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This Week in Logistics News (July 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

P&G uses life cycle assessment for sustainable packaging design. West Coast ports reduce idling vessels as container supply increases. Europe agrees to cut natural-gas consumption as Russia crimps supplies. Amazon’s electric delivery vehicles from Rivian rolls out. Uber Eats ups the ante in online grocery.

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Ease the Burden of Labor Shortages and Increase Supply Chain Resiliency 

Logility

Today’s supply chain is challenged by the impact of what would appear to be two disparate challenges: constant supply chain disruptions, and what’s been dubbed “The Great Resignation.” The trucking industry was down 80,000 drivers in 2021, and that shortage is anticipated to balloon to 160,000 by 2030.

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Follow-Up

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters further highlighted an announcement by electric automaker Tesla’s management in Germany who unveiled a package of hourly wage hikes for 11,000 factory workers at the automaker’s gigafactory operations in that country. Delivery of these innovative vans began in July 2022.

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The Biggest Manufacturing Industry Trends in 2022

Unleashed

Part of this will be considering better use of flexible work structures, more attractive remuneration packages, and more innovative processes and systems. According to New Zealand’s Callaghan Innovation, the robots are being used for repetitive jobs, which allows staff to be shifted to higher-value tasks.

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Sustain 2018: Now Is the Time to Change the Mindset and Embrace the Impossible

EcoVadis

Meanwhile, in a session tackling supply chain disruptions caused by data breaches, Santtu Erkkila, Nokia’s supply chain information security program lead, stressed that third party security management program has to be a holistic and joint effort: “We won’t solve this on our own within IT/Security teams.

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Sustainable procurement: Everything You Need to Know

Precoro

Meanwhile, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO) , climate change significantly impacts jobs: by 2030, 2.2 In 2022, Nestlé also announced an innovative plan to tackle child labor risks and implement other sustainable practices.

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The Changing Grocery Landscape

Enterra Insights

There have been many more changes since then, including how products are produced and packaged, how they reach supermarkets, and how the consumer ultimately purchases them.”[1] ” Finally, they believe grocers must upgrade the technologies they use as do stakeholders along the rest of the supply chain. .”