RFgen

MARCH 3, 2023

Packaging is an essential component of any product, serving to protect the product during shipping, storage, and handling. However, packaging is also an important element of branding and marketing, influencing how consumers perceive the product and the brand behind it. Benefits of Changing Packaging 1.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

How Australia is Dealing with Packaging and Waste! Product packaging mistakes article and permission to publish here provided by Claire Glassman. While that’s mostly harmless, the joke will be far less funny when it’s your products or packaging that others start making fun of. What Are The Benefits Of Packaging?

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 16, 2024

Last week, I published an article on outside-in planning. The article introduced the concept of self-service planning and challenged companies to rethink the concepts of supply chain planning. Replatforming Current Planning Solutions. For me, the concepts of outside-in and self-service planning are intertwined. Guess what?

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ToolsGroup

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Is AI our own enchanted solution It’s the holiday season, and while festivities may be muted publicly, I’ve still been enjoying lighting the tree, drinking mulled wine, and celebrating with loved ones at home. Delivering billions of packages around the entire world in one night? AI is a tool, not an all-knowing magical entity.

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ivalua

APRIL 5, 2019

In my last two articles ( here and here ) I’ve been talking about the need for Procurement to think about how we can move beyond our historical transactional role and embrace approaches to help drive competitive advantage and real value for our organisations. Again, the days of year-long implementations should be just a memory.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Even before the coronavirus pandemic closed physical stores and forced consumers online, they were journeying on the digital path to purchase in increasing numbers. ”[1] As a result of increased digital-path-to-purchase activity, online marketplaces have flourished. . Pillars supporting the digital path to purchase.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 7, 2023

In this article, we’ll look at some of those challenges and explore potential solutions to help you and your IM team meet the burgeoning demand for fast and accurate order fulfilment. Naturally, there is much more to return inventory management than we have space for in this article.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 26, 2022

As more consumers flock to e-commerce, purchasing big & bulky goods such as furniture, appliances, and wholesale electronics online is becoming more common. Larger types of retail goods such as furniture and appliances, also known as oversized, are more challenging to ship than small packages.

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Precoro

MARCH 31, 2023

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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Unleashed

AUGUST 11, 2020

Cost reductions in food manufacturing can be achieved by using food manufacturing software that improves ordering processes and minimises overstocking of expensive raw ingredients. The right software will also improve operational processes, boost warehouse efficiency and reduce waste. Working with fresh food.

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Locus Robotics

JANUARY 2, 2024

There are five pivotal solutions and trends that are reshaping the logistics landscape. Data Analytics and Automation The use of artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning within warehouses thanks to tools such as robotics could increase to optimize your supply chain and reduce operational costs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2022

Dick’s joins a list of retailers that have recently noted the impacts of inflation on customer purchases, with a shift from discretionary to non-discretionary items being a common theme. Amazon is looking to sublet at least 10 million square feet of space and could vacate even more by ending leases with landlords.

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ShipBob

APRIL 22, 2020

When it comes to understanding how customers interact with ecommerce brands, packaging is by far one of the most ubiquitous elements. This is great for business, but with all of this spending online comes another cost: more packaging waste, and therefore a growing environmental impact. What is eco-friendly packaging?

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ShipBob

MAY 22, 2023

Shipping labels share important information with your supply chain, helping technology and people alike understand the origins and destination of your package. Shipping labels display important information about a package’s destination to a carrier during transportation.

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NC State SCRC

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

During that time, she worked in a number of different areas including direct procurement, indirect procurement, operations, supply chain, packaging, and operations support including: HR, finance, IT and facilities management. Now, Pam is helping lead a digital procurement transformation for Caterpillar Inc.

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Cathy Roberson

MARCH 21, 2022

Technology provider Google launched Last Mile Fleet Solution on March 17 to provide last-mile fleet operators with real-time routing and tracking capabilities. Where's my package? But consumers also want the ability to track their packages in real-time. It also provides insights into the fleet to optimize performance better.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Parallelly, expectations around the overall purchasing experience have also grown steeper. A quick and practical way to go about it is to leverage cutting-edge technology solutions that bring about efficiency at scale. Adopting route planning solutions is one of the quickest and most practical ways to operate more sustainably.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Featuring Our 10 Best Warehouse Order Fulfillment Articles! Order fulfillment challenges article and permission to publish here provided by Catherine Park. Outlined below are common fulfillment obstacles faced by online businesses and their solutions. Using a Complicated Fulfillment Software. Subscribe Here!

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Enterra Insights

MARCH 27, 2019

Retailers have always been curious about the paths consumers take when they decide something needs to be purchased. When the Internet and World Wide Web introduced consumers to online shopping (aka e-commerce), the path to purchase became much more complex. Today the digital path to purchase is growing in importance.

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Unleashed

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This article breaks down how finished goods are calculated and some key inventory management methods for tracking them as they move through your business. In accounting, finished goods inventory is the specific number of inventory or manufactured items that you currently have in stock available for customers to purchase.

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Claritum

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Address Procurement Strategy. Focus Procurement on supplier optimisation. Don’t lose Procurement’s focus on costs. Keep Procurement up to date. Procurement is a complex multidisciplinary team activity that crosses all areas of the business. Introduction.

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Claritum

AUGUST 4, 2020

Read the article at claritum.com. Introduction Procurement is a complex. The variables and complexities of purchasing products and services, from basic supplies through to strategic purchases, make Procurement a key. the procurement function. the procurement function. resource within the business.

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Claritum

MAY 12, 2019

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. Technologies and Procurement Table. There are a lot of articles around on what Procurement needs to do; how Procurement needs to change; and how technology will fundamentally change Procurement. 2 Technologies and Procurement Table. Introduction. TECHNOLOGY.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Article written for Supply Chain Game Changer by, and permission to publish here provided by, Phil Edwards at Melbourne Packaging Supplies. Not all plastics are the same, and there are plenty of eco-green packaging innovations that make use of sustainable plastics easily available. Defining ‘sustainable’ packaging.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

This article will focus on the actions Ipsen took to never stock out. We could not manage our business with that tool,” Mr. Stephens realized. Ipsen purchased the RapidResponse supply chain planning product from Kinaxis. Ipsen purchased the RapidResponse supply chain planning product from Kinaxis.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 28, 2021

Satellite solutions article and permission to publish here provided by Chiyako Ikeda. For all those in the shipping industry, satellite solutions can significantly assist in all areas of coordination. Read on to learn why state-of-the-art satellite solutions are a game-changer for the maritime industry. Email Address.

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Supply Chain Movement

JULY 21, 2016

the question of which tools they can use to support these processes is causing headaches for a lot of them. there are three options: to set to work with excel, to develop one’s own solution or to purchase an off-the-shelf tool. most companies prefer the third option, but it seems to be very difficult to find good tools.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

The competition is helping to drive down prices for EVs but in most countries in Southeast Asia the poor access to charging facilities or battery swap facilities causes management to delay purchasing. Packaging 2023 has seen no real breakthrough in eco friendly packaging innovation from the looks of things.

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Claritum

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Claritum Article - Procurement Blog. As featured in the ‘ The 10 Most Innovative Procurement Solution Providers ’ article published in the September 2017 Insights Success Magazine , Claritum discuss the drive for a New Wave of Easy-to-use Procurement Products…. A Varied Range of Unparalleled Solutions.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 26, 2023

As I wrote in a previous article, “Most of us understand that barcodes contain information that help retailers track inventory; however, few of us know much more about them.”[1] The Way Ahead As I noted at the beginning of this article, most of us don’t understand the data traditional 1D barcodes contain.

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Ware2Go

APRIL 5, 2022

Last mile carrier tracking shows the status and often location of a package from the moment the shipping information is sent to the carrier. Some carriers provide updates as a package moves from one sortation center to the next, and some show the real-time location of the package on a map when it’s out for delivery.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

The International Post Corporation (IPC), found 44% of online shoppers have changed their purchasing behaviour to be more sustainable. A good starting point is minimising packaging and choosing environmentally friendly materials for parcels, labels and void fill. CARBON CALCULATION TOOLS FOR E-COMMERCE PARCELS.

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ShipBob

JULY 28, 2021

Want to know the secret to creating a memorable post-purchase experience? In this article, learn why delivery management is important for business growth, and how you can improve your delivery strategy to meet customer expectations. Once a customer makes a purchase, the customer experience doesn’t stop there.

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Unleashed

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Mass customisation is also known as: Made-to-order Built-to-order Increasingly popular in the retail goods sector – but also used in the automotive, software and finance sectors – mass customisation allows customers to purchase a product that is more ‘them’. What about mass customisation in software?

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Mid-size manufacturers operate mainly in the batch process space and that is what this article focuses on. This can be different as well as for the purchasing (e.g. This includes bi-directional traceability from source to receipt, processing, packaging, shipping to final consumption. Process industry challenges.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The article states that “presently, there are nearly two open jobs for every unemployed worker.” Moreover, the new policy of purchasing online and picking up in-store adds to the already high-stress environment for in-store employees. When customers arrive curbside to collect their purchase, they have no intention of waiting.

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Kanban Logistics

AUGUST 13, 2020

In this article, we’ll take a closer look at the outsourcing model and the ways it can drive efficiency in your inbound logistics supply chain. This includes the procurement and delivery of the parts used to build the finished product. Third-party procurement. Third-party procurement services from a 3PL can help.

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