. ATLANTA – Nov. 2, 2021 – Logility, Inc.,

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AFFLINK

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Implementing an effective supply chain strategy involves thinking of the supply chain as a whole: manufacturing, logistics, purchasing, marketing, research and development, sales, and customer engagement must all be considered in order to meet evolving business needs. Cheers to 2017. Cisco Systems.

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EcoVadis

JULY 19, 2019

As corporate responsibility attracts more attention, more and more companies are working with peers and competitors in their respective industries to accomplish sustainability-related goals. Responsible purchasing programs are proving to be key drivers of financial value. Collaboration goes mainstream.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Research suggests that what makes competitive advantage truly sustainable is helping consumers avoid having to make a choice. ”[3] He adds: “ Analyzing the customer lifecycle allows you to better prepare your marketing, sales, and customer service teams to turn one-time purchasers into loyal promoters. ”[5].

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AFFLINK

MAY 25, 2017

Implementing sustainable supply chain practices is an essential part of cultivating a business for the twenty-first century. Transitioning to more sustainable strategies can have upfront costs and require some getting used to, but one of the easiest ways to embark unto greener pastures is to start by simply going paperless.

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ThroughPut

AUGUST 22, 2024

Church Brothers Farms grows over 40,000 acres and ships more than 50 million cartons on more than 4,400 trucks annually, with 8 or more pallets per truck for better coverage, efficiency, and sustainability for its nationwide clientele.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

… Consumers around the world are progressively shifting their expectation toward products and services that are digital, local and sustainable. … Consumer purchases and decisions will increasingly be voice-driven and machine-augmented, with companies’ relationship with customers machine-to-machine, values-based and digital-first.”

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Claritum

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. As featured in the ‘ The 10 Most Innovative Procurement Solution Providers ’ article published in the September 2017 Insights Success Magazine , Claritum discuss the drive for a New Wave of Easy-to-use Procurement Products…. A Varied Range of Unparalleled Solutions.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 23, 2017

At the same time, technological advances such as the Internet of Things, automated transportation and similar futuristic innovations , have been offering the promise of disruption for the last few years without really delivering, although there is little doubt that they will, maybe in 2017, or maybe later.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 16, 2022

Other solutions, like click-and-collect, are intended to shift part of the delivery weight back to customers. Daniel Sokolovsky, founder of AxleHire, suggests five ways last mile logistics can become more sustainable.[7] 8] Companies are also employing battery-powered drones in some areas to make deliveries more sustainable.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 16, 2022

Other solutions, like click-and-collect, are intended to shift part of the delivery weight back to customers. Daniel Sokolovsky, founder of AxleHire, suggests five ways last mile logistics can become more sustainable.[7] 8] Companies are also employing battery-powered drones in some areas to make deliveries more sustainable.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 31, 2022

But in an increasingly digital world, extending beyond enterprise boundaries from sourcing to customer engagement is now essential to achieve sustained competitive advantage.”[3]. For some, leveraging data and analytics tools is proving to be an effective way to address the challenges. ”[3]. Concluding Thoughts.

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Gravity Supply Chain

MAY 20, 2022

Spire and Gravity Supply Chain solutions helping restore flow of goods by giving customers more visibility and greater confidence to accurately predict delivery times. ” Providing solutions in the context of this reality is critical, and together Spire and Gravity Supply Chain Solutions are working to restore the global supply chain.

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SupplyShift

JANUARY 24, 2019

This article is an excerpt from our white paper, The Sustainable CMO: How sustainability is transforming the role of the CMO, written in collaboration with RF| BINDER and Possible. As sustainability and transparency become the new standards for consumers, marketing leadership will have to quickly follow suit. MANAGING RISK a.

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ivalua

JUNE 29, 2020

According to OECD and National Health Expenditure data, US healthcare spending per person was approx $10,224 in 2017. In order to this effectively, a strategic sourcing solution is likely required as ERPs typically have limitations here, particularly in collaborating with vendors. Share on Twitter.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 25, 2017

The concept of actionable intelligence is about using technology and software to ensure company goals reflect industry strategy and demands. This involves the combination of data capture, analytic and dashboarding tools to make decisions easier. The use of 3PLs will continue to grow throughout 2017 and beyond.

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Cognira

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Sustainability, a topic that has long been discussed, is becoming one of the most important strategic priorities for retailers. Throughout this blog, discover what green retailing is, why retailers should adopt this strategy, and the positive impact advanced technology can have on sustainable strategies. Green Point of Purchases.

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

James Ewing: Procurement Manager at Renewable Parts Ltd. Below are five effective solutions extracted from the roundtable conversation to help manufacturers maintain healthy cash flow despite capricious supply chains. His team rely on Unleashed inventory management software to pull that data and break it down into accessible reports.

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Supply Chain Trend

AUGUST 13, 2020

He reasoned that to support such planning we need to implement a third wave of integrated supply-chain planning software. Although third wave supply chain-software could cover all these elements, Niels believes that human centricity is critical so that decision augmentation should be the more desirable form for business planning.

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SupplyShift

JANUARY 24, 2019

This article is an excerpt from our white paper, The Sustainable CMO: How sustainability is transforming the role of the CMO, written in collaboration with RF| BINDER and Possible. As sustainability and transparency become the new standards for consumers, marketing leadership will have to quickly follow suit. MANAGING RISK a.

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 7, 2018

This led to the development of an array of supply chain technologies — RFIDs, remote sensing, satellite monitoring, even blockchain-based tools. Many were marketed as solutions, aimed at making it easier to monitor and respond to human rights and environmental violations along supply chains. The results, however, have been mixed.”

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RFgen

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Definition and Explanation of Supply Chain Traceability Tracking the movement of goods and materials throughout the supply chain provides valuable information that ensures safety and sustainability. It involves collecting and analyzing data at every stage of the supply chain to ensure that products are made safely, ethically, and sustainably.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Traditional notions of innovation are often that innovation is to be driven forward by the internal structure of an organization (Olsson 2017). Resources spent/gains made on the road to innovation are, therefore, sustained exclusively by the internal entity. Supplier bases are a great source of potential innovation.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Younger shoppers are not looking for distinctive packaging they are looking for more sustainable packaging. Cognitive technology solutions, like the Enterra Shopper Marketing and Consumer Insights Intelligence System , can leverage all types of consumer data to provide up-to-date, high-dimensional consumer, retailer, and marketing insights.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 14, 2019

. … Customer centricity is not just about offering great customer service, it means offering a great experience from the awareness stage, through the purchasing process and finally through the post-purchase process. AI and machine learning solutions are practical considerations. ” Footnotes. [1]

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Enterra Insights

MAY 8, 2019

The challenges pointed out by Kasireddy include: Limited scalability; limited privacy; lack of formal contract verification; storage constraints; unsustainable consensus mechanisms; lack of governance and standards; inadequate tooling; and, potentially, a quantum computing threat. ” American Shipper , 16 October 2017.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 2, 2019

He was hired as a purchasing agent and was directed to obtain some procurement training at a local certificate mill.[1] 1] “During the first few hours,” he writes, “we went over the pertinent areas of a purchase order. One driver of this demand for supply chain redesign is e-commerce. ” Footnotes. [1]

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 3, 2022

But it’s important to remember that while customers want their purchases fast, sometimes even the next day, many care about the environmental impact of that delivery as well. So, what set sustainability leaders apart from the rest of the pack? Packaging has an incredibly big impact on supply chain sustainability.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Consumers, activists, and investors increasingly want to know the products they buy are sourced sustainably and ethically. ’ With respect to their consumer behavior, 73 percent of global millennials are willing to pay extra for sustainable products, an increase from 50 percent in 2014.”[2]. ”[2]. Footnotes. [1]

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ModusLink Corporation

DECEMBER 7, 2021

These stages can be identified as the purchase of raw materials, the production and sale of the final product, and not to forget transportation and distribution. Smart Packaging has a strong customer empowerment element through great new technological tools. Finally, Sustainability can be increased through the use of Smart Packaging.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 23, 2017

Sustainability Measures Swept Through Logistics Providers to Reduce Transport Needs. 2016 was a year of major improvements in sustainability measures for logistics providers. Research indicates implementation of sustainable practices results in 5- to 20-percent revenue increase, reports Supply Chain Digital.

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