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The Green Corridor: Full Circle – The Promise and Struggles of the Circular Economy and Green Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The right way” emphasizes that our fundamental relationship with the Earth demands that products be made and transported in ways not harmful to the Earth. A study by the University of Michigan in 2018 showed how a patty of plant-based Beyond meat compared to a regular US beef patty of meat. The devil is definitely in the details.

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Three Ways Center-of-Gravity Studies Lead You Astray

Logility

Customer A has 600 units of demand and Customer B has 300 units of demand. The classic center of gravity analysis in this case will tell you that answer (b) should be correct — the weighted center of demand is one-third of the way from A to B. This answer minimizes the net unit miles shipped. What is your answer?

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Supply Chain Leadership Series VII: Matthew Wallace, CEO, Project DXM

NC State SCRC

Together we built the technology platform and a new way to do business, where brands and manufacturers would do something together, (despite being competitors in some cases) in a more sustainable way from the start. About a year later, we refined the technology we created with our newly minted CTO.

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6 Key Takeaways from Blue Yonder Automotive Connect

BlueYonder

Blue Yonder and Microsoft co-hosted the annual Blue Yonder Automotive Connect event in Detroit, Michigan, bringing together 67 supply chain practitioners from 15 companies in the Automotive OEM, Tier 1, and Aftermarket sectors.

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Consumer Packaged Goods Manufacturers and Consumer-centric Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

Most business consultants today urge CPG manufacturers and retailers to become consumer-centric and demand-driven. Today’s consumer picture is even more confusing as a result of low unemployment rates (which generally means higher demand) and rising inflation (which generally means lower demand).

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Don’t Get Caught Off-Guard: Preparing for July 2016 SOLAS Shipper Mandates

Talking Logistics

Shippers are required to communicate verified weights in a shipping document. A number of carriers, for example, use cloud technology to offer an e-commerce platform to handle customer transactions. Companies demand better insights and visibility into their supply chains to deal with the added complexity.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 23-27, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Kuebix Announces the First Free Multimodal Transportation Management System (TMS). Latest Use for a Bitcoin Technology: Tracing Turkeys From Farm to Table (WSJ sub. UPS Forecasts Another Record-Breaking Holiday Shipping Season. Alphabet looks to snowy Michigan to test self-driving cars (Reuters). UPS announces U.S.