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This Week in Logistics News (April 8 – 14)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Yum Brands – parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and The Habit Burger Grill – recently announced a new packaging policy prioritizing more sustainable options. to smaller logistics operators scrambled to fill jobs at fulfillment centers. Employment at U.S.

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The Evolution of the Food & Beverage Value Chain: Driven By Consumers

QAD

For example, a dairy company and a bakery company teaming together for a promotion where the dairy company puts a coupon on a gallon of milk offering a discount for a package of cookies from a bakery manufacturing company. This trend is also happening in the UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

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Is Reinforcement Learning the Future of Artificial Intelligence?

Enterra Insights

In addition to accelerating as well as improving the design, reinforcement learning has grabbed attention for its wide application in a range of areas — time-series forecasting in highly dynamic conditions, solving complex logistics problems, and coming up with recommendations based on the behaviors and preferences, to name a few.”[2].

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Future eCommerce Fulfilment Trends – What Will 2019 Bring?

Unleashed

Businesses need to think both inside and outside of the box (literally) when they are working on ordering cost while designing products and packaging. Minimising product packaging can help with this, but suppliers also need to build their fulfilment network efficiently.

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Eco-friendly Food Packaging: 8 Trends in Food & Bev Explained

Unleashed

So what are the eco-friendly food packaging options available to the food and drink industry right now? Today we look at eight eco-friendly food packaging trends sweeping the globe, and discuss some facts – and fiction – of environmental product packaging. 8 eco-friendly food packaging trends: Compostable food packaging.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 18 – 24)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The speed of the box’s throughput enables orders to be packaged, labeled and ready to ship in 30 minutes. JD.com has been rapidly growing its logistics unit by focusing on warehousing growth, including in international markets. million square feet throughout the state.

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Boom Time for the Shared Economy within Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

In logistics and supply chain management, however, transport and warehousing are the most significant sharing processes thanks to a welter of economic benefits for all parties—and the trend is accelerating despite the dampening effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. Why Businesses, Large and Small, Think it’s Fair to Share.