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How Can Paper Producers Rise to the Production Challenge?

USC Consulting Group

According to the piece published in North Carolina State University journal BioResources, the growth in demand for pulp and paperboard thus far in 2020 has been unprecedented, with production topping 419 million metric tons and consumption reaching over 423 million metric tons worldwide. ” Out of an abundance of caution. .

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26 supply chain pros reveal the single most effective way to create a winning supply chain strategy

6 River Systems

“It sort of depends upon what we are purchasing from the supplier as to the approach we should take…” Commodity Strategic The first level, for components or typical commodity type products, we will at least want to perform a supplier evaluation of some sort. with a backup plan as part of contingency planning.

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All The News You Need To Know 11/13/17

Freight Plus

reports that a number of small trucking firms are taking to social media to express concerns over the cost of converting to the Electronic Logging Devices. full report. as large trucking firms look to purchase smaller operations that are concerned about operating under the new regulations. Reuters reports.