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This Week in Logistics News (June 22 – 28)

Logistics Viewpoints

The company said that it used 85,916 metric tons of single-use plastic that year, an 11.6 Walmart announced that it will pilot agriculture technology with crop supply intelligence company Agritaskto get real-time information on crops and improve sourcing decisions around produce. percent decrease from 2021.

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CSR Initiatives in the Global Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In Malaysia, CEVA Logistics worked closely with L’Oréal , a major producer of luxury and consumer products, to develop a social initiative of providing jobs for the hearing impaired at our warehouse since June 2020. CEVA Logistics actively reaches out to support social innovations and engage local communities. Photo Credit: L’Oréal.

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Breaking Silos: How Integrated Data and AI Transform Supply Chains

BlueYonder

Two months later, Malaysia Airlines reduced its flight capacity by 20%, citing labor shortages and a lack of spare parts. Drive improved efficiency with shared metrics: Standardized key performance indicators (KPIs) across departments and partners facilitate better forecasting, streamlined processes and synchronized planning.

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Q: Food vs Fuel? A: Wrong question…We need more efficient markets!

Supply Chain View from the Field

Looking at vegetable oils, with a global population of 7B people, each consuming the recommended 40g of dietary fat per day, 365 days per year, would require just over 100M metric tons of oil. We are currently according to the USDA producing over 160M metric tons of refined vegetable oil alone.

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Benchmarking Success: Focus on what Matters

Logistics Bureau

My first step was to engage Benchmarking Success (BMS) to understand what the “best” for each business really meant from an independent source. We set our performance targets according to the best-in-class metrics and I ended up helping these three companies successively achieve demonstrable best-in-class supply chain performance.

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Global Manufacturing PMI Levels Rise in January 2024

Supply Chain Matters

This index is a compilation of seven ASEAN nations- Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar , the Philippines , Singapore , Thailand , and Vietnam. This metric bears continual observation in the coming months. These nations reportedly account for 98 percent of ASEAN manufacturing value added. in January from 49.7 reported for December.

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Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions for Wholesalers in 2019: Drop Those Bad Habits from 2018

EMERGE App

Source Sensibly and Sustainably. South-East Asian nations such as Malaysia, Vietnam, and the Philippines are ready with substitutes or alternative suppliers. Keep an eye on this metric to avoid a deadstock situation. This added mobility means that work need not be confined to bulky desktops or laptops in the office.