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Bio-based Products Future is Promising, but Hurdles Exist

Supply Chain View from the Field

As an example, Chemical Manufacturing (NAICS 325) encompasses a variety of chemical manufacturing codes including petrochemicals (3251), but none for biobased chemicals. Manufacturers go through a certification process that has been developed in a partnership with ASTM International to ensure quality control and consistent results.

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23 logistics professionals share the #1 way to reduce logistics costs

6 River Systems

A shift to manufacturing critical goods like pharmaceuticals in the United States would lead to higher production costs, for instance. We follow a stringent procedure to organize inventory in our warehouses. billion, while transportation costs increased by 10.4% trillion and motor carrier costs rose 10.1%

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10 key trends to understand Supply Chain Management

KEPLER Consulting

Sources: 1: Global Survey, Mc Kinsey, 2010/ 2: Supply Chain Impact Survey, Cap Gemini, 2013/ 3: Future of Supply Chain, SCM World, 2016. #2 The comparison between overstepped models and top of the breed actors demonstrates the consistent impact of under performing Supply Chain on company’s performance. TRANSFORMATION AXIS. #4