SupplyShift

JUNE 10, 2020

Rethinking inventory and origination – Consumer goods companies are questioning the wisdom of maintaining lean inventories and sourcing from suppliers in distant locations. More sustainable investing – Impact investing was on the rise before COVID-19 and the recent racial justice protests.

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SupplyShift

JUNE 10, 2020

Rethinking inventory and origination – Consumer goods companies are questioning the wisdom of maintaining lean inventories and sourcing from suppliers in distant locations. More sustainable investing – Impact investing was on the rise before COVID-19 and the recent racial justice protests.

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Logichain Solutions

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

This applies to road transportation as well as sea and air freight. Sometimes more expensive, lighter materials are more cost effective to transport and have a positive overall impact on the cost of goods. His experience includes operations, supply chain management and logistics in the consumer goods industry.

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Logichain Solutions

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

This applies to road transportation as well as sea and air freight. Sometimes more expensive, lighter materials are more cost effective to transport and have a positive overall impact on the cost of goods. His experience includes operations, supply chain management and logistics in the consumer goods industry.

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Logichain Solutions

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

This applies to road transportation as well as sea and air freight. Sometimes more expensive, lighter materials are more cost effective to transport and have a positive overall impact on the cost of goods. His experience includes operations, supply chain management and logistics in the consumer goods industry.

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Logichain Solutions

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

This applies to road transportation as well as sea and air freight. Sometimes more expensive, lighter materials are more cost effective to transport and have a positive overall impact on the cost of goods. His experience includes operations, supply chain management and logistics in the consumer goods industry.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2022

Earth Day roundup: companies announce sustainability goals. Bank of America sounding the alarm on collapsing freight demand. Here are some of the higher profile announcements around sustainability initiatives: AIT Worldwide Logistics set a net-zero emissions target for 2035 in its first sustainability report.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 10, 2018

For sea freight, chocolate must be shipped in refrigerated containers, also called reefers. In sea freight there are only a few options and routes available to ship chocolate in less-than-container loads. Shipping chocolate by air freight always involves risks for the quality of the products.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 10, 2018

For sea freight, chocolate must be shipped in refrigerated containers, also called reefers. In sea freight there are only a few options and routes available to ship chocolate in less-than-container loads. Shipping chocolate by air freight always involves risks for the quality of the products.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 10, 2018

For sea freight, chocolate must be shipped in refrigerated containers, also called reefers. In sea freight there are only a few options and routes available to ship chocolate in less-than-container loads. Shipping chocolate by air freight always involves risks for the quality of the products.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 10, 2018

For sea freight, chocolate must be shipped in refrigerated containers, also called reefers. In sea freight there are only a few options and routes available to ship chocolate in less-than-container loads. Shipping chocolate by air freight always involves risks for the quality of the products.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 10, 2018

For sea freight, chocolate must be shipped in refrigerated containers, also called reefers. In sea freight there are only a few options and routes available to ship chocolate in less-than-container loads. Shipping chocolate by air freight always involves risks for the quality of the products.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Putting added pressure on the industry to create better pathways into decarbonisation and sustainability. For example, base materials, agriculture, and freight transport are needed to move goods around the world. Additionally, the use of electric vehicles can also significantly contribute to the industry’s sustainability.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 7, 2018

Producers of consumer goods have the added complication of strict retail and grocery delivery standards. Direct Consumer Impacts USA Today reports that a severe shortage of truckers is pushing up freight costs and, in turn, nudging up retail prices. Consumers are buying based on price and less on brand loyalty.

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Freightera

JULY 7, 2022

Companies often market themselves as “green” and “sustainable”. Actual sustainability vs. vagueness. You’ve probably heard or seen the recyclable plastic soundbites or logos, the use of reusable materials, sustainable solutions, etc. . These are currently the best options available when it comes to ground freight transportation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 10, 2022

Supply chain shortages have caused prices to rise globally on just about every consumer good imaginable. Add in soaring air freight costs, and the fruit will not only be hard to find, but incredibly expensive. And mangoes are no exception. That’s a tough break for the industry. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 15, 2019

I think the world is confronting tremendous challenges in terms of sustainability. People are waking up to that urgent issue, and they’re demanding more transparency from companies and government because they want to make sure those institutions are acting in a sustainable and ethical way. What are you working on these days?

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 25, 2022

Lenovo’s innovative sustainability work with Maersk. However, the longer the conflict continues, the greater the likelihood of severe impacts for a broader range of manufacturing industries, potentially including automotive, consumer goods, healthcare , and other sectors. The grain blockaded in Ukraine.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 10, 2018

If you import / export products by air or sea freight, consider a co-packer close to an airport or sea port. His experience includes operations, supply chain management and logistics in the consumer goods industry. The co-packer should be located near big transit hubs and ideally in the region of your main customers.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 10, 2018

If you import / export products by air or sea freight, consider a co-packer close to an airport or sea port. His experience includes operations, supply chain management and logistics in the consumer goods industry. The co-packer should be located near big transit hubs and ideally in the region of your main customers.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 10, 2018

If you import / export products by air or sea freight, consider a co-packer close to an airport or sea port. His experience includes operations, supply chain management and logistics in the consumer goods industry. The co-packer should be located near big transit hubs and ideally in the region of your main customers.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 10, 2018

If you import / export products by air or sea freight, consider a co-packer close to an airport or sea port. His experience includes operations, supply chain management and logistics in the consumer goods industry. The co-packer should be located near big transit hubs and ideally in the region of your main customers.

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Logichain Solutions

JULY 10, 2018

If you import / export products by air or sea freight, consider a co-packer close to an airport or sea port. His experience includes operations, supply chain management and logistics in the consumer goods industry. The co-packer should be located near big transit hubs and ideally in the region of your main customers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 1, 2022

Waymo’s self-driving trucks will deliver home goods for Wayfair. US port backups are extending into freight rail supply chains. The backups stretch to major freight hubs including the key transit point at Chicago, freight executives say, where containers have been piling up at rail yards. a unit of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

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QAD

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Meanwhile, ocean freight rates are hitting historic highs. Climate change, and with it, sustainability, are a big part of every conversation now in the wine industry, from changes to farming, to the best types of varietals for the hotter, drier climate. Steve: Sustainability has been a hot topic for several years now.

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Consumer Goods Logistics

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Culture and tradition are sustained by stories. Back in 1957, KANE Freight Lines was still in the early stages of growth, with a very small fleet serving the valley cities of Northeast Pennsylvania. Here’s one from the KANE archives. But KANE was slowly adding new customers and one of them was The Wilson Ham Company. read more'

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Coke and Pepsi race toward sustainable delivery fleets. billion consumers isn’t immune to Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy’s cost-reduction campaign. The company said it is exiting meal deliveries as well as a service providing bulk doorstep deliveries of packaged consumer goods to small businesses.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Unilever, a consumer goods company, created a pilot digital twin of a factory in Brazil in 2018 and now plans to implement digital twins of 170 global plants by the end of 2020. According to McKinsey & Company, 65% of consumable goods in the U.S. Are Ocean Freight Prices Absolutely Broken? 3D printing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 13, 2023

National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization, released Tuesday by the Biden administration, is billed as a “first-of-its-kind” plan to cut GHG emissions in both passenger and freight transportation, building off funding incentives included in the 2021 infrastructure package and the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.

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Vinculum

APRIL 2, 2020

It refers to any service contract that includes inventory storage and management,picking and packing, freight forwarding,shipping, distribution, customs brokerage, contract management, IT solutions, cross-docking etc. Become a tool that assists the organization in meeting sustainability goals. Every business has its special needs.

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Supply Chain Network

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

From a carbon footprint perspective, the Last Mile delivery of single e-commerce parcels to individual consumer dwellings is one of the most inefficient, costly and carbon producing activities in the retail and consumer goods supply chain!

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Requis

JULY 24, 2020

For Aoaeh, improving on sustainability will shape some of what is to come. Advanced materials that allow us to divert goods that would have ended up in incinerators and landfills and turn them into new raw materials is important. Waste from plastics is a big issue for the circular economy, as is waste in fashion and apparel.”.

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QAD

JUNE 28, 2022

Consumers now demand transparency about the way a business operates and how the organization is contributing to a more sustainable future. As a friend of mine states often, “Consumers previously just wanted to know if their food is organic. How well are you leveraging technology to manage and monitor supplier’s ESG standards?

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Like many consumer goods companies, Colgate-Palmolive is taking steps to democratize analytics across the enterprise, including through investments within supply chain analytics engineers. As part of this collaboration, WattEV will provide electric trucking capacity to Uber Freight shippers, starting with CHEP.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 11, 2018

Offshoring cost advantages were often a delicate matter in any case: lower worker wages had to be balanced against increased freight charges, duties, taxes, and damages during transit. Pampered by extraordinary choice in consumer goods, customers expect the same quality and devotion from their business suppliers too.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 22, 2021

” Supply Chains and Sustainability As noted above, when Earth Day began, it was viewed as a protest against a century and a half of industrial development. As a result, businesses started paying attention to sustainability. ” Net-zero supply chains would hardly increase end-consumer costs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Uber Freight and others that are testing autonomous big rigs in Texas and surrounding states. It has been an anemic peak season for ocean freight haulers as container shipping rates have plunged from pandemic highs and Americans and Europeans continue to pull back on purchases of consumer goods. Maersk joins FedEx Corp.,

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