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This Week in Logistics News (April15 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

The vehicle will make its inaugural trip from Indiana to California, where it will be featured at the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo. With increased emphasis on sustainability, I am often asked about sustainability “levers” that can be pulled in warehousing and fulfillment. CMA CGM is offering 5 billion euros ($5.48

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Amplify Your Supply Chain While Capitalizing on your IT Infrastructure

Logility

Ampacet Corporation is the world’s leading manufacturer of the pelletized pigments that add colors to plastics. The company spans the globe with 12 manufacturing sites on four continents. We’d never had a global view of our organization,” explained John Smith, Data Warehousing Manager. “We

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Traceability Software for Process Manufacturing and Discrete Manufacturing

RFgen

Key Takeaways: Process and discrete manufacturers face increased pressure in today’s highly competitive, volatile marketplace. Process manufacturers can leverage traceability technology to meet compliance regulations. Process manufacturers can leverage traceability technology to meet compliance regulations. trillion) of the $75.2

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Data, Cognitive Technology, and Industry 4.0

Enterra Insights

Patrick Murphy ( @PMurphy_Work ), partner and practice leader in cognitive manufacturing, at IBM, asserts, “The average factory produces more than a terabyte’s worth of information every day.”[2] The implication is pretty clear — the likelihood of the Ark being discovered in the warehouse is slim to none. They are: 1.

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Countdown to Black Friday: Are You an Easy Target for Cargo Theft?

Talking Logistics

With Black Friday on the horizon, consumer goods of all kinds are making their way from manufacturers to distribution centers and retail locations across the country. He is a graduate of the Indiana University Kelley School of Business.

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PepsiCo’s Massive, Complex, and Difficult Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Logistics Viewpoints

294 manufacturing facilities produced more than 90 million metric tons of food and beverage in 2021. The company is also accelerating deployment of its Geo Box delivery system, which replaces bay delivery trucks with specially designed trailers that are pre-loaded at the warehouse. PepsiCo’s Internal Supply Chain.

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Analytics Leaders Discuss the Internet of Things

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Understanding the temperature of a package throughout transit provides significant value to customers seeking six sigma quality logistical processes, like food distributors and drug manufacturers. The forum, an annual event at Kelley in its third year, joins analytics and thought leaders from various industries and firms, including C.H.