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This Week in Supply Chain Tech- January 19 2024

Supply Chain Matters

Our Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech column has had a brisk start in our 2024 postings, and we have added this supplemental posting. In our initial 2024 posting last week, we highlighted two acquisitions related to supply chain technology providers.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 25 – March 4)

Logistics Viewpoints

It is celebrated during March in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, corresponding with International Women’s Day on March 8, and during October in Canada, corresponding with the celebration of Persons Day on October 18. The company’s Supply Chain 3.0

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The Day of Reckoning for Sustainability Claims

Logility

For example, a packaging innovation that reduces the use of black plastic at the expense of an increase in the rate of deforestation. The latest developments from the United Kingdom and United States show there is strong action being taken to change the way materials are sourced. Meeting Consumer Expectations.

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‘Safety stock’ held by UK Manufacturers up by a third to counter supply chain disruptions

Unleashed

The research by supply chain management platform Unleashed Software compared the stock value held across key UK sectors in 2022 against 2020, with just over 80 per cent of those sectors analysed showing a steady or steep rise in stock value. “A 10 Trends in Supply Chain Management in 2022. What do SMEs need to know?

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Go Green or Go Home: Why Sustainability in the Last Mile is Crucial for Your Business

Locus

So what exactly does ‘ going green ’ mean for your supply chain as deliveries times grow shorter? How can businesses pay attention to supply chain sustainability as they scale? Business and supply chain executives are also incentivized to spread awareness and come up with sustainable strategies.

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Food Industry Trends for 2021

Unleashed

It’s become even more important that businesses navigate multiple supply chains with food manufacturing software. But obviously, the difference between pre-Covid and now is that this push has been largely driven by issues of safety in food manufacturing and the supply chain , and also protection of food industry workers.

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Will Consumer Goods Be Stronger from the Pandemic?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. We all know and regularly purchase Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG, often also referred to as Consumer Packaged Goods, or CPG). For example, FMCG demand grew by over ten percent in Italy, and by just under ten percent in France, the United Kingdom, and the United States.