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Packaging
The Rise of Healthier Food Options and Sustainable Packaging
Healthier options and sustainable production and packaging will top the list in 2023.
Food Safety
Food System Reform Amid a Climate Crisis
Supply Chain Visibility
How Leveraging Standards Through Technology Can Future-Proof Supply Chains
3PL/4PL
3 Ways to Beat Holiday Shortages
Risk/Compliance
How to Maximize Financing in Food Logistics Industry
3PL/4PL
L.I.N.K.| Crafting Company Culture in a 3PL World
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Software & Technology
Top Tech Startup Award: AI-Powered Automation Takes Over
From AI and robotics to fulfillment execution and real-time visibility, many of today's tech startups are poised to disrupt the supply chain space in a big way.
Software & Technology
Top Software & Tech Providers Award: Emerging Technologies Make the Difference
Fast forward to three years later, and it’s these emerging technologies still making the difference for companies in need of flexibility, efficiency, safety, visibility and more.
Supply Chain Visibility
Supply Chain Network to Moderate Discussion on Humanitarian Logistics at Manifest
This panel will talk about the state of procurement, how to support humanitarian logistical needs and more.
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Safety & Security
Business' Connect with Non-Profits to Make Strides in Disaster Aid Access
ALAN launches an initiative, with funding through a Walmart Foundation grant, to help non-profits build stronger disaster supply chain networks.
Packaging
The Rise of Healthier Food Options and Sustainable Packaging
Healthier options and sustainable production and packaging will top the list in 2023.
Ocean Ports & Carriers
Hapag-Lloyd Expands Involvement in Terminal Sector with J M Baxi Ports & Logistics Acquisition
J M Baxi Ports & Logistics Limited is a leading private terminal and inland transport service provider in India.
Automation
Jungheinrich to Expand Warehouse Automation with Storage Solutions’ Acquisition
Jungheinrich and Storage Solutions will jointly drive the further development of innovative automation solutions.
Risk/Compliance
Supply Chain Evidence Management Platform
Digitally verifiable attestations, representing proof of an event, provide chain of custody data to automate compliance and audit tasks, reducing the error-prone and costly manual handling of these artifacts.
Automation
Warehouse Automation Technologies Built to Serve New “iGeneration” of Workers
An all-new supervisor management console provides leadership with a high degree of flexibility and agility to customize data, dashboards and analytics specific to their operation and needs.
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Software & Technology
Top Software & Tech Providers Award: Emerging Technologies Make the Difference
Fast forward to three years later, and it’s these emerging technologies still making the difference for companies in need of flexibility, efficiency, safety, visibility and more.
Professional Development
Women in Supply Chain Forum Addresses DEI Efforts
Professional Development
CSCMP Edge is Learning Opportunity on Steroids: CSCMP's CEO
Professional Development
Women in Supply Chain Forum Celebrates Influential Women in Supply Chain
3PL/4PL
Top 3PL & Cold Storage Providers Award: Supply Chains Won’t Turn Around for 2-3 Years
Warehousing
What is WES?
Food Safety
Food System Reform Amid a Climate Crisis
By working with nature (rather than against it) and transitioning to more inclusive, sustainable and climate-resilient practices, crops can be grown more efficiently and regeneratively.
Supply Chain Visibility
How Leveraging Standards Through Technology Can Future-Proof Supply Chains
In 2023, increased visibility is essential to building resiliency and sustainability.
3PL/4PL
Alexis Asks: A 2023 Outlook on Cross-Border Freight
A bi-weekly blog where managing editor Alexis Mizell-Pleasant asks industry experts about various topics developing in the supply chain field. Today's talks about new compliance and regulations in freight.
Ocean Ports & Carriers
Supply Chain Professionals Predict Chaos in China
As compared to some 66% in 2022, there was an increase in the percentage (73%) of supply chain professionals expecting Chinese New Year to further disrupt the shipping industry this year.
3PL/4PL
3 Ways to Beat Holiday Shortages
Here are a few ways to start preparing the supply chain to avoid shortages ahead.
Packaging
Growing Need for Recent Supply Chain Policies and Further Federal Action Post-Pandemic
Industry input prices and demand remain above pre-pandemic levels, exposing a need for supply chain policies and even further federal action to be taken.
Risk/Compliance
How to Maximize Financing in Food Logistics Industry
Financing can help a company achieve its goals, whether obtaining new equipment, expanding operations, smoothing out seasonal business, acquiring new business or something else.
Warehousing
East Coast Warehouse & Distribution Acquires Allied Brothers Intermodal, Inc.
Allied Brothers’ trucking operation accommodates both local and long-haul drayage capabilities with service to and from the Ports of New York and New Jersey.
3PL/4PL
L.I.N.K.| Crafting Company Culture in a 3PL World
Managing editor Alexis Mizell-Pleasant sits down with Frank Dreischarf, Vice President of Supply Chain Solutions at R2 Logistics, to discuss ways to incorporate a diverse and influential company culture, in part 1 of this 3-part series.
Food Safety
Top Issues Food Businesses Can’t Take for Granted in 2023
For food business leaders, it’s clear that in 2023, staying ahead of the pack must require a vision and commitment to building toward the future.
3PL/4PL
Warehouse Space Constraints, Industry Consolidation, Labor Crises Drive 3PLs to Automate
Digital automation will accelerate through 2023, creating opportunities for supply chain leaders to build a tech stack that cuts costs, increases visibility and improves the customer experience.
Risk/Compliance
Cyber Threats Top Economic Risk
Cyber incidents such as IT outages, ransomware attacks or data breaches, rank as the most important risk globally for the second year in succession.
Trucking
The Truckload Rate Outlook for 2023
How will these trends affect the truckload rate outlook for 2023? Here’s a closer look at what’s happening now in the sector and how freight market conditions might evolve in the year ahead.
Cold Chain
What’s Causing the CO2 Shortage and How to Remedy it
If CO2 shortages remain serious enough, it could also have negative impacts on health, safety and medical concerns.
Trucking
Inflation, High Fuel Costs and Shipper Prices to Threaten Truckload Carrier Profitability in 2023
Data shows a continued downward trend in truckload but surprising strength in LTL, while the power of general rate increases and surcharges prop up express parcel rates and drive ground parcel to record highs in the quarter ahead.
Retention
High Salary, Annual Raise Not Enough to Retain Supply Chain Workers: Study
78% of respondents reported a higher turnover rate in the previous 12 months, and 61% expect this to continue or get worse in the year to come.
Risk/Compliance
Cargo Theft Remains Top Concern in Supply Chain Space
Increases in theft activity around major intermodal hubs were significant.
Fleet Management
Top 10 Tactics to Tame the Unpredictability of Fuel Prices
Heading into 2023, logistics-focused companies must make strategic and tactical maneuvers to prepare for continued fuel price instability.
Supply Chain Visibility
Forecasting Demand is Biggest Inventory Management Concern for Supply Chain Leaders
Just 39% of survey respondents felt they could accurately predict trends and activity for the holiday season, according to a study commissioned by ProGlove.
Packaging
How to Prepare for More Sustainable Packaging Regulations Coming in 2023
While it is anticipated that costs will come down with greater adoption and increased supply, new state sustainable packaging regulations are likely to bring with increased expenses in the short term. Here are three ways to get ready.
Trucking
Fraud is Biggest Threat to Cargo Loss
Carrier fraud, in which criminals imitate haulers and other sub-contractors, including drivers with falsified documents, accounted for 84% of claims involving fraud or deception in 2022, according to TT Club.
Automation
War in Ukraine to Stunt Growth of Warehouse Automation
As consumer spending slows, retailers will likely tighten their purse strings and potentially postpone large scale automation projects until a more stable economic environment has been reached.
Emerging Technologies
Digital Technology to Improve Supply Chain Transparency in 2023
Track-and-trace technology and electronic bills of lading will remain extremely important in 2023 as we focus efforts on digitizing the supply chain and becoming closer to economies.
Automation
How Advanced Preventive Maintenance Saves Companies Time, Energy and Money
To ensure maximum production efficiency, a proactive equipment maintenance program is an essential element of automation.
