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Unlocking Success: Why Strategic Sourcing Is Important for Your Company

Precoro

To enhance their competitive edge, companies across industries are adopting a key tactic: strategic sourcing. Strategic sourcing is a holistic approach to supply chain management that includes tactics for optimizing the total cost of ownership, improving supplier relationships, and ensuring long-term value creation.

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Ensuring Safe Material Handling in Warehouses

SCMDOJO

This safety is guided by several principles that warehouses worldwide adhere to, drawing from the guidelines provided by authorities like the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Adhering to these guidelines can drastically reduce the risk of accidents and enhance overall operational efficiency.

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The Future Of The Supply Chain Starts With Sustainability.

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

While it’s undeniably important to source products responsibly and produce recyclable or reusable products, companies also need to focus on making the transportation and distribution of products more sustainable. Ensure Your Materials Are Ethically Sourced. You may even save money by choosing a local supplier.

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6 Tips to Improve Workplace Safety!

Supply Chain Game Changer

At this point, it’s important that you follow industry standards on workplace safety by drafting guidelines and creating systems for checking equipment and ensuring compliance. They help you make sure your workplace follows standards and guidelines that are meant to provide optimal safety. Orient your employees about safety guidelines.

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Food Logistics Tips for Making Sure Perishable Foods Are Safe During Transit

GlobalTranz

Water sources, lines, nozzles or tanks should remain free of pathogens and biofilms — this prevents the spread of foodborne illnesses, too. Train and Educate Everyone involved in the supply chain and transportation process should be familiar with food safety guidelines and regulations.

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10 Disastrous Warehouse Accidents Reasons & Solutions

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Warehouse Automation: However, while training minimizes risk, a surefire way of decreasing warehouse accidents is by eliminating waste and hazards within the warehouse. Inadequate Training: Insufficient training for warehouse workers can lead to accidents when they are not aware of safety protocols or proper handling techniques.

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De-Carbonising Road Freight Operations: Bridging the Know-Do Gap

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

However, a lower uptake and large gaps between knowing and doing can be observed for other measures like eco driver training and low-resistance tyres. The Smart Freight Procurement Guidelines published by SFC provide shippers with a useful roadmap for achieving this. technologies and practices.