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A Lesson From Dell: Ocean Trash & Your Supply Chain

AFFLINK

The company started the project in 2016 by collecting plastic waste on the beaches in Haiti. As an example, back in 2012, the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin stopped throwing out their medical packaging. Even if reusing packaging material isn't an option, take an in-depth look at your other practices.

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Agility and flexibility in the age of digital supply chains – Insights from the 2017 Supply Chain & Logistics EMEA summit & expo

Kinaxis

Markus mentioned that given the shift to picking of eaches due to omnichannel, logistics robots have challenges picking packages of certain shapes and sizes. But I left with the feeling that in light of the accelerating innovations, this is something that will be addressed in the near future.

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Complex costs of transportation

Supply Chain Movement

A TMS with inventory allocation enables shippers to monitor shipments down to the package level. The location of any package that is part of an order can be traced; status information about time, quality, and relevant financial aspects all need to be recorded and monitored during transportation execution. French Southern Territories.