December 2021

Supply & Demand Chain Executive December 2021

December 2021

The 2022 Supply Chain: Prioritizing People, Customers, Technology

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How Retailers Can Use Returns to Soften the Blow from Supply Chain Delays

What Will the Supply Chain Look Like in 2022?

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Trucking Technology’s Impact on Safety and Security

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How AI Makes Quick Last-Mile Deliveries

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Preparing the Supply Chain for Changing Consumer Demands

A healthy understanding of current trends, companies can plan ahead and look to automation technology to provide the flexibility to navigate through the disruptions ahead.

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How Retailers Can Thrive Amid Post-Holiday Returns

Post-holidays are one of the biggest returns moments each year. Here's what retailers can do to shift gears and appeal to the 2021 shopper.

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Sustainability Still Sells. Here's Why.

Supply & Demand Chain Executive editors discuss how a green supply chain is so much more than just recycling, eliminating paper or reducing waste.

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How Gig Economy Can Help Win Last-Mile Delivery Race

The most successful businesses are making long-term investments in technology to boost their operational efficiency, drive down costs and create tools to help attract and retain last-mile workers and improve user experience and customer experience.

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Technology Trends Impacting Risk Management Programs

New technologies, combined with sound management strategies, give the agility to continue adapting risk management practices to the future of work and keep the entire workforce safe.

Green Supply Chains Prevail Amid Global Disruptions

Winners of this year's Green Supply Chain award not only kept up green initiatives throughout a global pandemic and unprecedented disruptions, but also made them a priority.

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4 Lessons Learned in Achieving Carbon Neutrality

Achieving carbon neutrality is a marathon, not a sprint. Leaders who understand this will make decisions and build teams committed to adopting sustainable practices over the long term.

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Compliance: Your Competitive Advantage

While technology can improve dangerous goods shipping operations significantly, even the latest and greatest solutions won’t work to their fullest potential without complete and accurate data or proper training for employees.

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Supply Chain Poses Potential for Risk in 2022

Companies should prepare for supply chain shortages by looking for additional sources and possibly investing in higher-than-normal inventory to allow for increased and unpredictable consumer demand.

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Trends and Technology Driving Transportation in 2022

Technologies like an optimized TMS, route planning software, driver schedule planning systems, automated linehaul network planning software and more can help address these growing challenges within the transportation industry.