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A New Era in Transport Logistics with Big Data and Self-Driving Trucks

Logistics Viewpoints

These lower costs can then reduce the overall cost of consumer goods. which furthermore enables them to lower the costs for consumer goods. By some estimates, 65 percent of consumer goods are delivered using trucks. Initial steps toward self-driving trucks are in process.

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Optimizing Last-Mile Fulfillment for FMCG Businesses in the Middle East

Locus

“E-commerce is becoming a reality,” the management consulting company stated, “reinventing consumers’ path to purchase, forming new customer experiences , disrupting business models, and creating growth opportunities for large and small retailers as well as for a new generation of pure E-commerce players.”

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Climate Change is Also Changing the Consumer Packaged Goods Sector

Enterra Insights

A report released in June 2022 by The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) and EY identified five actions consumer packaged goods companies could take to help reach the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the UN’s 2030 deadline.[4] 2] “ Invisible hand ,” Wikipedia. [3]

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This Week in Logistics News (October 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

The goal is to reduce or avoid one billion metric tons (a gigaton) of greenhouse gasses from the global value chain by 2030. Walmart said at the end of 2021, it is 57 percent toward its 2030 goal and while that’s great progress, much of the low-hanging fruit has already been picked. Robots are everywhere these days.

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Trends Transforming Logistics and Supply Chains In the MENA Region in 2023

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

A McKinsey’s report published in 2022 indicates that 32 per cent of people from industries like automotive, consumer goods, and pharmaceutical find demand variability and forecasting responsible for value chain disruptions. Technology and automation are major enablers towards this. Demand Sensing for Accurate Planning and Forecasting.

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E-Commerce is Gaining Momentum

Enterra Insights

3] CGT Staff, “ Preparing for an E-commerce-Fueled Future ,” Consumer Goods Technology, 30 July 2021. [4] 7] Ray Schultz, “ Consumers Want More Online Convenience Post-Pandemic, Study Finds ,” MediaPost, 28 June 2021. [8] .”[2] Straight calls e-commerce “the Energizer Bunny of retail sales.”

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How AI Can Help Alleviate the Global Food Security Crisis, Part 1

Enterra Insights

Recent reports from the UN state that the world is not on track to reach its goal of zero hunger by 2030. EGIDS is poised to transform the global agriculture and consumer goods value chain. This is a new and very important platform for the global dialogue in the search for effective solutions to ensure global food security.

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