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Why 2021 Will Be A Breakout Year For Sustainable Manufacturing

IQMS

Bottom Line : In 2021 and beyond, customers are voting with their dollars for the manufacturers who excel at sustainable manufacturing and make a positive contribution to the environment, dominating B2B supply chains and B2C purchasing decisions. of all North American manufacturers have a sustainability policy in place, and 8.3%

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How to Navigate ESG Risk with Supplier Management Software

QAD

This sounds simple enough, but we all know it’s a very complex issue and that’s partially because ESG concerns touch every part of the value chain, from the field or mine where raw materials are sourced to the packaging and transport modes used to bring your finished product to market.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said it was essential to prevent Tokyo, where the highly infectious Delta COVID-19 variant was spreading, from becoming the source of another wave of infections. Roughly the size of a small cooler, Amazon Scout vehicles can transport small packages along sidewalks at walking pace. Rob Spilman Jr.,

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The Data Behind Amazon’s Logistics and Fulfillment Play

Freightos

According to their 2017 annual report, over a quarter of Amazon’s third-party sales (which represent half of Amazon’s sales) are cross-border. Amazon’s trucking fleet is expanding rapidly; it launched in 2005 with the purchase of thousands of trailers used to shift goods between fulfillment centers. Source: Amazon.com.

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Overview of European supply chain events 2016

Supply Chain Movement

eWorld Purchasing & Supply. The Global Procurement & Supply Chain for Oil & Gas Industry. Logistics & SCM, PLM, Manufacturing, and Procurement 2016. Supply Chain Analytics. Sourcing 2016 – Messe & Kongress für Indirekten Einkauf und Technischen Handel. eWorld Procurement & Supply.

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Energy Efficiency Is Key to Better Logistics

Material Handling & Logistics

Most every company issues a corporate social responsibility (CSR) report detailing what they have done over the year to comply with the expectations of all of their stakeholders. Retailers such as Walmart have rigorous standards and will only purchase from suppliers who meet these standards. In the U.S., Lauderdale.

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How To Start Your Brewery On The Path To Success

Unleashed

Don’t purchase any supply chain solution that is not Cloud or SaaS based. An ERP – or Enterprise Resource Planning system – is an all singing, all-dancing software package that allows you to run a closed loop operation across all your business processes. Costed Purchase Orders. It’s key to growing a competitive advantage.