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Understanding Supply Chain Sustainability

Logistics Viewpoints

It can take miles out of the transportation journey, air from a carton or box, or reduce trips to a specific neighborhood or house. The SDGs were set up in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly and are intended to be achieved by the year 2030 and are included in a UN Resolution called the 2030 Agenda.

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Sustainable procurement: Everything You Need to Know

Precoro

March 21 was the second annual iteration of World Sustainable Procurement Day , an online event organized by the Sustainable Procurement Pledge team, SPP Chapters, SPP Champions, and partners to raise awareness about the importance of ethical procurement and to share the best sustainability practices with organizations worldwide.

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Supply Chain Performance Declined In the Last Decade. The Question is Why?

Supply Chain Shaman

The continued focus on functional metrics like Purchase Price Variance (PPV), manufacturing costs, Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE), and transportation costs throws the supply chain out of balance. Belief in efficient procurement. Investment in indirect procurement hi-jacked investment in building value networks. Mistake #4.

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Four Strategies To Deploy As Supply Chain Hits Main Street

Supply Chain Shaman

Here are some examples: Disruption. For example, Friday, I spent an hour on the phone with Bonvoy (the new Marriott branding) to get disconnected three times. For the CFO, end-to-end is a focus on transactional flows like order-to-cash and procure-to-pay. Examples include JDA, Kinaxis, and SAP APO.). Analyze the patterns.

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Adapting in the Face of Change

Supply Chain Shaman

Looming transportation shortages in the United States with the adoption of AB5 and the redefinition of the owner-operator are risks. For example, a “buy plan” for procurement. The focus of the conference is on Supply Chain 2030. Will it be a double-dip recession in the future? Green stagnation? Greater political unrest?

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Achieve the Environmentally Sustainable Supply Chain Consumers Demand

Logility

GSCM includes green initiatives to accomplish the ultimate goals: green materials, green production, reverse logistics, closed-loop supply chains, and green procurement and returns. It’s predicted that AI can reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by 4% by 2030, which is 2.4 billion tons of CO 2 emissions. .

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Ultimate Guide To Technologies That Are Transforming Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

For example, companies can track products throughout the entire lifecycle with RFID and GPS sensors. Manufacturers can gather valuable granular data such as the time an item spent in storage, at what temperature, how long it took to sell, the length of time between purchase and fulfillment and how long it spent in transport.