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From Bad to Worse to Better: How Today’s State of Supply Chains Present Bright Future

Here’s how technology, visibility and the drive to overturn the labor shortage help improve the current state of the supply chain.

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What More Disruptions will 3PLs See in 2022?

After a couple of turbulent years in the cold supply chain, 3PLs plan for a continued rocky 2022.

A Guide to Sustainable Supply Chain Management

A Guide to Sustainable Supply Chain Management

If you aren’t moving toward a sustainable supply chain, you’ll fall behind. Today’s top firms are embracing lighter, safer plastic pallets and “green” initiatives.

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Why Most Businesses are Thinking Wrong About Sustainability

Adopting the triple bottom line definition for your sustainability efforts encourages your culture’s ability to select, evaluate and implement better, more sustainable projects for your organization.

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L.I.N.K. | MIT Answers What is the Circular Economy

MIT's Sustainable Supply Chains Lab project manager Kellen Betts dives into the circular economy in the supply chain.

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Food Waste Reduction Becomes Top Priority for Food Providers

A recent report from the EPA shows that the total United States food waste emits more greenhouse than 42 coal-fired plants. Smithfield Foods creates goal to reduce food waste by 50%.

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Top 10 Trends Shaping Future of Food and AgTech in 2022

Robots, the rise of ESG, adoption of food waste solutions, implementation of artificial intelligence and machine learning are just some of the trends set to impact food and AgTech in the New Year.

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How FDA’s Proposed Agricultural Water Rule Impacts Food Safety

The new rules for irrigation water will take some planning and adjustment on the part of the operations who must make this shift toward prevention, and holds producers accountable for developing risk assessment and mitigation procedures.

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From Bad to Worse to Better: Dependence on Robust Supply Chain Control Towers is Essential

C. John Langley Jr., clinical professor of supply chain management and director of development for Center for Supply Chain Research at Penn State University, says the more progress on the pursuit of end-to-end supply chain visibility, the better.

A Guide to Sustainable Supply Chain Management

A Guide to Sustainable Supply Chain Management

If you aren’t moving toward a sustainable supply chain, you’ll fall behind. Today’s top firms are embracing lighter, safer plastic pallets and “green” initiatives.

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Infrastructure Turns to Propane

Propane refueling infrastructure is affordable, scalable and readily available for the nation’s alternative fuel corridors.

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Preventing Food Contamination in the Agricultural Industry

Improving food safety isn’t just a matter of consumer protection — it’s also a means for increasing producer efficiency and mitigating financial risk.

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Crime, Climate and Convergence Rank as Top Global Supply Chain Risks

Supply chain threats will remain one of the most serious issues global businesses will face in 2022.

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Sysco to Reduce Emissions by 2030

Sysco’s Scope 1 and 2 reduction efforts will be achieved in part by electrifying 35% of the company’s U.S. tractor fleet by 2030.

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Climate Change Regulations’ Impact on Supply Chains

Data analytic skills have always been critical in supply chain and logistics roles, but will be key in ensuring that the supply chain becomes more sustainable.

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How Climate Change Demands New Paradigm of Resiliency Over Efficiency in Food Supply Chains

Investing in climate risk management systems is crucial for business continuity in the coming years as climate change continues to worsen.

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Choosing Containers to Create Zero Waste Supply Chain

Reusable containers are the clear choice for food and beverage companies looking to increase efficiencies and contribute to a sustainable supply chain.

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Improve Logistics Operations’ Sustainability with Wireless Power

Today, logistics leaders have a new ally in reaching their sustainability objectives -- wireless power at a distance.

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Why Lithium Batteries Ranked Top of OSHA’s Safety List

With the current rate of adoption, lithium technology is estimated to take over half of the market for industrial batteries by 2028.

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Can Controlled Environment Agriculture Help Farmers Hit by Climate Crises?

With traditional farming under siege from increasing climate crises, the agricultural industry needs to develop new ways to increase resiliency through a carefully controlled indoor environment.

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Non-Profit Foundation Aims to Reduce Food Waste and Fight Food Insecurity

The goal is to improve the global food supply chain’s carbon imprint, reimagine industry processes that have historically led to food waste and quickly redirect food to be distributed to communities around the world.

A Guide to Sustainable Supply Chain Management

A Guide to Sustainable Supply Chain Management

If you aren’t moving toward a sustainable supply chain, you’ll fall behind. Today’s top firms are embracing lighter, safer plastic pallets and “green” initiatives.

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How to Build a Sustainable Transportation Plan

For shippers, transportation network efficiency means they can both achieve their sustainability goals and lower their cost structure. It’s a formula that is both good for the environment and for their bottom lines.

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Businesses and Industries Wrestle with the Worst Supply Chain Bottlenecks to Date

Rapidly rising input costs and product shortages are hitting agriculture particularly hard, as ag commodity prices have flattened and inflation compresses margins.

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Delivering Clean Power and Performance to Ports

Before transitioning away from tried-and-true internal combustion engines, it’s important to consider all the variables that impact the viability of electrification for your operation.

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U.S. Ports Join Forces to Achieve Climate Change Initiatives

This collaboration entails member ports working together to address climate change on a national and global scale.

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Prioritizing Assortment Optimization for Better KPIs

The waste within the CPG space comes down to a lack of assortment optimization. Now is the time to focus on assortment optimization.

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Food and Beverage Supply Chain Sustainability is Here to Stay

Transparent and sustainable supply chains bring many benefits to F&B companies, including regulatory compliance, enhanced brand equity, customer loyalty and the ability to attract and retain top supply chain talent.

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Sustainability Performance Increasing in North American Organizations

Highly regulated sectors such as food manufacturing display better sustainability performance and year-over-year improvements.

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ASCM Connect Delivers Cutting-Edge Virtual Education and Thought Leadership

This virtual show, hosted by Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM), takes place Oct. 25-27, via an innovative event platform.

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Achieving Lights-Out Manufacturing Requires Automation, Robotics

There has been a steady rise in activity and interest in lights-out manufacturing from stakeholders in the past five years because of modern technologies, but it might not be realistic due to significant barriers.

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Companies Showcase Heightened Attention to Managing Social Responsibility and Environmental Governance

Fewer than 7% of contractors and suppliers actively tracked environmental KPIs in 2020.

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Certain Trucking Segments Ready to Go Electric

If trucks became all electric, then about 100 million metric tons of CO2 would be saved from going into the atmosphere