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Editor’s Choice: Aluminum Can Shortage Defines a New Normal for Food Packaging

Logistics Viewpoints

Beer and food industries are particularly affected by the shortages of aluminum cans as most customers prefer take-home packaging. The deepening power crisis has already taken 900,000 tons of smelting capacity offline in North America and Europe. About 73% of the aluminum cans in the US come from recycled scrap.

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REPOST: The True Cost of OTIF Failure with Andrew Lynch

The Logistics of Logistics

Andrew Lynch is President and co-founder of Zipline Logistics , an award-winning North American 3PL that specializes exclusively in the transportation of retail consumer goods. He works alongside clients ranging from some of the largest food and beverage businesses in the world to the brightest up-and-coming CPG brands in North America.

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The True Cost of OTIF Failure with Andrew Lynch

The Logistics of Logistics

Andrew Lynch is President and co-founder of Zipline Logistics , an award-winning North American 3PL that specializes exclusively in the transportation of retail consumer goods. He works alongside clients ranging from some of the largest food and beverage businesses in the world to the brightest up-and-coming CPG brands in North America.

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US Food Manufacturing Success: Outsourcing MRO Supply Chain

Synovos

US Food Mfg. RS Integrated Supply, a global provider of outsourced storeroom management and procurement services, was hired to handle all indirect procurement, including storeroom management, on their behalf. Not having to manage the indirect procurement process retains advantages for the client.

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US Food Mfg. Thrives After Outsourcing MRO Supply Chain:13-year Partnership Generates Millions in Savings

Synovos

US Food Mfg. RS Integrated Supply, a global provider of outsourced storeroom management and procurement services, was hired to handle all indirect procurement, including storeroom management, on their behalf. Not having to manage the indirect procurement process retains advantages for the client.

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Sustainable procurement: Everything You Need to Know

Precoro

March 21 was the second annual iteration of World Sustainable Procurement Day , an online event organized by the Sustainable Procurement Pledge team, SPP Chapters, SPP Champions, and partners to raise awareness about the importance of ethical procurement and to share the best sustainability practices with organizations worldwide.

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Grocery Shopping and the Art of War

Enterra Insights

The short answer is that both soldiers and civilians need to eat and obtaining food requires careful planning — especially during times of shortages. But there’s plenty of food. 1] Bloomberg, “ ‘People Are Hoarding’: Food Shortages Are The Next Supply Chain Crunch ,” SupplyChainBrain, 20 October 2021. [2]

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