Supply Chain Digest

JULY 3, 2025

“Company warehouses buzz with metallic arms plucking items from shelves and wheeled droids that motor around the floors ferrying the goods for packaging,” the article this week says, adding that “In other corners, automated systems help sort the items, which other robots assist in packaging for shipment.”

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 24, 2025

Escalating trade wars could disrupt 20% of global trade by 2030. A 2025 BCG study predicted that regional supply chains could account for 50% of global trade by 2030, up from 30% in 2020. Geopolitical tensions, particularly U.S.-China China trade disputes, add uncertainty, making long term planning difficult.

Price Reduction

Supply Chain Digest

JULY 11, 2025

Consumer package goods giant Procter & Gamble says that it expects additional supply costs in the range of $1.0-1.5 The idea is that the package delivery robots will be transported in Amazon’s fleet of Rivian electric vans and will soon be ready to start real-world testing at a new facility.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Studying economics at Yale, Smith’s 1965 term paper pitched the idea of creating a logistics company that would carry only cargo, and do so for a package’s end-to-end journet, such that a package could be delivered almost anywhere in the US overnight. Operations began in 1973 with 14 aircraft, and a package hub in Memphis.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 25, 2025

The group anticipates that the category, which includes the use of credits under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation, could have a “high risk” impact of more than S$200 million ($156 million) by 2030, according to a sustainability report published June 25. aircraft at Changi Airport in Singapore.

Singapore

Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 28, 2016

The supply chain is a complex system with finite, and non-linear relationships between supply chain metrics that drive balance sheet results. We find that companies can improve one, but not two of the metrics. Teams struggle to drive improvement in both metrics at the same time. A Look at History. Resiliency.

Pharmaceutical

Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2024

In 2020, Microsoft committed to become carbon negative by 2030, and by 2050, the company aims to remove historical emissions since its founding in 1975. De Golia’s team was also tackling a reverse logistics problem: how to help the company eliminate packaging by using reusable materials that could be returned to their suppliers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 29, 2022

P&G uses life cycle assessment for sustainable packaging design. This rollout is just the beginning of what is expected to be thousands of Amazon’s custom electric delivery vehicles in more than 100 cities by the end of this year—and 100,000 across the US by 2030. Amazon’s electric delivery vehicles from Rivian rolls out.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 22, 2019

We selected these metrics based on correlation work with Arizona State University in 2012. The winners drove long-term value (measured by market capitalization) while outperforming on the portfolio of metrics shown in Figure 1 and driving improvement faster than their peer groups. Imagine Supply Chain 2030. Celebrating Success.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Supply chains must be connected and collaborative so all links can align to business strategy and oriented toward a common set of the most important metrics (and not functional metrics that drive siloed behavior). But to operate at the board level we need to be able to speak the CFO’s language. Spike up to protect against attack.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

With broad-based support packages, targeting hardest-hit industries like aviation, coupled with support of a strong logistics ecosystem, reinforced by global players such as DB Schenker. The digital twin allows for internal operations as well as customers to view the various processes, along with detailed metrices throughout the facility.

Singapore

Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

294 manufacturing facilities produced more than 90 million metric tons of food and beverage in 2021. Packaging and agriculture are big areas of focus for the company. We established a 2030 goal to take regenerative practices to those 7,000,000 acres.” PepsiCo’s Internal Supply Chain.

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Enterra Insights

AUGUST 17, 2022

When it comes to food waste, the environment takes a double whammy — water, packaging, transportation, and agricultural resources get used up for naught, and that leftover sandwich or container of expired spinach you bought in hopes of healthy eating releases greenhouse gases as it decomposes in a landfill.”[2] Better packaging.

Waste Reduction

Enterra Insights

AUGUST 17, 2022

When it comes to food waste, the environment takes a double whammy — water, packaging, transportation, and agricultural resources get used up for naught, and that leftover sandwich or container of expired spinach you bought in hopes of healthy eating releases greenhouse gases as it decomposes in a landfill.”[2] Better packaging.

Waste Reduction

BlueYonder

APRIL 9, 2024

The company’s Sail ’27 mission is the second iteration of a plan to “brew for a better today and tomorrow,” plotting a roadmap for a future based on the concept of zero: Zero carbon footprint, zero farming footprint, zero packaging waste, zero water waste, zero irresponsible drinking, and a zero-accident culture.

Optimal Sourcing

Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

For illustrative purposes, I will discuss some efforts by consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies currently underway. billion over the next five years as part of its long-term goal to cut in half its emissions by 2030 and reach net-zero emissions by 2050.”[5] Danone, in February 2020, announced plans “to invest $2.18

Sourcing Strategies

Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 15, 2016

Process industry leaders–chemical, consumer packaged goods, food/beverage–have greater issues using data, with software usability, and building effective connections to align and build effective relationships with trading partners. Economic Vision of Supply Chain 2030. They are more mature on supply chain visibility.

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Arena Solutions

OCTOBER 12, 2023

billion by 2030. Leveraging internal audits to align quality management with key business metrics When asked what are the benefits of conducting an internal audit? Christine said, “I have used internal audits as the baseline to improve our overall business metrics. billion to $855.62 billion in 2023. billion to $799.67

Quality

Locus

OCTOBER 12, 2022

dollars by 2030 , increasing at a compound annual growth rate of 21.6% from 2022 to 2030. At the same time, the demand for urban last-mile delivery is forecast to grow by 78% by 2030 , leading to 36% more delivery vehicles in the world’s top 100 cities. billion U.S. Customers prefer green companies. Book a demo with us!

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Unleashed

APRIL 27, 2022

67% of respondents said they were investing in the inclusion of environmental and social sustainability metrics as KPIs for their supply chain leaders. A simple example of the circular supply chain in action is using refillable containers for products, rather than single-use packaging 6.

Material Savings

Proxima

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

As Government looks to set out its stall and introduce new standards on the environment, every business will be required to make sweeping changes across areas ranging from waste reduction and carbon emissions to their use of product packaging. 629 Non-Grocery Packaging 548 24% ?471 815 Commercial & Industrial 731 31% ?629

Waste Reduction

Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

The retail giant plans to take out 50 million metric tons (MMT) by 2030, which is equivalent to the emissions associated with the average annual electricity consumption of 40 million Chinese households. Content Summary: Walmart Says It Can Reduce Emissions in China by 50 Million Tons.

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Resilinc

MAY 16, 2023

Department of Energy), global demand for lithium-ion batteries is expected to increase more than 5X by 2030. This means in order to meet the growing demand, lithium production must increase from 737,000 metric tons to more than 3 million tons by 2030 ( Washington Post ).

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Ware2Go

APRIL 20, 2022

The eCommerce boom is expected to increase the number of final mile delivery vehicles on the road by 36% and increase greenhouse gas emissions by 30% overall by 2030. Small parcel deliveries also significantly increase packaging waste. However, the environmental impact of final mile delivery can’t be overlooked.

Sustainability

JDA software

MARCH 25, 2019

In February Walmart announced a new set of waste reduction commitments for plastic packaging for its private brand program. Walmart’s focus on its private brand packaging, including efforts to minimize plastic waste for Walmart U.S. Reducing food waste.

Waste Reduction

BlueYonder

MARCH 25, 2019

In February Walmart announced a new set of waste reduction commitments for plastic packaging for its private brand program. Walmart’s focus on its private brand packaging, including efforts to minimize plastic waste for Walmart U.S. Reducing food waste.

Waste Reduction

Ware2Go

APRIL 11, 2023

The eCommerce boom is expected to increase the number of final mile delivery vehicles on the road by 36% and increase greenhouse gas emissions by 30% overall by 2030. Packaging- especially plastics- are creating an environmental emergency of their own. However, the environmental impact of final mile delivery can’t be overlooked.

Examples

Material Handling & Logistics

JUNE 25, 2018

So the CSR score too is more of a popularity contest than a consistent metric. And on the packaging side, the company set a goal of recycling a used bottle or can for every one it sells by 2030, Gartner notes. The company claims that 98% of its packaging is now PVC-free, and intends to reach 100% by 2020. Kimberly-Clark.

Gartner

Precoro

MARCH 31, 2023

Meanwhile, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO) , climate change significantly impacts jobs: by 2030, 2.2 Analysis and reporting are nearly impossible without key performance indicators (KPIs) , specialized metrics that help determine a company's progress toward its goals. Let's learn more about them.

Optimal Sourcing

6 River Systems

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Reassess the value of your 3PL provider. “Third party logistics (3PL) providers offer solutions in warehousing, packaging, assembly and distribution under one roof, so you can leave some or all of the order fulfillment to supply chain experts. Think about how your warehouse might look in 2030.

Inventory Reduction

crisp

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) mandated annual greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) reporting for organizations emitting over 25,000 metric tons of GHGs per year, and those in specific industries like vehicle manufacturing and industrial gas. This allows for easy retrieval and analysis alongside other business metrics.

Procurement Analytics

SupplyShift

MAY 27, 2021

Absolute targets create quantitative, time-bound Scope 3 impact goals, such as when a company commits to a 30% reduction of Scope 3 emissions by 2022 from 2015 levels, or PMI’s commitment to achieving carbon neutrality in operations by 2030 and the entire value chain by 2050. Want to watch the entire webinar?

Resource Reduction

SupplyShift

MAY 27, 2021

Absolute targets create quantitative, time-bound Scope 3 impact goals, such as when a company commits to a 30% reduction of Scope 3 emissions by 2022 from 2015 levels, or PMI’s commitment to achieving carbon neutrality in operations by 2030 and the entire value chain by 2050. Want to watch the entire webinar?

Resource Reduction

Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 21, 2023

The initiative supports Nestle’s plan to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, starting with the goal of sourcing 20 percent of ingredients from regenerative farmland by 2025 and 50 percent of ingredients from the same by 2030. million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2022, down 0.4 Over the coming weeks, many of our U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The goal is to reduce or avoid one billion metric tons (a gigaton) of greenhouse gasses from the global value chain by 2030. The six areas are energy use, nature, waste, packaging, transportation, and product use and design. The six areas are energy use, nature, waste, packaging, transportation, and product use and design.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Facing Lower-than-Expected Package Volumes, FedEx Raises Rates. Facing a falling net income after lower-than-expected package volumes, FedEx has announced plans to raise rates by 6.9%. Panelist Hannah Testani, Intelligent Audit CEO and freight-auditing technology expert, noted that COVID brought 2030 volumes to 2020.

Innovation

Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 20, 2021

According to GlobeNewswire , the global retail logistics market will surpass $465 billion by 2030, hitting a CAGR of 12.4% Among the top trends within logistics for 2022, improving market insights, predictive planning, budgeting metrics, and customer marketing can improve everything from inventory management to delivery services.

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