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The Green Corridor: Full Circle – The Promise and Struggles of the Circular Economy and Green Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

A study by the University of Michigan in 2018 showed how a patty of plant-based Beyond meat compared to a regular US beef patty of meat. Timing when stores need replenishment or when factory production will increase its demand, will likewise have better forecasting software to lower the overall waste in our inventory and retail systems.

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Guest blog: With the Truck Driver Shortage, How Many More Drivers will be Enough?

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Robinson Director of Research and Market Intelligence: The truck driver shortage is top of mind for many as supply chain disruptions continue, port backlogs persist, and the gap between inventory supply and sales demand widens. for Q2 2021, relative to Q2 2018.

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Jumpstarting Your Journey Toward Digital Transformation in MRO for Manufacturers

RFgen

94% of companies view MRO as an important part of their overall operations, according to a 2018 survey by Peerless Research Group (PRG). There are maintenance technicians to direct, labor to allocate, assets to keep track of, spare parts inventory to worry about and supplier networks to maintain. M is for Maintenance.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

Such measures include communicating with suppliers and customers , using demand shaping to overcome inventory shortages, seeking additional suppliers, and building more onshore facilities. Cotton production in India could dip 4% from 2021, down to 34 million bales in the 2021/2022 marketing year. Material Handling & Logistics ).

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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. Full-to-bursting warehouses means fewer orders for manufacturers, which translates into lower levels of business activity and, ultimately, weaker growth. That’s all for this week.

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Guide to warehouse robots: types of warehouse robots, uses, navigation & more

6 River Systems

between 2017 and 2022, reaching $6 billion in value by 2022 , with the U.S. Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS) — AS/RS solutions automate the inventory process by retrieving goods for shipment or use and returning items to their proper storage locations. The warehouse robotics market was valued at $2.28

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Yowza! A Nine-Step Decision Process to Help Guide Supply Chain Planning Selection

Supply Chain Shaman

This includes A&D and active ingredients for pharmaceutical companies, but lacks constraint-based asset modeling for the process industries of chemical, consumer products and food. Recently, I worked with a chemical company that had a single SAP ERP instance, and was being heavily courted by SAP to implement SAP IBP.