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

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The comparative assessment showed that the plant-based patty reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 90%! To eliminate unneeded transport or unnecessary miles is always something the logistics manager needs to do. By doing this, overstocks or express orders will be reduced and emissions associated with these also eliminated.

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Prepare for Anything: Supply Chain and Ecosystem Predictions for 2022 and beyond….

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IDC expects spending on Digital Transformation (DX) on the top 5 use cases – smart warehousing, freight management, optimized operations, supplier network management, and predictive network inventory orchestration – to hit USD $33Bn in 2022. The COVID-19 pandemic has been global, with no country or organization immune from its impact.

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Now Is the Right Time for Supply Chains To Do the Right Things

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From March to Augus 2020, it was meltdown situation with supply and demand severely imbalanced: Global geographies shut down reducing exposure of human to human infections. Better demand sensing, shifts in customer behaviours, predictive/prescriptive case studies, shift in inventory stocking strategy and customer service.

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The Global Trade Compliance Market is Crazy!

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Many multinationals have engineered their global supply chains to minimize taxation by creating subsidiaries in low taxation nations like Switzerland, Ireland, and Singapore. Nevertheless, the argument that trade compliance is complementary to a company’s overall tax strategy certainly makes sense to many companies.

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Reimagine Supply Chain of the Future – agile, resilient, and balanced – LogiSYM July 2020

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“When the world changes around you, and when it changes against you, what used to be a tailwind is now a headwind — you need to lean into that and figure out what to do because complaining isn’t a strategy.”. This allows Zara to make products that meet consumer tastes and reduces the number of items they must sell at a discount.

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Rethinking the next normal: Transforming Logistics and Supply Chain Workflows with Samsung

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Linfox also provided real-time updates on driver progress and job completion to reduce information gaps among their staff. As part of its efforts to transform and reduce cost, Hermes UK replaced costly legacy hardware with smartphones for last-mile delivery fulfilment. Is your freight invoice accurate? MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

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Molex Prizes Agility

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But Molex, a global electronics and connectivity solutions company, has been investing in their intelligent digital supply chain strategy to improve their supply chain agility and customer experience. There was no air freight possible then into Europe,” added Gerald van den Eijnden. Molex Realizes it Needs Better Visibility.