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Supply Chain Sustainability Gathers Steam

Logistics Viewpoints

Though corporations are starting to pay attention to supply chain sustainability, less than half of those surveyed in the CSCMP report know how to make their processes more sustainable. In many organizations, freight shipping has become static: companies use air cargo because that’s what they’ve always done. In the U.S.,

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This Week in Logistics News (February 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

The initiative involves placing RFID tags on packages and wearable devices on employees to eliminate manual scans, reduce misloads, and accelerate parcel throughput in the delivery giant’s warehouses. Last year’s negotiations took place as dozens of container ships were backed up off the coast of California waiting to unload cargo.

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The Future of Autonomous Supply Chains Part 1: Autonomous Shipping

Logistics Viewpoints

According to a survey by McKinsey, 93% of supply chain executives plan to increase their investments in resilience, and 47% of them consider automation and digitization as the top priority. Autonomous shipping has the potential to reduce human errors, improve safety, lower costs, and increase efficiency in the maritime industry.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

According to the annual survey released by the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics, consumers plan to spend a collective $24 billion on Easter this year, up from $20.8 The survey indicates that 81 percent of Americans will celebrate the holiday and spend an average of $192.01, the highest figure on record.

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The Green Corridor: Cures from the Sky! Healthcare Distribution is Driving Itself Into a More Environmentally Friendly Direction

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

This tends to demonstrate that the industry is hopelessly linked with a tremendous amount of waste and therefore linked to emissions which damage our planet. They reduced the number of health service closings caused by no supplies by 21% while increasing the variety of other medicines on hand for use by health practitioners 10%.

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Just-in-Time vs. Just-in-Case Procurement During Supply Chain Disruption

Ware2Go

Recent supply chain disruptions , including images of cargo ships stuck off the West Coast , have led eCommerce shops to rethink their just-in-time and just-in-case inventory strategies. . In a November survey , 87% of merchants shared that they already were affected by increased freight costs. What is just-in-time procurement?

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Sustainable Logistics Practices Can Serve as a Differentiator for CPG Brands

Zipline Logistics

In a 2019 survey from Hotwire , 47% of consumers said they had recently switched to a different product or service because the company had violated their values. Thus, reducing route miles and other inefficiencies that truck drivers commonly encounter. That reduction is the equivalent of removing around 3.2