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How Locally Grown Products are Disrupting F&B Manufacturing

QAD

There is a developing trend that has been gaining steam in recent years that has the potential to seriously impact and “disrupt” food and beverage manufacturing. It means buying food that is sourced and/or grown within a geographical location that could be considered “local”. Disrupting the Larger Food and Beverage Manufacturer.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

Earth Day roundup: companies announce sustainability goals. It includes free shipping of online purchases, free grocery deliveries to the home for orders of at least $35, prescription discounts and other benefits. Walmart in the news: Walmart dangles deeper gas discounts for Walmart+ members. Canada’s Walmart tries ring scanners.

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Peloton’s Supply Chain Strategy Turnabout

Supply Chain Matters

This week, the company announced a reversal in manufacturing and supply chain strategy, as well as a major turnabout. The company will henceforth outsource the manufacturing of its stationary exercise bikes and treadmills to a Taiwan based contract manufacturer. Sourcing was both a cost as well as landed cost decision factor.

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Analog Supply Chains are an Anachronism in a Digital World

Enterra Insights

It was designed with linearity in mind: a singular focus on minimizing transport costs through building high-capacity, point-to-point distribution infrastructure. … Consumers around the world are progressively shifting their expectation toward products and services that are digital, local and sustainable. ” Footnotes. [1]

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Sustainable Frozen Ecommerce Fulfillment with Cathy Hayward-Hughes and Mike Bradburn

The Logistics of Logistics

Sustainable Frozen Ecommerce Fulfillment with Cathy Hayward-Hughes and Mike Bradburn. Mike Bradburn , Cathy Hayward-Hughes , and Joe Lynch discuss sustainable frozen ecommerce fulfillment. Mike and Cathy are the founders of Crystal Creek Logistics , a fulfillment company that specializes in sustainable frozen ecommerce fulfillment.

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How Shippers Use Carbon Emissions Shipment Data to Reduce Total Carbon Footprint

Intelligent Audit

Beyond ships, the transportation industry contains many other forms of transportation that contribute to carbon emissions. Note that these numbers include more than shipping and logistics; it encompasses the entire transportation sector. Broken down, most of the 2020 transportation sector emissions in the U.S.

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28 supply chain professionals share the biggest challenges of supply chain management

6 River Systems

Our supply chain involves a contract manufacturer, a third-party testing facility, warehouses to store inventory and a freighting company. For example, if my contract manufacturer is late with an order it can cause me to incur excess costs with the freighting and warehousing companies, respectively. from Washington University St.