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How Supply Chain Leaders Make Sustainability Their Core Mission

Logistics Viewpoints

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. It is often used and then quickly discarded, often several times, while goods move from the manufacturer to the store shelf.

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Four Strategies To Deploy As Supply Chain Hits Main Street

Supply Chain Shaman

Meanwhile, turbulence is the norm for manufacturing supply chains. As I sign into the front desk-after-front desk at manufacturers, and open the signature book, I notice a large number of system integrators diligently working on the implementation of traditional enterprise technologies. Innovators need to define business cases.

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The Coffee Pot Conversation That Will Not Happen

Supply Chain Shaman

AMR Research was an industry analyst firm in Boston. Gartner purchased the firm in 2010.) A forum was great for networking but not for driving process innovation. I argued for industry collaboration to define and drive process innovation. My goal was to have AMR drive process innovation as a business model.

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Packaging Comes to the Forefront of Sustainability Efforts

Enterra Insights

”[3] In fact, a recent poll found that most consumers blame manufacturers for the packaging waste problem. What are CPG Manufacturers Doing? ”[10] According to Johnston, “The recyclable, bio-based technology uses sustainably sourced FSC-certified paper and a thin plastic barrier made from post-consumer recycled PET.

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Innovation and the Inflation Reduction Act

Enterra Insights

When the Digital Age was born in Silicon Valley, it sparked half-century of innovation — creating millions of products, services, and jobs that had not previously existed. Passage of the Inflation Reduction Act may spark another half-century of innovation in the field of climate change.

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The things we’ve seen, in 2019

DELMIA Quintiq

Our corporate mission is to provide business and people with virtual universes to imagine sustainable innovations. We expanded the 3D EXPERIENCE Lab : our open innovation laboratory and accelerator program. Helping Our Customers Sustainably Innovate. we at Dassault Systèmes want to take some time to reflect on our 2019.

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No Easter Bunny?

Supply Chain Shaman

Dear Supply Chain Leader, Today, sitting in my seat in 11K on a Cathay Pacific flight between Hong Kong and Boston, I want to report that there is no Easter Bunny. Analytical innovation and digital transformation drove step-change capabilities within the office and marketing. There is also no Santa Claus. Sorry to break the news.