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The Recycling Benefits of Mono-Material Flexible Packaging!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Is Cardboard Packaging Environmentally Friendly? Packaging using this option is rapidly gaining popularity when compared to multi-material packaging. Reduction of costs when considering the plastic tax and the overall environmental benefits) The integrity of the package content is ensured. Subscribe Here! Email Address.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 12 – 18)

Logistics Viewpoints

Coke announces industry-leading target for reusable packaging. Design: make all primary consumer packaging recyclable by 2025 and use 50 percent recycled material in our packaging by 2030. New wave of contracts will lock in much higher shipping rates. Bridge linking US and Canada reopens after police remove last protesters.

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World’s Fifth Fastest Growing Retailer Automates Replenishment Planning

Logistics Viewpoints

A101 is the largest retailer in Turkey with over 10,000 company owned stores and 48 regional distribution centers and one E-commerce fulfillment center. The typical store holds more than 1,500 stock keeping units (SKUs) – an SKU is a distinct product/packaging configuration. Erkan Cerito?lu, Many stores get daily deliveries.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

USPS slowing first-class package delivery to lower costs. The United States Postal Service will slow delivery times for a third of its first-class packages in an effort to cut costs and its dependency on air transportation amid financial struggles. Apple, others face shipment delays as China Covid curbs squeeze suppliers.

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Bleak Peak 2022 Leaves Shippers Feeling Less than Thankful

Intelligent Audit

for First Class Package Service (applies to parcels weighing less than 1 pound) 6.6% Tough Times for Turkeys Cause Thanksgiving Price Hike. of the annual turkey population was wiped out by the avian influenza outbreak, meaning fewer turkeys will be available than on a typical Thanksgiving. Roughly 2.5%

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Complex costs of transportation

Supply Chain Movement

To anticipate and respond to high customer demand, a modern Transportation Management System (TMS) needs to optimize inventory allocation. A TMS with inventory allocation enables shippers to monitor shipments down to the package level. Deviations that occur during transportation execution are not necessarily approved immediately.

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People and Halal Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In fact, today several leading halal production standards (like the Indonesian and Malaysian halal standards) are already requiring a segregation between halal and non-halal in transport and storage for halal certified manufacturers. This new standard has three modules: transportation, warehousing, and retailing.