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Sustainable Product Packaging Impacts Supply Chain Transformation

QAD

As a result, manufacturers are compelled to invest in research and development to create innovative, sustainable and visually appealing packaging solutions. While eco-friendly materials might initially increase manufacturing costs, innovations are gradually reducing these expenses.

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Digital Transformation in Logistics

Logistics Viewpoints

“Leading companies take a strategic approach, integrating digital technology throughout their value chains. The majority of time when people are discussing digital transformation, they are not directly referring to the digital transformation of supply chains. Let’s take a deeper look at a few technology areas.

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Overcoming Hurdles to Supply Chain Transformation

Enterra Insights

.”[1] As a result, there has been more and more talk about the need for supply chain transformation. Any supply chain transformation effort worth undertaking should address organizational hurdles and position a company to take advantage of emerging opportunities. Supply Chain Transformation Hurdles.

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Supply Chain Transformation, Part One: The Transformation Imperative

Enterra Insights

He writes, “Global supply chains were clearly in trouble before COVID-19 arrived on the scene, but when it did, the weakness of our time-honored strategies for procurement, production and delivery became shockingly evident. To paraphrase an old maxim, then, necessity breeds innovation.”[2] Footnotes. [1] 2] Robert J.

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A True Supply Chain Transformation Requires the Proper Talent

Logistics Viewpoints

Logistics can be a challenge. This was not only an ambitious Innovation shift, but also a severe supply chain challenge. The post A True Supply Chain Transformation Requires the Proper Talent appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints. But forecasting new product demand is even more difficult.

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Accelerating Supply Chain Transformation with Cloud-Based Fleet Planning

Supply Chain Brain

Finding a starting point for your supply chain transformation journey can be challenging, but leveraging cloud computing capabilities and leading-edge supply chain software solutions combined with high-quality data can help logistics companies deliver cost and efficiency savings while driving innovation.

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Most Popular Logistics Stories from 2021

Logistics Viewpoints

So, I want to take this opportunity to reflect on the top 15 most popular logistics stories from 2021 and see what our readers found to be the most interesting. It was good mix of topics and authors, including a good number from our Logistics Viewpoints sponsors. So let’s take a look now at the 15 most popular logistics stories.