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The Backorder, April 10 2024

Unleashed

The Guardian reports that the Victoria Unboxed project will hope to eliminate invisible waste from supply chains by replacing cardboard produce boxes with reusable plastic crates. The latest ISM Manufacturing PMI report registered an unexpectedly high 50.3% That’s why AOV is an essential metric to improve. in March – up 2.5%

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Formula for Disaster – How the U.S. Formula Shortage Was Shocking  But Not Surprising 

Logility

Lack of effective supply chain planning in food & beverage can have life-or-death implications. September : An FDA (Food & Drug Administration) inspection at the Sturgis, Michigan plant results in one infraction related to testing. 17 February: The FDA says it’s investigating four reports of illness including one death.

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What Caused the Baby Formula Shortage + 7 Ways Consumers and Companies are Coping

ToolsGroup

The shutdown resulted from a federal investigation following four cases of infant bacterial infections in babies who consumed formula from the plant, with the FDA reporting two deaths. The CDC typically receives reports of 2-4 infant infections per year. Image source: Sturgis Journal. Image source: MTL Blog.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 10-14, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Instacart to close Whole Foods delivery operation next year (Reuters). Economic misery, gridlocked ports, shortages of medicine and food, disrupted flights and a potential rekindling of violence in Northern Ireland are all very real threats. E-Commerce Companies Get Creative in Quest for ‘Last Mile’ Space (WSJ – sub.

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Sustainability Certifications for SMEs: The Best Programmes

Unleashed

These certifications are voluntary guidelines and standards that address environmental, social, ethical, and food safety concerns. Much as a food label explains the nutritional content of the food you eat, an EPD describes the environmental impact of the products you buy or use. What are the best sustainability certifications?

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The Sensory Pleasures of Food

Enterra Insights

More often than not, discussions about food focus on how things taste. The taste of a food is what the taste buds perceive; the flavor of a food is the combination of these tastes, plus the aroma and the other sensations.”[1] Food and our senses. The pleasure food provides relies on all our senses.

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How Europe is Coping with Supply Chain Disruption

Jaggaer

Define your procurement response strategy. Yet with the autobahns, motorways and highways largely free of traffic apart from freight, goods are generally getting through and we are yet to see long-term shortages of food and other essential items. Adapting to the present and future challenges of COVID-19.