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Warehouse Automation: Top Five Factors Impacting Adoption

Logistics Viewpoints

I provided a glimpse of the study content in an article in October that lists the top 20 warehouse automation suppliers , based on ARC’s estimates of 2021 revenues. Together, these two articles provide a substantial quantitative and qualitative overview of the global warehouse automation market. Plans for the 2.8

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Editor’s Choice: Aluminum Can Shortage Defines a New Normal for Food Packaging

Logistics Viewpoints

This article is from Chetan Chaudhari at GEP and examines the ongoing aluminum can shortage. The deepening power crisis has already taken 900,000 tons of smelting capacity offline in North America and Europe. To read the full article, click HERE. About 73% of the aluminum cans in the US come from recycled scrap.

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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 Leadership Series VI: Pam Heminger, Senior Vice President of Procurement & Planning, Caterpillar

NC State SCRC

During her 24 years at Honda of America, she helped implement many of the supply chain best practices that have now become renowned, including cost modeling, supplier development, supplier quality assurance, lean manufacturing, and many others, which evolved under the original North America leadership of Dave Nelson.

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Top Transportation & Logistics Influencers

The Logistics of Logistics

Original article: Warner’s Top Transportation & Logistics Influencers. He is also the Founder and Co-Director of the MIT FreightLab – a research initiative that works on improving the way freight transportation is designed, procured, and managed. Original article: Warner’s Top Transportation & Logistics Influencers.

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How To Tackle Today’s MRO Challenges

Synovos

I have spent a great deal of time talking to engineers, maintenance and procurement professionals involved in MRO,” says Will Brummett, Vice President of Sales, North America, for RS Integrated Supply. “I I have learned a lot about the challenges they face.” The solution? The challenge? ESG is high on many corporate agendas.

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What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022

The Logistics of Logistics

Original Article: What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022. Now, it’s also important to realize that produce grown in North America may not be subject to lockdowns in Shanghai, but there’s another factor at play. What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022.