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

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294 manufacturing facilities produced more than 90 million metric tons of food and beverage in 2021. Scope 1 emissions include direct emissions from the company’s owned and controlled sources. Scope 2 emissions are indirect emissions from purchased energy. PepsiCo’s Internal Supply Chain.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 20 – 26)

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A lot of this effort comes down to more sustainable sourcing, which tends to make environmental-conscious consumers happy. Dublin-based Evocco lets you track, improve, and offset the climate impact of your food purchases based on your receipt. Starbucks to improve sustainable coffee sourcing.

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The Rise of Women in Supply Chain: Career Choice

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Diverse Skill Set Utilization: Multifaceted Role: Supply chain roles often require a blend of analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills. This can be engaging and fulfilling for those who enjoy using their analytical and strategic thinking skills.

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How to Mitigate and Manage Supply Chain Disruptions in Life Sciences

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This is compounded by the fact that many raw materials are sourced from a limited number of suppliers and regions. Beyond the well-documented API sourcing problems, shortages in excipients, packaging materials (including vials and syringes), and electronic components for medical devices also contribute to delays.

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One Man’s Trash: How Blockchain Can Target Food Waste to Help End World Hunger

Material Handling & Logistics

For organizations that source products from suppliers in remote regions, blockchain can provide clarity in an otherwise murky journey from harvest to retail. billion metric tons—gets lost or wasted. From the wholesale manufacturers in Iowa to the farmers in Bangladesh, change is coming. World hunger is a global epidemic.

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Are We Witnessing the Death of the Foreign Aid Supply Chain?

Enterra Insights

”[1] He went on to note, “In 1961, a USAID report declared that South Korea, now one of the worlds most advanced economies, was ‘a rat hole [and] bottomless pit’ of aid. Those sources insisted, “The freeze in purchases of wheat, soybeans and other commodities produced by U.S.