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This Week in Logistics News (July 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

P&G uses life cycle assessment for sustainable packaging design. Louis, among other cities. Consumers are increasingly demanding greater transparency and sustainability from the companies they buy from, especially when it comes to the household products they use every day and how they’re packaged.

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Patrick Swaney, Evans’ VP of Human Resources Featured in WSJ

3PL Insights

In states that ended the $300 enhanced weekly payment by June 19, continuing claims for regular state programs had fallen 12% by late June from May 15, versus a 7% decline in other states, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. But filling positions has been difficult, Mr. Swaney said.

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The Top Dozen Supply Chain Innovations of All-Time

Operations and Supply Chain Management

10: Taylorism: In the late 1800s, the great Frederick Taylor takes the first scientific approach to manufacturing. Taylor’s ideas were simply seminal – and often controversial – and dramatically influenced the practice of manufacturing over the next few decades and even to this very day.

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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.