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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

This past Monday marked the first normal Boston Marathon since 2019, as the 2020 marathon was canceled due to the Covid pandemic, and the 2021 marathon was shifted to October with a smaller field. Supply chain cyberattacks jumped 51% in 2021. This is a full five years ahead of the original target of 2030.

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Food Waste: The World Can’t Afford It

Enterra Insights

Analysts from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) estimate that, by the year 2030, 2.1 1] Bloomberg, “ A Billion Tons of Food Was Wasted in One Year, UN Says ,” SupplyChainBrain, 8 March 2021. [2] 2] Sara Kiley Watson, “ 11 percent of food waste comes from our homes ,” Popular Science, 9 March 2021. [3]

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Food Waste: The World Can’t Afford It

Enterra Insights

Analysts from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) estimate that, by the year 2030, 2.1 1] Bloomberg, “ A Billion Tons of Food Was Wasted in One Year, UN Says ,” SupplyChainBrain, 8 March 2021. [2] 2] Sara Kiley Watson, “ 11 percent of food waste comes from our homes ,” Popular Science, 9 March 2021. [3]

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The Coffee Pot Conversation That Will Not Happen

Supply Chain Shaman

AMR Research was an industry analyst firm in Boston. The goal of the conference is to Imagine the Supply Chain of 2030. In preparation, I am handpicking the speakers and finishing up the Supply Chains to Admire analysis for 2021. Gartner purchased the firm in 2010.)

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Top 10 Logistics Trends That Could Impact Supply Chains in 2022

Locus

The year 2021 has proved it once again that Tom McCarthy was right. Rewind to 2021! 2021 may not be a year for the logistics industry to cherish, but it was a year filled with a lot of takeaways. 2021 pushed businesses to take giant strides in their logistics processes and operations.

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Packaging Comes to the Forefront of Sustainability Efforts

Enterra Insights

.”[9] Journalist Lisa Johnston ( @thatljohnston ) reports Procter & Gamble “will launch a trial rollout of paper bottles in Western Europe next year as part of overall plans to cut the use of virgin plastics in half by 2030. 6] Reyna Bryan, “ An open letter to CPG companies on recycling ,” GreenBiz, 7 April 2021.

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The Consumer Packages Goods Sector in the Digital Age

Enterra Insights

By 2030, the firm expects CPG digital transformation spending to approach US$24 billion. In the analytics area alone, CPG manufacturers are predicted to spend US$4 billion in 2030, up from US$500 million in 2021. ” SupplyChainBrain, 24 May 2021. [2] ” MediaPost, 12 April 2021. [5]

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