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CSR Initiatives in the Global Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

We also look to reduce or eliminate the use of plastic packaging. In addition, we have taken several steps in the past few years to affect industry change, such as being an active member of the Clean Cargo Group and joining the Sustainable Air Freight Alliance (SAFA). Photo Credit: United Airlines. million gallons of SAF this year.

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The Importance of a Strong Supply Chain and Logistics Strategy!

Supply Chain Game Changer

These materials were then transferred to barges and rail cars for delivery, and finally to terminals where they were packaged into shipping containers for final delivery by rail. It is then unitized or broken down from bulk packaging and shipped to the store or nearby warehouse. Another important aspect of logistics is time.

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Fine-Tune Your Supply Chain By Looking at Amazon

Savi

Heads up UPS and FedEx, Amazon is piloting package delivery in Los Angeles for marketplace customers. From there, it can move horizontally to deliver cargo and packages for others and compete with other logistics service providers. These alerts can highlight much earlier which shipments are trending late or will be late.

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Now or Never: Why Supply Chain Sustainability is Non-Negotiable in 2022

Locus

billion metric tons—the emissions have rebounded in 2021 and 2022. Source: Statista.com. The latter was so severe that cargo ships had to run at half their usual capacity. Planning : Processes are designed to reduce emissions and meet demand with ethical sourcing. Ethical sourcing of goods. parts per million.

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Sustainable Logistics Practices Can Serve as a Differentiator for CPG Brands

Zipline Logistics

Sustainability is an often-discussed concept that can be a reliable source of differentiation for CPG manufacturers. That is especially true in the consumer-packaged goods marketplace. Now, when most think of sustainability, they think of ethical sourcing or environmentally friendly packaging.

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Shippers- Optimize Truckloads With Intelligent Solutions

Locus

Think of it as carpooling for cargo – you share the ride, and so you share the costs. This approach dynamically balances the load and autonomously sorts packages based on a variety of constraints like: zone, address, package contents and more significantly reducing processing time and enhancing operational efficiency.

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7 Incredible Benefits of Cloud-Based Logistics Management

GlobalTranz

More findings on the cloud cargo transportation and warehouse management systems you may discover on the web. Managers can control the operation efficiently as the relevant information comes from different sources, timely and all the members have access to its current updates. The cloud-based logistics has lots of metric tools.